About Reyn.
Games
Reyn Guyer is an iconic and transformational figure in the world of toys and games who is best known for creating Twister and Nerf. He was inducted into the Hasbro Toy and Game Inventors' Hall of Fame in 1986.
Childrens Education and Entertainment
Reyn started Winsor Learning, which has trained over 40,000 teachers nationwide in an effort to bring student reading skills up to grade, as well as My Friend Wren, an online educational entity which helps children learn through song and story.
Music Industry
Reyn also started Wrensong, the Nashville-based music publishing company whose writers have written countless country music hits, including two Country Music Songs-of-the-Year, and a Grammy.
Reyn knows how to connect with people!
Reyn's Rules of Engagement
Keep People Engaged
In a recent TIME Magazine article on attention span, Adam Brown, Co-Director for the Center for Attention, Learning and Memory said, “Inattention has reached epidemic levels. The more you engage in task switching, the more your brain wants to wander and look for that new thing.”
Everyone is involved in everyone else’s turn
The secret to engagement is keeping all players engaged in everyone’s turn. Think about it. What’s worse than sitting and waiting your turn? That doesn’t happen in a Guyer game!
Keep the games short and sweet!
Reyn remembers watching a mother with her kids at a restaurant pull out a game that they all played while waiting for their food. Curious, Reyn asked about this. The mother explained the game was her tactic to keep her kids engaged in conversation instead of burying their faces in their phones.