What are some fun icebreaker activities to do with small groups at team building meetings?
There are many—depending on each person’s idea of fun—but let’s start with an important question: is “fun” the goal?Team building gets painted with a broad brush, and it doesn’t mean the same thing to all people. Nor is one approach to team building right for all teams. Teams come to a development activity with history, expectations, different stages of development, unresolved conflicts, projects in flight, and any number of other experiences that might determine what sort of experience you are creating for them. Team size and meeting purpose are also important. A team coming to resolve conflict among founders or team members might not get anything from a fun activity. Fun might be exactly what a new team or a team with a new project needs. Start with what the team needs.With that caveat entered, I like to use ones that build from simple questions. They’re easier to manage, and they establish rapport and trust by promoting self-disclosure. That’s a solid foundation for getting into the business of developing the team, especially given the importance of trust in team performance. There is a wealth of sites offering good questions and simple instructions.But seriously, start where the team is and honor the purpose of the meeting. You may find that “fun” is less important than “present”.
Fun icebreakers???????
try: "damn you're UGLY!" ∙ "I've been arrested 10 times" "I had to move here because I had a warrant" "do you like duct tape?" "My roids are killing me" "My doctor just told me I have syph"
What's a good icebreaker for a crowd of 150 people?
Here are a couple: This one requires people who are willing to be active and are not wearing constraining clothes (ie. cocktail dress)I cannot remember the name of it, but it goes like this:You tell the group to shout out two random body parts ie. nose, shoulder, foot, hand, ear, chin.Using the first two you hear, tell everyone to find someone and touch those two body parts together. Say the body parts were arm and nose. The people in the group must find someone to touch their nose with their arm or vice versa.Repeat with two new body parts and new people.Simple and easy to do! And makes for interesting conversationAnother fun one:Tell the group to find someone they have never met and pretend as if they have been best friends their entire lives. Use a scenario to create the meetup.Example Scenarios:You meet for the first time since college in the airportYou're at a mutual friends wedding.Both of you bumped into each other at a grocery store.Have them switch every minute.The task is to get names, and to get to know quite a bit about the person. It's actually how I met one of my closest friends today.
What can be a fun ice-breaking event for a newly launched college entrepreneurship cell/club?
Doing an e-cell is like running a marathon... not a 100 meter dash. This is not about 'grabbing attention with tactics' but 'holding attention with the potential'.Think long term. Think of activities that cover 3 areas :Inspire - showcase (in person or virtually people who have done that)Educate - help them understand how it can be doneAssist - hand hold (through mentors and partnerships) when they take the first step (e.g. not sitting for campus placements)
Any ideas for Ice breaker games for international college students?
I don't know if this would work, but you could pair up the students. Have them interview each other by asking basic questions like their name, major, goals in life, hobbies, etc. Then they will get up in front of the entire group and take turns introducing their partner using that information.
What are some good ice breaker games?
CONSIDER that the reality is that people do not need to have their ice broken IF the subject matter of what follows is even remotely interesting. With time being as valuable as it is, personally and collectively and actually, why waste time on some stupid activity that has no relationship to the desired outcomes of the session.And, ask yourself if you would do that same activity if the participants were all senior managers of the organization. Would THEY see it as valuable? If not, they why subject the others with this often demeaning kind of activity?If you want to play a game, do something relevant to the desired outcomes. Design a game that is relevant to results. Quit wasting time and demonstrating that your department doesn’t understand the issues of people and performance.(Got any data that says you NEED to do an icebreaker, BTW? Show me the ice!)((Note: My business is selling team building games and tools for employee engagement, so I have sort of played in this arena since 1984, presenting and delivering workshops in 40+ countries. I have also seen my time wasted in other people’s sessions…)
Ice breaking games for big groups?
Balloon Activities Games you can play with balloons to get a group having fun and working together. Includes the hilarious "Fire in the Hole" (balloon on tummy, running at another person, bursting the balloon). Group Juggle Throw balls to others in a sequence, using each person's name. Works every time. Can be extended to "Warp Speed" (to see how fast the group can throw balls through a set order to each group member). Categories Fun, interactive get-to-known activity. Ask a group to organise themselves into smaller groups, based on categories such as favourite colour. Gotchya (Grab the Finger) Fast-moving 5 min. group activity to get people together and focused. In a circle, right finger on next person's left palm. Try to grab a finger before yours gets grabbed. Human Knot In a circle, people put their arms in and hold someone else's hand, then try to unravel the knot without letting go of hands. Involves getting physically close to others, stretching, laughing and problem solving. 2 Truths & a Lie People write down two truths about themselves and a lie. Then introduce the three "facts" to the rest of the group who tries to guess which one is a lie. Fear in a Hat Group members write personal fears anonymously on pieces of paper which are collected. Then each person randomly selects and reads someone else's fear to the group and explains how the person might feel. Fosters interpersonal empathy. Have You Ever? Active, fun group activity to explore and celebrate the rich diversity of people's past experiences. Works well with large groups. Zoom A group tries to create a unified story from a set of sequential pictures. The pictures are randomly ordered and handed out. Each person has a picture but cannot show it to others. Requires patience, communication, and trying to understand from another's point of view in order to recreate the story's sequence. Animal Sounds Participants are blindfolded and assigned an animal. The challenge is to use animal noises in order to meet up with other animals of same species. Releases energy. Loud, fun, chaotic, then gradually order and unity emerge. http://wilderdom.com/games/Icebreakers.h... When you do a search you could include in the key words indoor or outdoor as well as what is below.
Icebreakers that aren't irritating or stupid..?
I've had success having the class collectively solve a moderately-difficult problem using the Delphi Method (also known as "Delphi Protocol", "Delphi Procedure", etcetera) as follows: (a) explain the Method and its origin – see link below (b) hand out the printed problem (c) have each student individually attempt a solution (d) have the students (in groups of two or three, depending upon class size) compare solutions and agree upon a solution as a group (e) have the students join into larger groups, and repeat part (d) (f) continue part (e) until the class as a whole agrees upon a solution (g) show them how you obtained a solution, and compare it with theirs (h) encourage them to engage in group study in all their courses If the Department allows it, I'll include the same problem on the Final Exam as a reminder of the Method, and as a demonstration of what they've learned in the course.