Doodling Together
Create wild, weird and often funny postcards together & establish a group's creative confidence.
Library of facilitation techniques
Energizers and Ice Breaker Games
Energizers, energizer games, and ice breaker activities to bring energy into the room. Get people moving, have fun, and ensure your group's energy level is up and everyone is ready to have a productive workshop or meeting with great energizer activities.
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Take a Picture of Your Shoes
Get to know the other members of your team and share something interesting about yourself in this quick energiser activity.
Sound Ball
This a simple icebreaker activity energising participants, also suitable for debriefing learning points towards spontaneity and teamwork. The activity involves participants standing in a circle and throwing imaginary ball(s) to each other in increasing pace.
Just One Lie
This method is adapted from the well-known icebreaker 'Two Truths And A Lie' to create an activity that you could return to throughout a meeting.
Quotes
For participants to get acquainted with each other in a meaningful way
Group Order
This is an energizing activity that helps members of a group get to know each other, network, and recognize what they have in common.
Near and Far
Near and Far is a wonderful warm up game that provides excellent avenues to build connections and to discuss various issues of corporate culture and dynamics. I have used it in conferences and it is suitable for small, medium, and large groups.
Spoons - A lateral thinking game
I use this brief exercise if the group's energy is a bit low or if we have been doing intense work and a bit of light relief would help. It may also help a group that is working mechanically to be more creative. It will work best in groups of six to twelve people.
Helium Stick
A great and simple activity for fostering teamwork and problem solving with no setup beforehand.
Stress Balls
Understanding the importance of communication and teamwork is an important requirement for high performance teams of knowledge workers. This exercise is an effective energizer that requires communication and teamwork.
Ask participants to form a circle and throw a ball around to simulate the movement of a message. Change different variables such as speed, quantity, and complexity to create a mess.
Questions Only
A classic improv game designed to encourage creative thinking, develop improvisation skills, and energize a group - great to break the ice and generate laughter with minimal set-up!
Name Game
Use the exercise at, or very near, the start of a course, workshop or meeting where people don't know each other as it helps to learn names of each other