Warp Speed
A rapid game of name learning with probably a lot of funny moments. Besides it teaches particiapants how to communicate and strategize in an effective way without being explicit about these goals.
Library of facilitation techniques
Icebreaker Workshop Activities
Ice breaker games to help people get to know each other and promote team bonding.
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Low-tech Social Network
The object of this game is to introduce event participants to each other by co-creating a mural-sized, visual network of their connections.
Let the beat build
This activity can serve multiple purposes. It can be used as an energiser or ice breaker for groups that a bit low on energy or first meet each other. Another purpose of the game could be enhance teamwork and show that different people with different beats can make an orchestra.
Bottle Tower
Teams of 4-5 members are competing to build the highest free-standing tower using empty water bottles and rope - a different version of the Marshmallow challenge.
Object Meditation
A focused meditation to become present and aware. We accept our feelings, leaving behind what we doesn't serve us right now. A ideal way to open a workshop or team meeting.
The Brick Team Exercise
This exercise can be used as a warm-up for project and other planning processes. It can also be used in team building.
Pick a picture for how you are: a visual session opening
Open your workshop / session / meeting with a visual check-in that enables people to be there as who they are and what's on their mind:
- Every participant selects a picture representing how they are
- Take turns sharing how this cards represents them/their mood/situation
Common and Unique
Create groups of 4-5 people, and let them discover what they have in common, along with interesting characteristics that are unique to a person in the group.
Me by Value
Ice breaker and introduction to working with values
Birthday Lineup
This is a simple warmup game where people use non-verbal communication to organise themselves into lines based on the give criteria
Who is the artist?
How well do you know your colleagues? Encourage your co-workers to share an interesting fact or story about themselves while flexing their artistic and creative skills!
Song Battle
Most people have a repertoire of song lyrics in their head. This activity offers the fun of recalling them, the opportunity to belt them out without anxiety about singing "well", and the aspect of learning which songs "everyone" in the group knows and which are familiar to only you.