The North Wind Blows...
The game enables participants to get to know each other and have fun at the same time. Also since it takes a lot of moving it can be used as an energiser too.
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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Methods (179)
Buzz group
This process is used to activate a group of any size to take part in a process.
Common Experiences
A funny way to get to know each other especially in groups of children or teenagers.
Open your retrospective visually using pictures
The purpose of a retrospective is to reflect on the process of the team’s collaboration, rather than on the content of work itself. This opening icebreaker helps participants to get in a reflective mood and share their thoughts and feelings.
Interview
The interview is a good warm up for every training or workshop session. Playful start in which the participants will start to communicate with and come to know each other, directing the thinking toward the topic of the day. It is usually a very cheerful activity.
Az interjú egy jó bemelegítés, jégtörő minden tréninghez vagy workshophoz. Játékos kezdés, amelyben a résztvevők elkezdenek megismerkedni és kommunikálni egymással, miközben a gondolataikat már a nap témája felé irányítjuk.
What's in a name?
Ice breaker for groups who don't know each other.
Photos as children
An activity to get to know each other- from a different perspective, as children
Google Yourself
A fast, virtual icebreaker designed for participants to get to know each other and have fun!
This or That
Quick icebreaker to find commonalities among a group. Many facilitators from different organizations have contributed to this exercise as written.
Little-Known Facts II.
People enjoy learning little-known facts (LKFs) about each other. (E.g. I have a twin brother / I always need to know which direction North is / etc.). They also enjoy revealing such facts to total strangers--perhaps because it makes them feel like celebrities. In this exercise teams match LKFs with participants.
Altitude
Sometimes it can be difficult to keep a meeting on track when people have a hard time staying focused at the right level. People can find themselves “down in the weeds” or operational details when the meeting is supposed to be strategic, or, conversely, they can find themselves being too abstract and strategic when operational detail is exactly what’s needed.
Outward rituals
You can use any of the 52 activities outlined in this tool on a daily basis in order to strengthen your outward mindset tendencies.