Teamwork Activities and Games

Mnemonic Name Game

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Help a group get to know each other better with simple mnemonics in this fast, fun game played in a circle.

Go!

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This exercise creates an opportunity to talk about team accountability and communication and paying attention to what's not happening (as opposed to what is happening) by having the group move fluidly as one person leaves a place and another enters their spot.

The North Wind Blows...

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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.

Robot

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Since you participants are not allowed to talk during the activity they need to get used to another "language" that could help them understand each other.

Life map

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With this activity the participants get to know each other on a deeper level.

Awareness Circle

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This activity helps participants to get-to-know each other without saying a word.

Photos as children

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An activity to get to know each other- from a different perspective, as children

Build-a-Shake

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How to introduce yourself in a fun, creative way? Build a handshake!

Best and Worst

teampedia get-to-know opening icebreaker team check-in

This activity could easily break the ice at the beginning of a workshop, enabling participants to get to know each other in a fast process.

Name Juggling

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Name Juggling is another variation of a try-to-learn-everyone's-name but the game guarantees high energy level as well as some strategic thinking.

Egg drop

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This fun activity could be used as an icebreaker for people who have just met but it can be framed as a method that shows and fosters team communication, collaboration and strategic thinking as well.

Forced Choice

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Invite participants to identify and reflect on which parts of their identities they bring into regular interactions.