Warm Up Workshop Activities

Applying a linear scale to gather a diversity of perspectives, opinions and responses.

Take 5-10 minutes time to wake up group's body & brain!

Take 5-10 minutes time to wake up group's body & brain!

A fun energizer that uses multiple senses.

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

Using African (and other) Proverbs for inspiration and connection

This exercise can be used as a warm-up for project and other planning processes. It can also be used in team building.

Equilateral Triangles Collaboration is an excellent conference icebreaker that highlights how large self-organizing groups can successfully collaborate without the need for stringent rules, regulations and leadership.

As an icebreaker in a workshop or conference that has ‘collaboration’ or 'self-organization' as a key theme.

This meeting icebreaker is a great energizer to do right before a break or coming back from a break, especially if you have stragglers

An energiser to loosen up people

This is an active team building game and requires participants to move about a lot and so can be also used as an energiser.