Mnemonic Name Game
Help a group get to know each other better with simple mnemonics in this fast, fun game played in a circle.
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Mouse traps
This is a trust-building activity that can be very rewarding for participants, and can open up a great dialogue between participants. Naturally there is an element of risk, and the activity should be practiced on yourself, before you practice it on others... Before you do any trust activity, you must decide whether or not the group is ready, and whether or not this is an appropriate activity for the group, the individual, and the sequence of your teambuilding activities.
Musical Chairs (Teamwork Style)
A teamwork focused spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs. Participants must come up with creative ways to keep everybody "in" as chairs are removed!
Name und was mach ich gerne
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
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.
Online Charades Game
If you like playing Charades (Guess the word) in a live setting, there is no reason to hold you back playing it online with your team. Here is a handy Mural board and detailed instruction of how to play Charades with your team, using the words and expressions YOU come up with.
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.
Party Puppet People
Get to know your group with a fun, physical game where teams take turns being human puppets and puppeteers.
Passions Tic Tac Toe
This simple game that explores the concepts from these two quotations:
"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you". —Oprah Winfrey.
"Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are." —Penelope Lively, novelist
Perservarence
When does perseverance become foolhardiness? Here's a jolt that explores this question.
Photos as children
An activity to get to know each other- from a different perspective, as children
Social Presencing Theater: 20 Minute Dance
Mindfulness of body is a foundational skill for Social Presencing Theater. And like any skill, we learn it through practice. The 20-minute Dance is a practice in which we pay attention to the feeling of the body, without thinking about it or judging it. We are not trying to fix or change or accomplish anything. We welcome every moment.