Give them 5 minutes to find three things they have in common. It can be anything, such as: Favorite color Favorite artist or song Country they’d like to visit Each team will designate a speaker to share their three common things with the bigger group. You can do up to three rounds, ...
52. Things in Common Best For: First Introductions This simple icebreaker is fit for groups meeting each other for the first time. Instructions All that has to be done is mingle with one another to find some things you have in common and ...
The best icebreakers for teens have a few things in common: They’re fast-paced: Teenagers get bored quickly. Upbeat, fast-moving games keep everyone interested and present. Avoid games that take longer than 20 minutes. They’re simple: It shouldn’t take long to explain an icebreaker game...
27. 10 Things We Have In Common If you’re trying to bond an organization with many disparate departments or remote teams that mostly interact by email or text, get them all together and direct them to discuss among themselves what they have in common. Have the goal for the group be to ...
8. Find 10 things in common Employees are assigned to groups and must find ten things they have in common with every other person in the group. The twist? All the commonalities must have nothing to do with work. This helps everyone explore shared interests outside the office and is a way...
If possible, prepare for the icebreaker activity in advance, gathering materials and rehearsing what you will say. After explaining an icebreaker activity to the participants, check to make sure that they understand how the game works. Make notes of things that happen during the icebreaker activity...
Many good things in life come about through happenstance. Icebreaker enables happenstance for your team. Icebreaker is a Teams bot that helps the whole team get closer by pairing up members every week at random to meet for coffee, burgers, pizza, or a walk around the block. The bot does ...
Each team has to find something unique about each person and something they all share in common as a group — these can be things about their personality, hobbies, fun facts, or anything else. Once all groups have their answers, they’ll announce the results to the whole meeting. ...
Common Ground In small groups, have participants come up with six things they have in common and have them share these with the large group. Demographics Brainstorm background data that participants would be interested in knowing about each other (age, education, birthplace, etc.) Have each par...
Convergent thinking: Use when you need people to reflect, and analyze things. Injecting energy: Use when you need more energy in your workshop or meeting. These icebreakers help lighten up the mood and engage people so they can better focus when working on complex topics or projects. For ea...