The first few minutes of the meeting—especially when you’re waiting for people to join—can be awkward. As a team leader, take the responsibility to break the ice. You could ask about people’s weekend or their hobbies. Asking a common question is one of the best team meeting ideas to...
But also consider to what degree an ice breaker requires participants to take an emotional risk. If possible, choose a question or activity that will keep discomfort to a minimum. If the meeting or training is about an emotional subject, as is often the case with nonprofit groups, then...
Hold your meeting at the end of the day and surprise your staff with a non work-related activity (food and drinks are usually a safe bet—just make sure to consider everyone’s dietary requirements and what non-drinkers/drivers might enjoy). This is one of those meetings that you should ...
An ice breaker is an activity, game, or event that is used to welcome and warm up the conversation among participants in a meeting. Ice breakers range wildly, from simple one-question answers to elaborate team games. All ice breakers are designed to help the participants get to know one an...
Ideas for an Opener Activity at a Team Meeting Wrangling employees or members of a project for a team meeting can be a difficult assignment. Make team meetings more enjoyable by creating an opening activity before beginning discussions. Openers, also known as icebreakers, serve as a positive and...
Before starting the meeting or as soon as it ends, tell each employee to draw out a coin. Next, he or she will have to share a life event or something important they went through that year. This can be a great ice breaker and even bring humor into the conversion. Plus, it makes it...
This workshop began with a quick icebreaker, then an activity during which we used esticky notes to cocreate the information in the other sections. We time-boxed our work on each of the sections, then followed up with a discussion, which helped us resolve any questions that people had ...
The activity itself also provides additional benefits of strengthening the bonds through mutual complimenting and criticism. It helps dictate early on how to properly give and receive feedback from each other for the rest of the project. Design studios are not exclusive to kickoff meetings, and in...
Any new activity that you can share would be a welcome addition to the growing list of Chateau Village activities. Please let a board member know if you want to add to the activity list or pass the word on to Marilyn DeFranco who is always willing t o to get something going. This ...