The Big Book of Icebreakers: Quick, Fun Activities for Energizing Meetings and Workshops

By Edie West

Leading a meeting? giving a presentation? Heading a workshop? Icebreakers are great for lightening up the atmosphere at the beginning of a meeting or event, and encouraging everyone to participate fully. This collection of 50 icebreakers is organized around common businesssituations and is designed to help leaders start every session, meeting, presentation, or workshop with a burst of energy and fun. Includes icebreakers for sales meetings, team building, complete strangers, introducing a topic, staff meetings, groups over 20, outdoor settings, and more. this latest book in the popular Big Book of Business Games series is the most fun yet!

• Language: English
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Release date: Oct 22, 1999
• ISBN: 9780071640732

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Icebreakers for

Staff Meetings

1. HEART-TO-HEART

PURPOSE

Staff Meetings; Team Building; Pure Fun

GROUP SIZE

6 to 20

LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Low

ESTIMATED TIME

3 to 8 minutes

PROPS

Small candy hearts with sayings on them (at least one per person), usually found in stores around February 14.

This activity provides a nonthreatening environment in which participants can say what’s in their hearts. Use it when a situation warrants focusing on one individual.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Give each participant one candy heart.

2. Tell participants they’ll now have a chance to give a wish to the person they’re celebrating, such as when a person is leaving the company or is having a birthday.

3. Explain that each participant will think of a wish or statement about the person they’re celebrating that incorporates the words found in their hearts.

4. Tell them they’ll take turns expressing their wishes aloud to that person.

VARIATIONS

1. Have participants give hearts to many people.

2. Have participants choose the hearts they would like to use in forming their comments.

TIPS

1. Keep this light and fun.

2. Don’t be surprised if people use the opportunity to truly speak from their hearts.

2. HIGH NOTE

PURPOSE

Staff Meetings; Sales Meetings; Introducing a Topic

GROUP SIZE

4 to 10

LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Low

ESTIMATED TIME

5 to 8 minutes

PROPS

Copies of the High Note Activity Sheet for all participants

This activity encourages quick situation analysis. Participants may find extremes difficult to define, but they will find the process helpful in creating a more objective arena for