What Ice Breakers can I use for training in a corporate environment?
February 24, 2010 - 6:37 am
For example, riddles, puzzels, games, getting them to interact with each other.
One neat one that I had done was have everyone shake hands with one person, each person will say their full name, city they were born, and a fact about themselves. As soon as you stopped shaking hands (which hands should still be shaking while giving this info to each other) you become the person you just shook hands with.
Then you find another person to shake hands with and introduce yourself as the person you just shook hands with stating the city ‘you’ were born and that interesting fact.
Hope this makes sense…it was pretty fun!
February 24th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
One neat one that I had done was have everyone shake hands with one person, each person will say their full name, city they were born, and a fact about themselves. As soon as you stopped shaking hands (which hands should still be shaking while giving this info to each other) you become the person you just shook hands with.
Then you find another person to shake hands with and introduce yourself as the person you just shook hands with stating the city ‘you’ were born and that interesting fact.
Hope this makes sense…it was pretty fun!
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February 24th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Have them go around and try to find out things they have in common with others. Have a list and have people fill out such as people who work in your department. People that have to pass the same safety test. etc.
This will get people in to the moment and stop thinking about being some where else.
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February 24th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
You could play a "Bingo" game where the grid must be filled in with signatures. Each person must take their grid around the room and find someone to who fits the bill for each box. Once you have five signature in a row, vertically or diagonally, you win.
Examples for the boxes are:
Went to school on the east/west coast
Has a master’s degree
Speaks another language
Has been to Hong Kong
Has been on television
Sings karaoke
The prize doesn’t have to be anything special, e.g. a stress ball with your corporate logo, a gift certificate, candy, etc. I’ve had to do this one in two different workshops—it was fun both times.
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February 24th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Play people bingo. It’s kinda hard to explain. But I hope you will get the picture.
Okay, On a sheet of paper you put different things into bingo blocks for people to ask. Example. have you ever been to another country, do you have a pet, do you have kids, are you married, did you go to an out of state college?..(Just quick simple yes/no questions>
Then you give everyone in your group a copy.
Then have everyone go around the room asking people the questions in the block. (This will get them interacting, and breaking the ice). If they ask someone something that pertains to the block then they x out the block.
The goal is to try to get bingo (you know ..all X’s down, diagonal, or cross.)by finding as many people as they can.
Only give your group a couple of minuets.They will be running around the room, trying to talk to as many people as they can.
A prize is good for the reward.
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February 24th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Play the toilet paper game. It is great and if no one has ever played before, it will be a blast. Bring in a few rolls of toilet paper. Tell each person to take as much as they think they would need if they were going to spend the night camping. Then, have them separate each of the little sheets and count them. For each sheet that they have, they have to tell a fact about themselves. If you have people that have played this before, you may have them taking only a few sheets, but f they haven’t played before, you may have many, many sheets taken. I used it with my 5th graders. Some have seen it before, some haven’t. It is always fun to hear what they say about themselves. Make sure everyone takes their sheets at the same time before you start sharing and telling them to count them or else you’ll have people that only take one! Good luck.
The one with the grid is also fun, but make sure you tell them that each person may sign only one block, that way they have to go to many people.
Another game you can play is put themselves in order of birthday without talking. You may want to do this after the get a few games down though. It is all about teamwork and finding a way to communicate without talking.
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