Get To Know Workshop Activities

Crazy Handshake

icebreaker get-to-know opening teampedia team

This activity helps people ease in a group and brings out their creativity without a lot of effort.

Common and Unique

Create groups of 4-5 people, and let them discover what they have in common, along with interesting characteristics that are unique to a person in the group.

I dread the moment when people ask me, “What do you do?” I don't know how to explain that I am a performance technologist, or an instructional designer, or a facilitator. So I cheat by saying that I am a trainer.

Here's an activity that helps you become more fluent in explaining what you do for a living.

Who is the artist?

get-to-know icebreaker creativity remote-friendly

How well do you know your colleagues? Encourage your co-workers to share an interesting fact or story about themselves while flexing their artistic and creative skills!

Tokens

teampedia get-to-know goal setting team

This method gives goal setting or vision sharing into a more creative, associative frame, making participants move out of their comfort zones.

Common Threads

teampedia get-to-know opening icebreaker action

A fast get-to-know game that can be tailored according to the participants age/profession/etc.

Common Experiences

teampedia get-to-know icebreaker opening action

A funny way to get to know each other especially in groups of children or teenagers.

Photos as children

team teampedia get-to-know icebreaker

An activity to get to know each other- from a different perspective, as children

Jigsaw Puzzle

team icebreaker get-to-know teampedia

This game is useful as a side-activity during breaks, as it encourages starting conversations between random people.

What's in a name?

team icebreaker get-to-know teambuilding

Ice breaker for groups who don't know each other.

Little-Known Facts II.

get-to-know icebreaker team thiagi

People enjoy learning little-known facts (LKFs) about each other. (E.g. I have a twin brother / I always need to know which direction North is / etc.). They also enjoy revealing such facts to total strangers--perhaps because it makes them feel like celebrities. In this exercise teams match LKFs with participants.

Name Boogie

teampedia team get-to-know icebreaker

his is designed to help warm up a new group of people who don't yet know each other's names.