What wishes do participants have for your training session? Which of these wishes do the most participants share?
Here's an opening activity that helps the participants to generate a list of wishes, discuss them, and identify the highest-priority wishes.
Teams of 3. (See strategy section for discussion of different team sizes.) No limit to the number of teams other than what the organizer wants.
This is a fun icebreaker or energizer! Great for laughs and energy, the shedding of stress, status and roles.
This is a fun icebreaker or energizer where participants are asked “What's in the bag?” It's a simple way to engage people and have fun getting to know each other, it gets participants to step into the space together. Each team gets points for any items that are called out that they have with them.
In this debating game, participants imagine they are in an inflatable lifeboat that is running out of air. Each round, participants must state why they should remain on the boat and then vote on who should leave. Encourage critical thinking and develop presentation skills in this fun debating activity.
If you like playing Charades (Guess the word) in a live setting, there is no reason to hold you back playing it online with your team. Here is a handy Mural board and detailed instruction of how to play Charades with your team, using the words and expressions YOU come up with.
Help get people into the mindset of exploring non-obvious futures
Get to know each other by sharing your personal universe
An icebreaker game to empower people to be more opened and start a conversation with the others.
SHARE WITH US WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR MIND AT THIS VERY MOMENT BEFORE STARTING THE SESSION TOGETHER
Basic Rules
Time estimation: Allow 1 min per participant who wants to share what occupies their mind.
Participants work in pairs to first study and then draw their partner from memory, using their non-dominant hand.