Icebreaker Workshop Activities
Spoons - A lateral thinking game
Best and Worst
This activity could easily break the ice at the beginning of a workshop, enabling participants to get to know each other in a fast process.
Icebreaker: The Group Map
Ask people to place themselves on an imaginary map laid out in the room representing the country according to where they grew up. Ask them to share one internal value they got from that place, and why is that important for them. Encourage people to share a short story if they want
Helium Stick
A great and simple activity for fostering teamwork and problem solving with no setup beforehand.
Awareness Circle
Stress Balls
Life map
With this activity the participants get to know each other on a deeper level.
Three wishes
The activity serves as a brief energiser during a workshop, and helps to get creativity flowing. At the end of this method, each team member will be a little more familiar with each other.
Name Game
Use the exercise at, or very near, the start of a course, workshop or meeting where people don't know each other as it helps to learn names of each other
Questions Only
A classic improv game designed to encourage creative thinking, develop improvisation skills, and energize a group - great to break the ice and generate laughter with minimal set-up!
One Word Method
Creating a sentence relating to a specific topic or problem with each person contributing one word at a time.