Open your workshop / session / meeting with a visual check-in that enables people to be there as who they are and what's on their mind:
Players share things they're afraid of, and others who don't have that fear symbolically "take" that fear away.
Try to high-five the person to your right or left. If you match you stay in the game.
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!
Equilateral Triangles Collaboration is an excellent conference icebreaker that highlights how large self-organizing groups can successfully collaborate without the need for stringent rules, regulations and leadership.
As an icebreaker in a workshop or conference that has ‘collaboration’ or 'self-organization' as a key theme.
Imaginary ball thrown around the group and people spectacularly miss catching it.
Most people have a repertoire of song lyrics in their head. This activity offers the fun of recalling them, the opportunity to belt them out without anxiety about singing "well", and the aspect of learning which songs "everyone" in the group knows and which are familiar to only you.
This is a convergence method used in a workshop.
This game has been designed to gather facts and opinions from the participants on different aspects of the issue at stake. It will help gain and share insight from all points of view, since everyone will have had the chance to contribute.
Easy and fun way to review content or atmosphere at the end of a group activity (or in between) in 5 minutes.
Useful technique to examine the consequences of doing nothing.
While it is admirable to share our gratitude and good feelings with others, we rarely stop to think about what giving others our gratitude can do for us. As it turns out, it does quite a lot for our brains, resilience, and mental well-being.