Icebreakers and team building to make meetings more productive fun

How many sessions you have, which are just the same old thing - you can not wait for boring meetings, to leave. Most meetings are poorly run and not productive.

I am a consultant teacher and meetings have been an agent for over 20 years. In the hundreds of courses and seminars that I learned, I learned the truth - even more people from the meetings, if a little mix 'of fun.

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Through the use of icebreakers and team building can be yoursnext meeting, class, or team building something dynamic and fun event.

It is advisable to have a few basics before choosing a team building exercise or have a business meeting icebreaker.

Property - First icebreakers tend to work best when participants chose the title to the work of the mediator used. They introduced five important elements.

1 Explain the activity.
Enter the objectives of the 2.
3 Outline of the structure.
Allow 4Time for questions.
5 Giving permission to participate at their convenience.

The last element is crucial and often overlooked. Make an announcement at the beginning of an exercise to ensure that participants understand that there are "linked" to a meeting of business or team.

For those who choose may be wondering how "observers" and see if they are comfortable, offering a debriefing at the end of the event. Give them something constructive to do whileExercise. If they choose, given the voluntary, people will have more responsibility for their participation.

Set the air - icebreakers set the atmosphere for the event to continue. With this understanding, it is useful to break the ice, which to choose in accordance with the climate of the meeting. An icebreaker or team-building exercise may send the wrong message. The unintended message was sent to the session in a different direction. So it makes sense to spend the time necessary to selectmeeting icebreaker correct.

Learning Objectives - Some coaches and team facilitators prefer a focused meeting icebreaker or team-building exercise on the learning objectives of the meetings, training program or the target group. Others prefer to exercise independent only to break the ice. However, any ice-breaking and dynamic consequences both intended and unintended. Consider this before the event so as to maximize the experience and the construction of a coherentMeeting.

Security - The first rule is no risk that may cause injury to participants.

One of my favorite team-building activities as "terrorist situation Toxic Popcorn". This team is a simple activity for adults and adolescents. The goal is a can of popcorn "toxic", decontaminate the place hidden in the room of "terrorists". Your team must quickly come up with a plan of action, installation tools and equipment, the material inexplodes in a container "safe" before substance "toxic". This is a great game for, designers doers and thinkers to identify the group. It also highlights the importance of a good plan.

For example, team-building exercises and ice breakers

A great day for the hats!

Give each participant a donut-shaped piece of felt or other about 18 cm in diameter. Ask participants to form a hat with the material. Participants must have sufficient time to theirHat. At the end of a team exercise, so that each person has created to explain. You can also use the people on the team and have some friendly competition between groups that can be creative with the hat.

Letters and names

Give each person a couple of minutes to an adjective with the same letter in the name of his first first (such as "Big Greg") thinking. Start modeling alone. Then go around the group asking each person, their name / adjective conditionCombination. At various points of operation, or at the end, asking volunteers to remember and repeat the names and adjectives volunteered so far. Give prizes to those who want to do the best job.

The Towel Game

Ask participants to form groups of equal size. Give each group a napkin and ask them to fold the napkin as small as possible. However, it must be large enough for team members on their feet, place the napkin.

Charter Financial Tear

This meetingIcebreaker to interview lasts about 5 minutes.

Give everyone a blank sheet of paper 8 1/2-by-11-inch. Tell them that: "We are something that show us some important things to do on communication Take your sheet of paper and hold it before you close your eyes and follow my instructions and not to spy - you can not ask questions ..."

Then tell them the following. "Fold the paper in half. Now tear the top right corner. Fold it in halfagain and pulls the upper left corner of the sheet.

Fold again at the center. Now tear in the lower right corner of the sheet. "

Signed after the tear is to say something like: "Now open your eyes and see what you have. If I have to communicate a good job, and you did a good job according to my instructions, all units should be the same! Watch"

Keep your hand looking for them. And 'highly unlikely that fits your every leaf carefully.

AskGroup, not a piece of paper because you voted. You will probably have answers like "You do not make us ask questions!" or "How could it be interpreted in different ways." Then you bring in a discussion about the need for effective communication.

Icebreakers and team building to make meetings more productive fun