Ice Breakers, Energizers, and Activities

Need a quick, no preparation ice breaker that works like a charm to break the ice in a meeting or training session? Highly adaptable, this ice breaker leads participants right into the content of your meeting or training class. Take a look at my one word ice breaker and my suggestions about how to endlessly adapt this ice breaker to your...

Looking for an icebreaker that will quickly allow your training session participants to meet fellow participants? Need an icebreaker that will warm up the group with action and movement? You’ve found the right icebreaker. This speed meeting icebreaker will accomplish both of these objectives.

Here's a fun ice breaker that warms up a group and enables participants at a meal to get to know each other quickly. I usually recommend ice breakers that bring participants into discussion about the content of a training or team building session. But, there is a place for a fun lunch meeting ice breaker whose only purpose is to help session...

Tired of spending time searching for an ice breaker and then, spending the time necessary to redesign the ice breaker for your needs? You can develop an ice breaker that will warm up the conversation in your training class, reinforce the topic of the training session, and ensure that participants enjoy the training. Sure, you can find an ice...

Ice breakers, energizers, and activities heighten the effectiveness of training sessions when targeted to the training, speaking, or facilitation topic and the needs of the learners or participants. Ice breakers are also useful to start out meetings and encourage interpersonal communication.

From trees to dogs to vacation spots, people have favorites. The purpose of this ice breaker is to quickly warm up the group with fun and laughter. The ice breaker is a winner because it makes everyone right. Every employee has favorites and the topic is low stress.

Looking for a winning team building ice breaker that you can use for meetings, training classes, team building sessions, and company events and activities? My five of anything ice breaker makes group cohesiveness and cooperation a natural extension of the discussion when you use this team building ice breaker.

Want to know more about creating quick, fun ice breakers for meetings? I am a proponent of ice breakers that reinforce the content and goal accomplishment of a team building or training session. There is a place, however, for a fun ice breaker whose only purpose is to help session attendees know each other. Here are ice breakers that take time...

I've used this successful ice breaker for so many years that I don't remember where it originated. This ice breaker or warm up activity is fast, easy, and fun. Try out this always successful, laughter-generating, simple ice breaker.

Want to make your next team building activity or team building exercise live up to its true potential? Integrate the team building with real-time work goals. Establish a systematic workplace integration and follow-up process - before you go on the team building adventure. You need to make the good feelings and the outcomes from the team building...

You can use the Pick-a-Partner ice breaker to warm up a group and enable participants at a meal to get to know each other. While the ice breaker can be used to start off a day’s session, it is most effective when participants break for a meal. Several variations of the basic ice breaker are suggested so that you can add variety on different days...

This ten favorites ice breaker gives you an option when you want your training session participants to concentrate on warming up the conversation with fellow participants. This ten favorites training ice breaker makes conversation easy as your group prepares to tackle the more challenging exercises in your training class. Team building and...

I'd like to illustrate the possibilities of my ten favorites training ice breaker. We're sharing our ten favorite foods for fun and as examples. Readers share their ten favorite foods in this fun, fast training ice breaker. Share yours.

Need a quick, hardly any preparation, ice breaker that works magically to break the ice in a meeting or training session? Highly adaptable and customizable, ice breaker questions pull your participants into talking about the content of your meeting or training session. Ice breaker questions are versatile and easily customized to your need. See...

Need ice breakers for your meetings at work? These are sample ice breakers that you can use to start out your meetings, retreats, or training classes. With the right ice breaker question, you can focus the group on the content of the meeting, help meeting participants get to know each other, and start discussion flowing. See sample ice breakers...

Looking for laughter generating funny ice breakers? Some ice breakers are fun and funny and their goal is to help your participants enjoy meeting each other. Fun and funny ice breakers generate laughter which contributes to a genuinely relaxed meeting environment. See sample fun and funny ice breakers for meetings and training sessions.

Want ideas for helping participants get to know each other at a meeting, training session or seminar? These icebreakers for meetings focus on participants sharing about their past. Yet, the icebreakers chosen do not require participants to reveal more than they are comfortable discussing in the workplace. The goal of icebreakers for meetings is...

Looking for a way to build your team quickly and effectively as part of your regular meetings and training sessions? These team builder ice breakers fit the bill. Use team builder ice breakers to help you create a meeting or training environment that fosters communication. Thoughtful team builders help participants know each other's values and...

Who doesn't need a great ice breaker for meetings, training classes, and team building activities? Have you read, used or participated in an ice breaker that you enjoyed? We're collecting your favorite ice breaker to create a treasure trove for readers. Readers share their favorite ice breaker.

Do you need an ice breaker that is easy to create, generates discussion, breaks the ice with participants, and pulls your audience into the topic of the meeting, team building session, or training activity? The meaningful quotes ice breaker does all three. See the ice breaker.

Need an ice breaker for a group? This ice breaker is different because it doesn't divide the participants in a training session or meeting into smaller groups. The take a stand ice breaker allows you to break the ice with your whole group in one team building activity. Find out how to plan and lead the take a stand group ice breaker.

Want to know more about how to use ice breakers in training? Trainers, facilitators, and meeting leaders use ice breakers in training sessions to help participants get to know each other and to stimulate conversation. Ice breakers break the ice in training classes.

Want to try out the best ice breaker activities on my site? These ice breaker activities are popular with participants in my meetings, training, and team building sessions. They're also the most popular with readers. Take a look.