Icebreakers

Human Knot

“Human Knot” is a team-building exercise where participants form a circle, reach across, and grab the hands of others randomly to create a “knot” of intertwined arms. The goal is to untangle the knot without letting go of hands, requiring communication, patience, and teamwork. This activity encourages problem-solving and collaboration, often with plenty of laughter […]

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Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie is an engaging icebreaker that promotes connection and fun by encouraging participants to share a bit about themselves. Participants each prepare two true statements and one falsehood about themselves. The group then guesses which statement is the lie. This can be done in pairs, small groups, or with the entire

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The Parking Lot - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

The Parking Lot

This is a workshop or meeting technique that allows participants to “park” ideas, suggestions or topics that are off-topic or not directly related to the agenda. This entails creating a designated space, either on a whiteboard or flipchart, where group members can write down any ideas or questions that come up during the discussion, but

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Hopes and Fears

Hopes & Fears

Works brilliantly as an icebreaker to gage the mood of a session right at the start. It also gives participants a chance to voice their hopes & fears right from the beginning. Method The method use for the Hopes & Fears is very simple, ask people what their hopes and fears are for the upcoming

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Human Bingo - Participatory Activity for Facilitators

Human Bingo

Human bingo is a human-based version of Bingo, using personal traits or facts in place of numbers on a Bingo card. It’s an excellent icebreaker, it’s loads of fun, get’s people talking and can reveal interesting facts about people. This works best with a decent size group of approximately 20+ people. Human Bingo: Method Give

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