Icebreakers can give people an opportunity to bond at the start of a workshop. However, asking people to introduce themselves to the person next to them can feel a bit awkward or robotic.
Here are a list of Workshop Icebreaker Questions you can use at your next meeting, seminar, networking session or training workshop:
- Tell us about an eventful journey or travel experience
- If you could create a dream job role for yourself, what would it be? Be outrageous, chocolate tester, professional lounger, princess, etc.
- If you could choose one superpower, what would it be and why?
- Tell us your guilty pleasure (a cheesy band or TV show you can’t get enough of)
- What is the best thing about your hometown?
- If you could have dinner with any celebrity, who would it be and why?
- What’s your dream travel location and why?
- If you could switch lives with anyone, who would it be and why?
- If you could go back in time and visit yourself 10 years ago, what advice would you give yourself?
- Someone is making a movie about your life, which actor or actress would play you and why?
- If you could travel to any time period in history, where would you go?
- When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- If you could keep any animal as a pet, what would it be and why?
- Say “hello” in as many different languages as you can!
- What’s the first meme that comes into your head?
- When was the last time that you felt particularly proud of yourself?
- Who is the most famous person that you’ve ever met?
- If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be?
- Someone is writing an autobiography about you, what would it be called?
- What’s your go-to takeout order?
- Name one thing that everyone loves, but you dislike
- Do you collect anything? If so, what do you collect and why?
- What would be your perfect breakfast?
- What’s your favourite month of the year and why?
- If you had an unlimited gift card for any store, which store would you spend it in?
- If you had an unlimited gift card for any store, what’s the first thing you would buy?
- You’ve just won the lottery. What’s the first thing you would do?
- How do you like to start your day?
- What’s your favourite social media app and why?
- What television series are you currently hooked on watching?
Tips for using this list of Workshop Icebreaker Questions
- Choose appropriate question(s) for the group – some questions may not be suitable for the environment, use your judgment.
- Answer the question yourself first – don’t put others on the spot, lead by example
- Give people a chance to think – it can sometimes be hard to answer icebreaker questions so give people a couple of minutes to think about their answer before putting them on the spot!
- Tailor your workshop icebreaker questions to compliment the topic of the workshop – if possible, find a relevant or topic variation of one of these questions to make it more meaningful