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Icebreakers

Icebreakers. What are icebreakers?. Icebreakers are tools and/or short exercise that enables interaction, stimulate creative thinking, challenge basic assumptions, illustrate new concepts, and introduce specific material. Icebreakers are used in group processes or projects to:.

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Icebreakers

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  1. Icebreakers

  2. What are icebreakers? Icebreakers are tools and/or short exercise that enables interaction, stimulate creative thinking, challenge basic assumptions, illustrate new concepts, and introduce specific material.

  3. Icebreakers are used in group processes or projects to: • Help a group get acquainted and feel more comfortable with each other. • Creates a non-threatening environment and trust within a group. • Provide a preview of topic for discussion. • Teach a skill. • Encourages people to have fun and participate.

  4. Icebreakers are also used to: • Evoke a response • Create awareness • Move a team forward in a project

  5. How are icebreakers used? • Used anytime during the meeting • Appropriate to the group, application, or content • Structured

  6. Icebreakers work best when participants are given: • rationale for the activity. • objectives of the activity. • structure of the activity. • opportunity to ask questions. • permission to participate at their own level of comfort.

  7. Examples of Icebreakers: • Change: Warhead Exercise

  8. Examples of Icebreakers: • Awareness: Recall Exercise “DE-X-ES”

  9. Examples of Icebreakers: • Introduce topic for discussion: Cartoon Qualities

  10. Icebreaker Resources: • http://www.odportal.com/training/icebreakers.htm • http://www.humanpingpongball.com/index.html • http://www.astd.org • Local Library

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