Ice Breakers
Katy McCullough
Created on November 29, 2023
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ACTIVITIES
QUESTIONS
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Need an Icebreaker?
Share some of your current favorites with others.
Recommend Your Favorites
QUESTION 02
Say it loud, and say it proud.
Cheering Each Other On
QUESTION 05
This could be weird, embarrassing, or downright hilarious.
Down the Rabbit Hole
QUESTION 04
Time to update your playlists. Dust those records off!
Add to My Playlist
QUESTION 03
Add your most commonly used emoji to the chat.
EmojiCheck-in
QUESTION 01
Ice Breaker Question Ideas
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Emoji Check-in
QUESTION 01
To start the meeting...
- Ask all participants to add their most commonly used emoji to the chat.
- Or, request meeting participants drop an emoji in the chat to represent how their day is going. If necessary, they can use a string of emojis.
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- Podcasts
- Apps
- Anything else!
Recommend Your Favorites
QUESTION 02
Who needs a new show to watch?
Everyone is always looking for a new show to watch, or a new book to read. A quick and easy way to start off the meeting is to have participants add their recommendations to the chat. These can include:
- Movies
- TV Series
- Books
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Start the meeting by requesting participants share one of the follwing:
- What song (old or new) are you playing on repeat right now?
- What song (good or bad) is stuck in your head?
- Share your favorite song or playlist to workout to.
- Share your favorite song or playlist to drive to.
- Share your favorite song or playlist to clean to.
Add to My Playlist
QUESTION 03
Channel your inner DJ.
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Down the Rabbit Hole
QUESTION 04
Keep it professional...
It needs to be repeated: remind participants to keep their answers work appropriate. Then, ask everyone to share what rabbit holes they have gone down lately. If they aren't too embarrassed to share, of course!
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This is a simple question, but it may take more time if participants are willing to share. People can simply share a name, or can explain why if they would like. Who is someone in your life you want to celebrate this month? Someone who made your life better?
Cheer Each Other On
QUESTIONS 05
Let's hear it!
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Will you agree with the results? Only one way to find out!
What's Your Creative Type?
ACTIVITY 02
This can be as fun or as goofy as you would like.
Theme Days
ACTIVITY 05
It doesn't get any easier than this.
Say Cheese
ACTIVITY 04
What will this say about you?
Show and Tell Time
ACTIVITY 03
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...
Gather 'Round for Storytime
ACTIVITY 01
Ice Breaker Activity Ideas
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Gather 'Round for Storytime
ACTIVITY 01
Once upon a time...
There's no one exact way to run this, so feel free to adapt once you are comfortable.
- A volunteer starts by saying a sentence. The next person picks up the story and adds their own sentence. Continue going around until you have finished the story or until everyone has had a turn.
- If there are too many meeting particpants, make smaller groups in breakout rooms.
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What's Your Creative Type?
ACTIVITY 02
Will the results surprise you?
This is a longer activity best suited for small groups who work together. Use mycreativetype.com or another website to have participants take a personality test. Agree? Disagree? Share the results?
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Show and Tell Time
ACTIVITY 03
What will you choose?
- Each meeting participant will choose something from their home or office and tell the story behind it.
- Participants can choose at will, or provide a theme for them.
- A few theme ideas: favorite book, memento from a vacation, or the condiment in their refrigerator they cannot live without.
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Say Cheese
ACTIVITY 04
Will the results surprise you?
Request meeting particpants to take a photo of their current view and share it in the chat. There are endless photo prompts or variations of this you can use.
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Theme Days
ACTIVITY 05
What will you choose?
This activity can be a lot of fun, and does not have to take away from any meeting time - unless you want it to!
- Decide on a theme ahead of time and communicate it to meeting participants.
- Possible theme ideas: hat day, favorite team, hawaiian shirt day, and wear a specific color.
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