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[quote=Anonymous]I HATE this kind of thing.

I'm a teacher and our admin waste so much of our time every week with pointless "ice breakers" and childish party games at the start of each of our many (largely pointless) meetings.  The pattern is that we have multiple admin who really don't do much actual necessary work, so they create more and more meetings and busy work to justify their positions, all at the expense of people who have a great deal of real work to complete.

Everybody is busy and has real work to do.  Nobody wants to do your stupid icebreaker, OP. They only want the essential information so that they can go do their actual job.

I could give you a list of asinine ice breakers our admin has forced us to do over the years, but I won't because I am a considerate person and I pity your audience.

Instead of an ice breaker or stupid party game, I suggest:

1.  Start the meeting on time without dithering or telling stupid jokes or anecdotes about yourself or your family.

2.  Don't read slides at people.

3.  Give essential information as concisely as possible.

4.  If you find that the essential information could be presented in one clear email, DON'T WASTE PEOPLE'S TIME and cancel the meeting.

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