Anonymous
Post 08/08/2025 19:45     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pennies.

Give everyone a penny. Tell them to look at the date on said penny. Then have each person announce where they were/what happened to them that year (birth year, HS, got married, kids, covid, whatever) - small groups or in front of everyone.
I've done it both ways.


I like this one.


It’s very awkward if people don’t like sharing their age.


You dont need to share their age just what happened that year.

If I had a penny with "2009" I would say we moved from X City to Y City where I tried skiing for the 1st time ever...

If you want to age yourself you can . You can say that 2009 is when you graduated X University (Go Mascot Y) and landed your 1st job.

You get the picture. It allows people to divulge as much as they want, but also let them be relatable or find a connection with others (I also lived in City Y and skiied at Z Mtn...).

I'm sitting here trying to figure out something that happened to me in 2009. Perhaps other people have better memories or more interesting lives or just make stuff up when forced to play games like this.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2025 19:36     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Please just don't do this. Nothing makes me more irritable than silly warm up stuff.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2025 19:16     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
I like human bingo for things like this.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1756733889/printable-find-someone-who-bingo-get-to
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2025 19:13     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you must, just ask them to introduce themselves. Please don't ask for a fun fact.


Ask for favorite movie, book, or food - something neutral that everyone has.


I once was speed dating and my first question was a good book. I got blank stares. So I changed it to book, movie, show, or podcast. I still mostly got blank stares. It was weird / surprising.


Surprised that speed dating still exists. It's a neat concept.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2025 17:49     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I walk out of meeting that start with ice breakers or any type of activity. Don’t waste people’s time and treat people like adults.


You sound like a peach. I bet nobody wants to get to know you.


I am a peach because I don’t treat adults like kindergarteners?
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2025 00:31     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you must, just ask them to introduce themselves. Please don't ask for a fun fact.


Ask for favorite movie, book, or food - something neutral that everyone has.


I once was speed dating and my first question was a good book. I got blank stares. So I changed it to book, movie, show, or podcast. I still mostly got blank stares. It was weird / surprising.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 20:29     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please don’t. No adult wants to do an ice breaker.

If you insist, have them break into random groups of four for a few minutes and just talk with one another. Then later split into a different group of four and talk with those people. (Or assign tables to random groups at a breakfast and lunch)



This. We have to do these a few times every year at professional development and they are the worst.

-a teacher


What a scam and joke all that professional development stuff is for teachers. They narrowed summer vacay from 3 months to just about 2, then make you take those waste-of-time seminars and junk and they always offer them in the middle of your summer break, just to screw with teachers more.

Anonymous
Post 08/07/2025 19:27     Subject: Ice Breaker Warm Up Activities - Suggestions for Meetings?
Anonymous wrote:Pitchers of margaritas and play spin the bottle.

Definitely would break some ice and liven things up.

Or just get on with the meeting and do your jobs so everyone can get out of the office sooner.


Gross. I don't need to think that deeply about my colleagues, even the nice ones.