Getting Together: Icebreakers and Group Energizers » (1st Edition)

LORRAINE L. UKENS is the owner of Team-ing with Success, an organization specializing in team building and leadership development. Her wide range of business experience, spanning more than twenty years, is applied in designing, facilitating, and evaluating programs in a variety of training areas.In 1993, Loraine developed a comprehensive three-phase training program, also called TEAM-ING WITH SUCCESS, which was designed to help build and maintain high-performing teams. Since then, additional games and activities have been developed that use hands-on learning experiences to promote constructive group dynamics.Loraine received her M.S. degree in human resource development from Towson State University in Maryland. A writer and consultant, she is an active member of the American School for Training and Development.

These brief, interactive games and activities raise your participants' awareness and prepare them to learn something new. Designed to be fun and energizing, the activities help people overcome the initial anxiety common among new acquaintances or in group situations.

This collection is conveniently divided into two categories: 1) icebreakers, which encourage mixing, and 2) group challenges, which energize and build team cohesion.

Use these games to:
* Promote interaction
* Introduce your topic
* Ease anxieties regarding sensitive or emotional issues
* Form partnerships or teams during the session
* Help people feel comfortable with the environment, the topic to be discussed, and one another
* Gain control of a group
* Get meetings started on a stimulating note

Each game is presented in a concise and easy-to-follow format. You'll get details such as objectives, materials required, preparation, activity instructions, variations, discussion questions, group size, time required, and reproducible worksheets or material templates.

Use these icebreakers today to energize your group for the work ahead!

Introduction.
Icebreakers-Big To-Do-Box Bingo-Bullseye-Comic Capers-Common Scents-Defining Moments-Eagle's Nest-Facts of Life-Frozen Treats-Global View-Hum-Dingers-The Hunt is On-In This Corner-Limerick Lines-Many Happy Returns-Moniker Medley-Name Chain-Official Orders-The Right Connections-Spelling Bee-Talking in Circles-What's in a Name-Who Could it Be?
Group Energizers-Alphabet Soup-Balloon Bounce-Closer Observation-Data Directory-Food Chain Relay-Four-by-Four-Goal TAnding-Gridlock-Hand it Over-Hidden Hands-Imagine That-In Search of-Just Like?-Keys to Success-Last Straw-No Vowels Allowed-Picture Perfect-Poem's Progress-Quote Cubes-Rhymed Riddles-Scrambled Sense-Sock Search-Team Challenge-Team Hats-Tic-Tactical-Toe-Tribal Adventure-Trivial Numbers-Visual Effects.