Advisor College Icebreakers/Teambuilding Exercise

[GeekyGirl]

Just dumping a few ideas in here.

The Artist Game

How it’s usually played:  Participants have 5 minutes to draw a picture with paper and pencil that best conveys who they are without writing any words or numbers.  The facilitator collects the pictures and then shows the pictures one at a time to the group.  Everyone has a minute to guess who drew it.  Each artist then has the chance to explain how the work conveys who they are.

Virtual team version:  Participants have a few minutes to go to the Web and find an image or screenshot that best conveys who they are and then emails it to the facilitator.  The facilitator can then flash each image on the screen one at a time and participants try to guess who it relates to.  Each person then has a chance to explain why they chose that image.  

Three in Common Game

How it’s usually played:   The group is split into smaller groups of 3 people each.  Each small group has to find 3 (or whatever number you chose) things they have in common.  The commonalities have to be something a little unusual and not things like age, sex, hair color, etc.  After 5 minutes, the larger group reconvenes and each small group briefs the rest of the participants.

Virtual team version:  This can be played in a very similar way as the face to face version if you’re using collaboration software that allows you to do breakout sessions.  For example, Cisco WebEx allows the facilitator to select participants and create breakout sessions.  At the touch of a button, participants in a designated breakout group are switched from the main conference call to their own separate conference call line where they can complete the exercise.  When they are done, they simply click a button and join the main group again.

Scavenger Hunt

Find out the human side of other virtual team members in this completely virtual team building icebreaker activity. Interview each other and gather interesting facts about team members’ home towns, cultures, countries, likes, dislikes and more. Virtual work teams share this wealth of knowledge with everyone on the team to forge connections that build trust and fuel virtual team collaboration.

[GeekyGirl]

It looks like this is going to be a fun group! You'll be interacting with each other quite a bit, and you've shown from your introductions that you're an interesting and outgoing bunch.  



Let's take the introduction a little further before the real work begins. Interview each other by PM and gather interesting fun facts about team members’ home towns, cultures, countries, likes, dislikes and more. Then, in this thread, introduce your partner, and share what you've learned.

Rapt Reader interviews HeartandWhole

HeartandWhole interviews Babyducks

Babyducks interviews Pessi-optimist

Pessi-optimist interviews Scarlet Phoenix

Scarlet Phoenix interviews Rapt Reader

Have fun!  Looking forward to hearing more about you.