Month: May 2019

A fun way to review and recall key learning points from the session, using creativity, teamwork and visually display what the most important thing(s) was from the session.

An engaging and hilarious little challenge which is fun to use with competitive teams, sales teams and for everyone believing themselves to be “fast as lightning”.

In a fun and engaging way, get people communicating about relevant topics. You’ll create a both general and personal discussion.

To show the group that by placing a certain thought in the brain, we can inspire a completely different thought to pop up when we change the subject.

A small Team Up exercise, to randomly create teams. You’ll need 1 ball per person, and you’ll write out a number on each, to match up with other teammates in the room.

A quick and fun way to split your group into teams, using photos which you turn into a big jigsaw puzzle, to create them. This way, you can pick photos relevant for your session, and make a greater impact!

To introduce each other and add a twist by giving it all a little twist on top. This will involve the most interesting positive experiences each individual has had in the last 24 hours.

To consolidate key learning points from the session you just had, using a competition to engage your audience in a fun and interactive way.

To test and train negotiation skills in a competitive environment, and to talk about strategizing in a competitive environment.

For colleagues to learn something personal or work related about each other, while having a small competition about who’s better at obfuscating truths and lies.

To get energy into the room and get people to team up in a fun and interactive way. Can easily be used in a way, that pinpoints the focus of the session.

By placing yourself in your competitors chair and look at your own organization, figure out the flaws in your product, methods, personnel etc. so you can improve those areas.

To visualize how we often think of ourselves more than the greater good and to show how hard it is to cooperate in a competitive situation.

Divides the group into teams in a fun and energetic way. It also creates communication and functions as an icebreaker.

To run through the content of the session in a fun interactive way, exploring and discovering key learnings from the session, either during it, for instance at lunch, or at the end of the session to sum things up.

To think outside the box and get a sense of how good the group is at asking questions. An exercise in how hard communication is when it comes to getting to the bottom of things. Very easily related to sales techniques.

To show that working in groups most often gives a better result than working on your own. With this small mental exercise, you’ll have your group work first as individuals, then in teams, and in that clearly show that we get better results as a team.

To have the group reflect on the topic at hand, write down their concerns, ideas and thoughts so you can address them and ensure that everyone get the output of the session they’re after.

To get people involved in answering questions throughout the day, without having to drag every single response out of them.

To let the participants, figure out whether or not their own self-image is aligned with how others perceive them.

A quick icebreaker to get to know each other better, using a small game. This energizer is often used by young people during parties, but can easily be adapted to work with sober groups as well…

To define if a person has a “push” or a “pull” communication style. To make people aware of how they communicate messages, products, ideas etc. to others.

To inspire the teams to be creative, think abstract and sell their message visually. To get people to communicate and talk about how best to fulfill the goal.

Small competition which requires teamwork and coordination. Depending on how well the team performs, they’ll win different tools/props to help them during the next part of the session you’re doing.

To get a sense of how individuals would react in difficult situations. A small competition between teams trying to guess how others will answer compared to their own opinion.

To show that under pressure our minds are not always functioning properly. To sharpen senses and get people ready for the next part of a session.

To get people to share information about themselves or a project. Can be used in different ways to get communication going.

This is just about surprising your group as to just how fantastic your insight is when it comes to people’s brains.

This energizer is just a fun little game with the purpose of making people laugh and get out of the chairs for a little bit. It can also be used as a random way to pair up.

This an interactive and “innocent” way to show if you like or dislike what is being said, discussed, presented etc.

To sharpen people’s senses, get them energized and ready for tasks that requires concentration and focus. A fun and engaging exercise where the competitive aspect tends to get people on their toes.

To make a small competition with questions that relates to the individual and where teams (in pairs) must be the first to reach the finish line – together.

To get people to find the key learning points of the session. The most important discoveries they’ll bring home with them. Have them share with the rest of the group and discover what others found to be most valuable.

And icebreaker where you introduce yourself in a different, creative and at times outrageous way. This will surely spark laughs and fill the group with good, positive energy.

To energize the crowd and bring some good spirit (and karma!?) into the room, giving one of the other participant a good old fashioned massage…

This little energizer engages people in a fun and crazy way, while they get to know each other’s names or their positions in the department/organization.

A pure energizer involving physical contact, icebreaking, laughing together and build up energy by moving around. It can be combined with a competitive element to up the pace and energy.

With this mindbender, working as teams you’ll get people to think outside the box, and in a fun and engaging way, inspire lateral thinking.

An icebreaker with the purpose of gaining information regarding the other participants, either personal or work related. It’s all wrapped into a fun little game based on baseball.

To learn the names of the other participants in a fun and engaging way, and to have a talk about how your demeanor changes as you get support and backup from your colleagues.

This is a pure energizer to engage and activate the group in a fun and challenging way as well as to increase focus. The exercise works well after a lunch break or whenever you need to get people out of their chairs.

To mix and match a group into teams, then have them talk with opposing teams of different conviction (individually) and try to find a solution based on the views and ideas of both parties.

Show that we can do more as a group than we can as an individual, and that working as a group or team greatly increases the output of our efforts.

To get to know your colleagues in areas you wouldn’t normally ask about. You get info on what they like, dislike, whom they’re committed to etc.