Icebreakers (pdf) - Dr. Clue's Favorite Ice Breakers

Before your next project meeting, start with the following quick-and-easy"Needs Assessment"Ask attendees to imagine that today is the day they've finished their teamproject. The task successfully completed, you are all now lifting a glass ofchampagne to celebrate a job well done. Each person is now to describe, one byone, what they most enjoyed about the project, as well as what they got out ofthe experience personally.The point: By "looking back" at a successful outcome and the steps that led usthere, we are in essence describing our "ideal scenario" - what we really want tocreate. Just as teams possess task, group and individual Roles, so do theypossess task, group and individual Needs. This "reverse visioning" exercisesheds light, in a very positive manner, on what each of your team membersmight need to experience in order to feel personally satisfied with the project.Note: this exercise works just as well as a needs-assessment for a trainingsession. Ask participants at the beginning of the training to imagine that it's theend of the day and they've had an amazing, meaningful and "impactful" timetogether. Now it's time to look back, reflect and celebrate all that they'velearned and achieved from the day.Participants will tell you exactly what they'd like to learn and experience. Try it!4