Creating team building activities is a challenge, and if you have weekly meetings focused on team building and communication, it can be exhausting to come up with new and fresh ideas to keep your group engaged. Here are few of Fun Team Building's favorite places to find inspiration. Plus, a few of our favorite activities to help spice up your weekly team activity.

1. FRESHTAKES
ONTRADITIONAL:
WEEKLYTEAMBUILDING

2. WHERE TO FIND
INSPIRATION
Trying to create unique team building activities can be a
challenge, and finding the right resources to bring your
group back to life can be difficult and time consuming.
Here are some of our recommended ways to get everyone
(including you, leader) inspired for your next meeting:
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3. 1. ASK FOR HELP
Ask your people for their favorite team building
or icebreaker activities, and really use them.
The asking, by itself, is a great team building activity.
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4. 2. SOCIAL MEDIA
It’s a good way to get access to a variety of people.
Pose the question to your friends and team to see
what their favorite activity is.
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5. 3. PINTEREST
There are many resources available on Pinterest, more
than just recipes and DIY projects. Search around and
see what other activities have been pinned and get
creative — put your own spin on what you find.
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6. 4. BLOGS/RESOURCES
Team Building leaders love sharing their ideas. What a
great way to learn how to run these activities and discover
what you should take away from them by following blogs
and articles found online. Bonus? It’s a great way
to build community and support for leaders, too.
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7. 5. FUN TEAM BUILDING POCKET GUIDE
I thoroughly believe in sharing, so here are a few of my
favorite team building activities for a variety of groups
and situations.
Simply go to http://www.funteambuilding.com/resources/pocket-guide-group-activities/
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8. 6. HIRE A PROFESSIONAL
At some point, it does become necessary to hire a third
party to facilitate. So if you’re ready for a little reinforce-
ment, then go ahead and hire a professional to come in
and lead your group for a day or a half-day to get those
team building juices flowing.
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9. A FRESH TAKE ON THE
TRADITIONALTo help inspire you with some creative ideas,
here are a few unique and fresh takes on
traditional activities. These require little to
no props, and they aim to engage everybody,
stimulate laughter and energize.
Best of all, they allow for compelling
debriefs that stimulate, inspire,
and motivate.

10. INTUITIONTHIS ACTIVITY BRINGS OUT EXCELLENT OUTCOMES SUCH AS COOPERATION,
TRUST, LISTENING, LEADERSHIP, PATIENCE, FUN, AND MORE!
Requires no props and 10 – 30 people. Or, you can break down larger groups
into smaller groups of 12 – 20.
People sit in a circle or around a table. The goal is to count in order without
talking over someone else. For example, if there are 18 in the group, someone
starts by saying 1, then another person says 2, then another says 3, and so on
until you get to 18. It has to be in a different order every time, all done ran-
domly (people can’t say the same number repeatedly). If two or more people
speak simultaneously, the activity starts over. There will be plenty restarts! If
the group finds this too easy, simply request them to close their eyes. Another
great outcome of this activity is its ability to bring up discussions about com-
munication. It makes for an excellent debrief with lots of juicy topics.
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11. SCAVENGERHUNTTHIS ACTIVITY ENCOURAGES THE TEAM TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY’LL
HAVE TO RELY ON EACH OTHER TO GET TO THE NEXT LOCATION SAFELY.
This one requires a bit more planning because you have to plant clues and make
sure those clues line up. It’s a great idea to ask members of your team to help
you create the details of this activity! Creating it accomplishes the teamwork as
much as playing it. You can break your larger group into smaller groups, or keep
them all together. Then, hide clues around the area (or campus) and have the
group work together to figure out where to go next. If you want to make it even
more challenging, at each location have a team member (a) lose their sight (b)
lose their hearing or (c) lose their ability to walk.
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12. FACE-2-FACETHIS ACTIVITY PRODUCES LAUGHTER AND ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE ROOM
The only props needed are index cards and pens for this fun activity. It’s also
an excellent activity to start a meeting, insert in the middle for an energizer, or
end a meeting. Each person needs an index card and pen. Then request each
person to find a partner and stand face-to-face with that partner.
The directions: Without looking down at your index card, draw your partner’s
face! You will see lots of laughter and energy throughout the room. Here’s the
catch: when everyone is finished, ask them to give their drawing to their part-
ners, so each is holding the index card of their own face. Then ask them to po-
sition the face card on their forehead, walk around the room, and show every-
one what they look like! For the debrief, ask the participants what they learned
from this. The answers will surprise you.
(And don’t forget the camera for this one!)
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13. TIPSFORYOU
4. LEAVE THE EGO:
focus on the group
and what they need to
learn. Follow their lead.
2. BE PUNCTUAL:
Start the activity on time,
and end it on time –
people love that.
5. ASK GOOD QUESTIONS:
then step back and let the
group figure it out.
(Don’t give them too many
answers; they need to work
together to figure it out.)
3. ALLOW FOR
SPONTANEITY:
some of the best learning
comes from the unplanned
moments!
6. LAUGH AND HAVE FUN:
lead by example. If you’re
having fun, then the group
will have fun.
TIPS FOR YOUNow that you know where to look for creative inspiration
when developing your own icebreakers and team building
activities want to encourage you to keep these few tips in
mind when leading the team throughout the year:
1. KEEP THE LIST OF
ACTIVITIES GROWING:
use this resource and
others we’ve suggested
and add the ones that
work for your team to
easily accessible lists
and folders.

14. 5. ASK GOOD QUESTIONS:
then step back and let the
group figure it out.
(Don’t give them too many
answers; they need to work
together to figure it out.)
DON’T GIVE UP!LEADING WEEKLY ACTIVITIES IS A LOT OF
WORK, AND YOU CAN DO IT!
The Fun Team Building team is here to help with some
inspiration to make sure you can keep your meetings
fresh and engaging. What’s your favorite twist on
the traditional? We’d love to add it to our list!
Visit Fun Team Building’s website at
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Larry Lipman’s free monthly newsletter, friend him
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You’ll never run out of ideas!
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