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The women of Connect: Professional Women’s Network share
their favorite getting-to-know-you activities at work events.
Breaking the Ice

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“I got to a networking event and was given someone else's name tag!
I had to find this man, interview him and introduce him to the group.
It was fun, and I made a new friend!” Louise Cote, Design Director

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“I ask the group to share what they wanted to be when they grew up.
Some people never thought about it, and others had many things they
wanted to be or do.” Margie Campaigne, Sustainability Educator

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“We take turns telling 3 things about ourselves -- 2 true and 1 false, then guess
which one is false. Generally, there's easy Q&A that just happens about the true
things (common interests or interesting stories) or the false thing (why it was
chosen).” Tamra Toussaint, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

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“Take a beach ball and write ice breaker questions all over it. Toss it to the
first attendee to use the index finger of the hand they write with to
determine what question they'll answer. Then they toss to next person,
etc. This was a lot of fun!” Deborah Larsen, Law Secretary

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“I prefer short ice breakers that solicit brief answers. Easier to
facilitate and keep the group on track. In a staff meeting, we were
asked, “If you could work in a circus, what job would you want and
why?” Jana Flaig, Inspirational Humorist

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“When I do nametags, I write a question relative to the event and have
people fill in the blank. At our holiday/new year’s party, I did "In 2013, I
hope to ____.” It gets people interested in looking at what they wrote.”
Becky Richardson, Administrative Assistant

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“Write down the most interesting job you've had, place in a bowl and
the group has to guess who had that job. Surprising, fun and
enlightening. You learn a lot about people this way!” Cyndi Cobb,
Regional Sales Director

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“My favorite is Penny for Your Memory. At every chair is a penny.
Everyone says something that happened to them the year their penny
was made. It helps to pre-sort the pennies so that you have a range
of years.” Christine Hanna, Graduate Medical Education Manager

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“For remote teams, have people email photos from the youngest age they
can find. We put them all into a presentation and had everyone guess
silently by filling out a worksheet. Afterwards, we revealed the answers
one by one.” Cheryl Johnson, VP Operations Research Analyst II

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