A set of three wonderful ice-breaking exercises for all situations - educational to management teams.

1. minivation
Presents a set of
great ice-breaking exercises.

2. ice-breaker
exercises

3. The aim in this session
is for you to work together
and get to know each other.
Activity 1 = work alone.
Activity 2 = work in pairs.
Activity 3 = all team members.

4. Activity 1
Imagine your answers
to the following questions
about your instructor:
2:00 minutes
on your own

5. Where does s/he live?
Where did s/he grow up?
What are her/his hobbies?
What does s/he do to relax?
What sort of car does s/he drive?
If s/he was famous, who would s/he be?

6. 5 minutes in each group
to compare your answers.

7. Activity 2
Students pair up.
Now answer the following
questions about your partners.
3:00 minutes

8. Where do they live?
Where did they grow up?
What do they do to relax?
What are their hobbies?
What sort of car do they drive?
What sort of person are they?

9. Activity 3
There follows ten ideas.
In your teams list the
advantages and disadvantages
of each idea.

10. 1) Introduce a 'sensor' in mobile phones,
which automatically switches off
the phone if the owner is talking
too loudly
(very useful in a cinema or museum!).

11. 2) Allow the audience of a live show to
film the show and sell it online.
http://www.cksinfo.com/electronics/cameras/page2.html

12. 3) Provide electric buses for audiences
to go to cultural events.

13. 4) Develop an app that finds the best
route to travel to an artistic event.

14. 5) Design t-shirts that change colour:
= good
= neutral
= bad
-- this could offer feedback to the
organisers of events!

15. 6) Sell brochures online before shows.

16. 7) Organise a ‘No Clothes Show’ event
where people can attend
a cultural event naked.

17. 8) Create a stopover cultural travel guide
with advice on what to do
and see on a long-haul stopover.

18. 9) Stream live cultural events online
to fee-paying subscribers.

19. 10) Allow all understudies
from theatre productions
to perform a scene or two
after the main show.

20. In your teams:
Imagine you have been given a grant
to set up one of these businesses.
Which one would you choose?
Why?
- 5 minutes to reach a decision
- 1 minute presentation to group
- questions from floor

22. CC minivation
minivation, Unit 27 City Business Centre, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7JF
Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks.
All brand names and product names used in this publication are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective owners. The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned.
DISCLAIMER: Whilst the information herein is supplied in good faith, no responsibility is taken by either the publisher or the author
for any damage, injury or loss, however caused, in any form, which may arise from the use of the information provided.
www.minivation.org
This work is published for educational purposes by minivation (2012) and is licenced under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0
UK: England & Wales License.
To view a copy of this licence, visit:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
or send a letter to:
Creative Commons,
171 Second Street,
Suite 300,
San Francisco,
California 94105,
USA
Graphics referenced on page with the exception of page 1,2,3, 16 & 19 which are by 9ines (CC 2012).