The document outlines various teambuilding activities that can be used at meetings to improve communication, including games like the M&M Game where participants share personal details based on the color of M&Ms they take, the Egg Drop challenge where teams must safely transport a raw egg using only tape and paper, and Talk a Mile a Minute where one person describes images for their partner without saying specific words. The intended outcomes are for attendees to experience new engaging activities they can use with their own teams and to make meetings more fun and improve work quality and communication.

1. TEAMBUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT
BRING THE
“FUN” TO MEETINGS
 ACSA Region 7 Conference
 Saturday, May 5, 2012
 Dr. Lisa Gonzales – State ACSA

2. Agenda
OUTCOMES:
* Experience new activities to be used with
teams at school/district/parents/students
* Add more pizzazz to meetings and
improve work quality and communication
WHO’S IN THE ROOM?
STAND UP, SIT DOWN…

3. M&M GAME
 Communication styles
 # of people
 10 minutes
 Prep: 15 minutes
 Materials needed? Small M&M
packages (one/person)

4. M&M GAME
 Instructions:
 For each piece of M&M candy they took, they will
have to answer a question, depending on its
color.
 Red candy: favorite hobbies
 Green candy: favorite foods
 Yellow candy: favorite movies
 Orange candy: favorite places to travel
 Brown candy: most memorable or
embarrassing moments
 Blue candy: wild cards (they can share
anything they choose)

5.  Teambuilding
 Teams of 5-6 (15-60 people)
 20-30 minutes
 Prep: 10 minutes
 Large space, high energy!
 Materials needed? Instruction sheet
GROUP PURSUIT

6.  Instructions:
 Review member rights
 Split into teams
 Each team receives one instruction
sheet
 10 minutes to collect 100 points
 GO!
GROUP PURSUIT

7. LIFE WITH THE WRIGHT
FAMILY
 Communication, following directions,
listening
 Large group (100) to small groups(10)
 5 minutes
 Prep – none!
 Need a writing utensil

9. EGG DROP
 Teambuilding
 Small teams to large groups – 5 max
 20-30 minutes
 Prep – 10 minutes
 Supplies – raw eggs, rolls of tape, 10
sheets of paper
 Fun!

10. EGG DROP
 Instructions:
 Each group has 8 minutes to find way
to get the raw egg safely from being
held atop a chair to the group w/o
breaking using only the tape and 10
sheets of paper provided.

11. ZOOM!
• Teambuilding, fun, problem solving
• Large group (100+) or small (20)
•7-10 minutes
•Prep – none!
•Space to stand in a large circle
•Can only say Zoom! No other talking

12. GREEN VEGGIES
 Teambuilding, pizzazz at start of meeting
 Small teams to large groups – 4 max
 10 minutes
 Prep – none!
 Supplies – timer
 Fun!

13. GREEN VEGGIES
 Each person, working individually, has 1
minute to write down as many green
veggies as possible.
 Pair up with one other person – 2
minutes to get as many as possible.
 Teams of 4 – which can get the most in 2
minutes?
 Debrief – which was more effective?

14. TALK A MILE A MINUTE
 Communication, fun
 Large group (100+) or small (10)
 Need to have a partners – 2’s best
 Prep – ppt with pictures (google images)
 Need projector, space to pair up

15. DIRECTIONS:
TALK A MILE A MINUTE
GOAL: Get your partner to say the word, item,
picture, or whatever it is that is seen
Talker can say anything but…
• Words in a title
• “Sounds like” or “rhymes with”
May skip one and come back
Team raises hands when finished

16. TALK A MILE A MINUTE

17. TALK A MILE A MINUTE

18.  THANK YOU! Now, go out and
energize your world!
 Don’t forget your evaluation!
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