The Big Book of Icebreakers: Quick, Fun Activities for Energizing Meetings and Workshops
- 1h 9m
- Edie West
- McGraw-Hill
- 1999
Icebreakers are a great way to warm up large groups, encourage shy individuals to participate more fully, add color to boring staff meetings, and bring together people who are complete strangers. In fact, icebreakers are effective in just about any group situation. The trick is in knowing which ones are best for a given situation.
That’s where this book can help. It contains 65 proven and effective icebreakers that participants will enjoy and respond to, while at the same time matching each activity to the appropriate occasion. Discover stimulating ways to:
- Generate interest in a presentation or training topic
- Inject enthusiasm into sales meetings
- Bring cohesiveness and a shared sense of purpose to large groups
- Break down barriers between strangers
- Re-energize groups on the brink of boredom
- Stimulate creative team thinking
No matter what the challenge or how tough the audience, this book will enable you to create the atmosphere you need to get the job done.
About the Author
Edie West is Executive Director of the National Skill Standards Board. She had her own business for 15 years, training and speaking on communications skills, team building, involvement strategies, facilitating meetings, and presentation skills. She is the author of 201 Icebreakers, Group Mixers, Warm-Ups, Energizers, and Playful Activities.
In this Book
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Icebreakers for Staff Meetings
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Icebreakers for Sales Meetings
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Icebreakers for Complete Strangers
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Icebreakers for Groups of 20 or More
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Icebreakers for Team Building
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Icebreakers for Pure Fun
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Icebreakers for Introducing a Topic
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Icebreakers for Outdoors
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Icebreakers for Self-Disclosure
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Icebreakers for Stuffy, Conservative Types Who Hate Icebreakers
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Icebreakers While Waiting to Start
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Icebreakers for Everyday Living
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Icebreakers for the Super Intelligent
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