Icebreakers—Presentation Skills & Games

Brainstorming

You can use brainstorming to break the ice and to identify problems the group may have with a topic.

Team Brainstorming

To help everyone feel equal and set the stage for later group activities on the course topics, Susan Boyd suggests this activity.

How to Use:

• Ask teams of four to six people to list things that are round, things associated with a holiday, things that are red, things you can make out of tires or coat hangers, excuses for speeding, and so forth. Allow no discussion; just list items!

• Assign a recorder based on some criterion that was set before the exercise began (for example, last person in the group who stands, person with the smallest or largest hands) to record the team lists. The team with the most items wins ...