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The most popular Icebreaker

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Here are questions to break the ice. Some of them are funny, others meaningful or serious.  

The answers can be astonishing and show many characteristics of personalities and value systems of the participants. 

The list is of course not exhaustive.  

Here are popular icebreaker questions: 

• If you could write a book, what would it be about?

   

• What is your ideal day?

   

• What is the best gift you ever gave / received?

   

• What is the happiest moment in your life? What made it so special?

   

• What is the most terrible thing you have ever done for fun?

   

• What was the best advice you ever received?

   

• Where is a place you would like to go?

   

• If you had a time machine, what period would you travel to?

   

• If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you bring with you?

   

• Which song describes you best?

   

• If you were a color, what would it be?

   

• Which superpower would you choose? Why?

   

• What was your favorite TV show as a child?

   

• If you woke up tomorrow as an animal, what animal would you choose to be and why? (While an amusing icebreaker, this fun question can also lead to discussions about the valuable traits different animals possess and how those traits might relate to people.)

You can put the answers on the online whiteboard, discuss them together with your team members and have so much fun.

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Almost all effective group activities like ice-breaker games work in a regular group size of 10 – 30 people.  

But what if you should conduct a session where you have many more participants? The warm-ups and icebreakers, which work well with regular group sizes, will probably not work at all or not very effectively with larger groups.  

It is often difficult to attract the attention of so many participants, even for an experienced facilitator. But don’t worry, there are solutions to the problem!

Many games that are suitable for smaller groups can be played in parallel in subgroups. Before the game starts, the large group is divided into smaller subgroups.

It is usually recommended that each subgroup includes participants from different departments or areas. This allows the participants to organize themselves and to play the game effectively within their subgroup.  

The subdivision into subgroups can be made according to any characteristics: age, favorite food, hometown/-land or hair color.  

For online meetings and workshops, special characteristics can be considered: Size of the flat or house, distance from the main office in kilometres and so on.  

The results of a first icebreaker game can also be used for future activities. For example, the results of the “Guess where I come from” can help in the subdivision according to the characteristic origin.