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Icebreakers that highlight culture
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Two of my favorite culturally focused icebreakers are Voices from the Past and the Name Game. You can read what I wrote about them in this TESOL collection or visit them directly in the toolbox....
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Icebreakers
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
In any collection for teachers I like to include a few icebreakers that are appropriate to the teaching context. Many teachers overlook the teaching potential of icebreakers, which are useful for...
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Computer Keyboard Keys
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01 Dec 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity can be used in team-building workshops for the dual purpose of introductions and reflection. This facilitation tool is easily adaptable to different contexts, e.g., the activity can...
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Air Handshake Mingle and No Touch Mingle
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01 Dec 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
For this activity, participants will learn how to build rapport, make introductions, create connections, review names, and become more comfortable with each other.
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Name Roulette
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11 Oct 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity presents a method to encourage participants to study up on each other’s names, and gives them an excuse to ask and clarify about their names when given a few minutes...
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Beware of the Icebreaker — Make Thoughtful Activity Choices
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11 Oct 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This blog post suggests that icebreakers are often uncomfortable or awkward. As an alternative to the traditional icebreaker, Stanchfield recommends beginning with rapport building and...
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Peek-a-Who Names Review
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24 Sep 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity, participants study each other’s names and remind each other about the correct pronunciations of their names.
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/ice-breaker-and-community-building-activities
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Tightrope Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants identify the competing values at their organization and propose strategies for achieving balance between...
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Star Employee Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants analyze the cultural behaviors of others in their organization and identify positive cultural behaviors that...
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Mascot Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants envision a mascot for their organization as a way to construct some aspirational cultural values.
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Culture MadLibs Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants use a MadLibs style worksheet to characterize what makes their organizational culture unique.
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Culture Crush Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants analyze another organization's culture and identify the elements that they would like to either emulate...
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Anthropologist's Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants characterize the stated values of their organization and attempt to analyze the organizational culture and...
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Hand Shake Mingle
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26 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants build rapport and reflect on their interactions with others through a variety of handshakes.
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/ice-breaker-and-community-building-activities
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Group Drawing: A Collaborative Reflection Activity for Online or In-Person Experiences
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26 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In groups, participants draw representations of what they learned during an activity.
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Web of Connectedness
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
During this discussion activity, participants pass around a ball of yarn, twine, or string every time a person speaks. By the end of the activity, there will a web to physically demonstrate the...
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Walk Apart, Walk Together
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants highlight both the similarities they share and the differences between them.
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Voices from the Past (Name Tags)
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity challenges participants to reflect on themselves and their culture while learning more about each other. Participants are provided with a handout, and they write their name, a...
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Thumb Wars
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity enables participants to understand the differences between individualist and collectivist cultures and identify which cultural behaviors align with this cultural value dimension.
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Surprising Sentence
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants practice fostering openness as part of a team, develop comfort with ambiguity, implement a process-driven rather than product-driven collaboration, and engage...
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