65 Highly Interactive and Dynamic Icebreakers and Team Building Exercises for Meetings

How many team meetings have you been to that are just the same old thing — boring gatherings you can’t wait to leave! Here is an opportunity to make your next meeting, class, or team building event something dynamic and interesting.

My name is Greg Smith. I have been a professional speaker, consultant and trainer for over twenty years. In the hundreds of classes I have taught, I have learned one simple truth — people learn quicker if you make classes and meetings fun and interesting.

As a result, I have compiled my favorite team building exercises and techniques into a 77-page book. It is cram-packed with innovative ideas and exercises to make your meetings, classes, and workshops come alive and make you a HERO with your team.

65 Ice Breakers and Team Building Activities

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Make your classes and meetings interesting

School team building activities

Improve communication

Foster creativity and innovation

Build strong team building skills

Enhance cohesiveness

Recognize everyone’s unique talent and abilities

Sharpen problem-solving skills

Save yourself time!

Make Your Team Building Training Exercises and Activities Effective and Fun!

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Included in this book is my favorite team building game called the “Terrorist Toxic Explosive Situation”. This is an easy to perform exercise for both adults or teens. The goal is to decontaminate a can of “toxic” popcorn that has been secretly placed in the room by “terrorists.” Your team has 30 minutes to design a plan of action, assemble tools and equipment, transfer the material into a “safe” container before the “toxic” substance explodes. This is a great game to identify the “planners, doers, and thinkers,” in your group. It also demonstrates the importance of having a good plan. It comes with instructions, a list of materials, and a debriefing questionnaire to help your team understand what went right and what went wrong. Expect a million laughs!

“Torpedo Weapons Loading Exercise” is another very popular activity. This is a timed exercise where individuals are placed on two teams to design and construct a device to safely catch a torpedo (egg) from an elevated tripod. The team must design, construct, and complete the mission in a specific time frame. We provide you the list of materials needed, the solution, and the instructions the team must follow to complete the task.

These are just two of the 64 team building activities and exercises you will get from the book. There are 7 different sections within this book. All the exercises are appropriate for any age group.

Section 1 – Quick and Easy Team Icebreakers

Twenty-seven different team building activities to help you keep team meetings and your teams energized including:

Section 2 - Creative Brainstorming Icebreakers

Section 3 - Communication Icebreakers

The Paper Communication Exercise

Can You Follow Directions?

Balloon Game

Section 4. Problem Solving Icebreakers

Many different exercises to help people brainstorm and think creatively including:

Section 5 - Team Building Icebreakers

Several stimulating exercises designed to get groups of people working together. Each exercise lasts 15-45 minutes.

Section 6 - Team Building Case Studies

Five case studies to help your team sharpen their problem-solving and analytical skills. I have used Heartbreak Hotel to train people to identify leadership problems and customer service breakdowns.

Section 7 - Funny Stories Icebreakers

Funny stories to use in your training programs you can read to your group that will keep them in stitches. Great openers or closers for speeches or training programs.

The Art of Raising Pigs

New Restroom Policy

Guidelines for Casual Dress Days

This Great Icebreaker Book Is a Fantastic Resource For: