Seven Practical Icebreakers that you can use during your next meeting

Looking for ways to break the ice at your next office meeting? Here are some surefire winners.

• Have participants write down one question that they would like to have answered during the training session. Have them introduce themselves and read their question.
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  Have participants introduce themselves and explain one thing they have learned the hard way about the topic you are covering. Post the "Lessons Learned" on a flip chart and refer to them throughout the session.
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  Use a quiz as an icebreaker. Ask questions that the participants may all know. Sample questions: What are the names of the planets, starting from the one closest to the sun? Name the seven continents of the world?
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  Ask each person who they would most like to have dinner with and why.
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  Explain that many companies have slogans or mottos about their corporate values. Ask each person to write (or borrow) a slogan to describe himself or herself and share it with the group.
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  Ask each person to share one thing that makes him or her unique.
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  Ask for volunteers to share something good or new that they have experienced in the last 24 hours.