Openers, Energizers & Initiatives
Start up your meeting with a rocket booster of good group energy, and keep it going with Teambonding’s Ice Breakers, Openers and Energizers.
Openers are high energy, brief exercises that get everyone pumped up, mingling around the room, and quickly connected in ways that might take days to accomplish otherwise. Openers also set a positive tone immediately, and let people know that this meeting will be nothing like the traditional meetings of days past. Depending on the meeting’s key themes and audience dynamics, there are scores of Openers that are sure-fire successes for kicking off your meeting right.
Energizers are brief, interactive exercises and surprising games that you can Plug n’ Play at key points throughout your agenda, and keep everyone guessing about “What the heck is going to happen next?”
Energizers work best when they are pre-planned, and thematically linked to meeting topics or principles, and get people actively involved in expressing that topic through fun and upbeat sounds, voice, movement, and interpersonal contact. Also, Energizers give people a needed physiological boost, and a mental break from the usual meeting format.
Initiatives
- These activities tend to require teamwork, trust, open communication, and creative problem solving. Individual roles and group dynamics are discussed after each activity. As play continues, teams acquire new information that rewards flexibility and inter-team communication. Unexpected events occur causing teams to improvise, adapt and collaborate with other teams to accomplish the objectives.
*No meeting is complete without some well placed Openers, Energizers & Initiatives like Secret Agent, Personal Best, Group Juggle,, Human Bingo, Hero and Villain, Incorporations, Two Truths and a Lie, Ball Toss Patterns, and many others.
Experience
- “All I can say is “Outstanding!” Teambonding was a great addition to our retreat. It was exactly what we needed. It was engaging, funny, and very personable and professional. The entire team was impressed. Thank you again for working with us and setting this up and please pass on our kudos to Milo. Last night, I sent an e-mail to all of my personal contacts letting them know what a quality company TeamBonding is.”
R.P.
Blankinship & Foster