It’s nice to get everyone to hold their work up at the same time as well as individually to grab a quick screenshot that you can share with delegates after the event.įor larger groups, I’m inclined to put them into smaller teams via the breakout rooms function. Make sure you make it clear that this is for fun and that artistic ability isn’t important.įor a small group, simply ask people to quickly sketch their on-screen neighbour and then hold their handiwork up to the camera. There are a couple of variations on this, depending on your group size. Sketch your neighbour is a really fun and quick online meeting icebreaker that works whether people know each other or not. Some Mentimeter response capture templates. Here are some examples of icebreaker questions I’ve used with my delegates and how the results look when they are displayed in Mentimeter. Once your Mentimeter presentation is over, you can share and export your results and even compare responses over time to measure the progress of your delegates. Essentially, it’s a fantastic tool that enables you, as the facilitator, to pose a question easily and within a minute or two, have aggregated responses from every participant showing in real-time on screen for all to see. I’ve written more about in my article on Virtual Facilitation here. Share your screen, and using an online collaboration tool such as to get your delegates interacting straightaway by asking them to give feedback on fun and / or serious questions relating to your sessions. Here are the 14 icebreakers for your online meetings. Contingencies in case your icebreaker doesn’t go as planned.Social factors – such as how well people know each other, why they are attending the session and how familiar they are with the technology.Logistics – such as group size and any technical or physical constraints.What you want your icebreaker to achieve.Just as when you’re facilitating an in-person session, there are some similar factors to consider when you’re planning your icebreaker for your online session. Whichever activity you choose, make sure that you plan your icebreaker well, practise it before the actual online meeting with some willing volunteers and be very clear about how you will run it, because how you open your session helps to set you up well for the rest of your event. Screenshot of May King Tsang‘s #FOMO Creation Session on Zoom as part of Atomicon 2020 Plan your online meeting icebreaker in advance The best ones are linked in some way to the main purpose of your online meeting – so your icebreaker will provide a great warm-up for the themes you’ll be diving into more deeply.They bring people together, create what will become shared memories and your delegates will begin to collaborate early on – setting them up for more task-focused work later.When they are unusual or surprising, fun icebreakers positively ‘disrupt’ delegates’ thinking, get them out of the day-to-day and straight into participating in the session.
Benefits of icebreakers in online meetingsįun, well-chosen and facilitated icebreakers bring a number of benefits: But if your online meeting is more of a training session, workshop, team building event, innovation or problem solving sprint, it will need creative facilitation all the way through, and a great icebreaker is definitely an important part of your meeting agenda. If your online meeting is a regular catch-up on the day-to-day, it may be better to get straight to business after some quick hellos. Do you need an icebreaker for your online meeting?
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