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BROUGHT TO YOU BY
The women of Connect: Professional Women’s Network share
their favorite getting-to-know-you activities at work events.
Breaking the Ice
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 2
“I got to a networking event and was given someone else's name tag!
I had to find this man, interview him and introduce him to the group.
It was fun, and I made a new friend!” Louise Cote, Design Director
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 3
“I ask the group to share what they wanted to be when they grew up.
Some people never thought about it, and others had many things they
wanted to be or do.” Margie Campaigne, Sustainability Educator
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 4
“We take turns telling 3 things about ourselves -- 2 true and 1 false, then guess
which one is false. Generally, there's easy Q&A that just happens about the true
things (common interests or interesting stories) or the false thing (why it was
chosen).” Tamra Toussaint, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 5
“Take a beach ball and write ice breaker questions all over it. Toss it to the
first attendee to use the index finger of the hand they write with to
determine what question they'll answer. Then they toss to next person,
etc. This was a lot of fun!” Deborah Larsen, Law Secretary
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 6
“I prefer short ice breakers that solicit brief answers. Easier to
facilitate and keep the group on track. In a staff meeting, we were
asked, “If you could work in a circus, what job would you want and
why?” Jana Flaig, Inspirational Humorist
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 7
“When I do nametags, I write a question relative to the event and have
people fill in the blank. At our holiday/new year’s party, I did "In 2013, I
hope to ____.” It gets people interested in looking at what they wrote.”
Becky Richardson, Administrative Assistant
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 8
“Write down the most interesting job you've had, place in a bowl and
the group has to guess who had that job. Surprising, fun and
enlightening. You learn a lot about people this way!” Cyndi Cobb,
Regional Sales Director
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 9
“My favorite is Penny for Your Memory. At every chair is a penny.
Everyone says something that happened to them the year their penny
was made. It helps to pre-sort the pennies so that you have a range
of years.” Christine Hanna, Graduate Medical Education Manager
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 10
“For remote teams, have people email photos from the youngest age they
can find. We put them all into a presentation and had everyone guess
silently by filling out a worksheet. Afterwards, we revealed the answers
one by one.” Cheryl Johnson, VP Operations Research Analyst II
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 11
Join the conversation!
Connect: Professional Women’s Network, Powered by Citi, is an
online community on LinkedIn that helps women achieve the
careers they want and discuss the issues relevant to their success.
For more great insights from Connect members, check out
the discussion: Group Ice Breakers You Didn’t Hate!
Visit linkedin.com/womenconnect for
more information and to join the group!
FLICKR PHOTO CREDITS:
Slide 2: The HUB Network
Slide 4: Dell’s Official Flickr Page
Slide 5: 24th Century
Slide 7: Icebreaker Tags
Slide 8: Dell’s Official Flickr Page
Slide 9: Puuili Beach
Slide 10: Barbara L. Slavin
CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 12

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  • 1. BROUGHT TO YOU BY The women of Connect: Professional Women’s Network share their favorite getting-to-know-you activities at work events. Breaking the Ice
  • 2. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 2 “I got to a networking event and was given someone else's name tag! I had to find this man, interview him and introduce him to the group. It was fun, and I made a new friend!” Louise Cote, Design Director
  • 3. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 3 “I ask the group to share what they wanted to be when they grew up. Some people never thought about it, and others had many things they wanted to be or do.” Margie Campaigne, Sustainability Educator
  • 4. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 4 “We take turns telling 3 things about ourselves -- 2 true and 1 false, then guess which one is false. Generally, there's easy Q&A that just happens about the true things (common interests or interesting stories) or the false thing (why it was chosen).” Tamra Toussaint, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
  • 5. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 5 “Take a beach ball and write ice breaker questions all over it. Toss it to the first attendee to use the index finger of the hand they write with to determine what question they'll answer. Then they toss to next person, etc. This was a lot of fun!” Deborah Larsen, Law Secretary
  • 6. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 6 “I prefer short ice breakers that solicit brief answers. Easier to facilitate and keep the group on track. In a staff meeting, we were asked, “If you could work in a circus, what job would you want and why?” Jana Flaig, Inspirational Humorist
  • 7. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 7 “When I do nametags, I write a question relative to the event and have people fill in the blank. At our holiday/new year’s party, I did "In 2013, I hope to ____.” It gets people interested in looking at what they wrote.” Becky Richardson, Administrative Assistant
  • 8. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 8 “Write down the most interesting job you've had, place in a bowl and the group has to guess who had that job. Surprising, fun and enlightening. You learn a lot about people this way!” Cyndi Cobb, Regional Sales Director
  • 9. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 9 “My favorite is Penny for Your Memory. At every chair is a penny. Everyone says something that happened to them the year their penny was made. It helps to pre-sort the pennies so that you have a range of years.” Christine Hanna, Graduate Medical Education Manager
  • 10. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK 10 “For remote teams, have people email photos from the youngest age they can find. We put them all into a presentation and had everyone guess silently by filling out a worksheet. Afterwards, we revealed the answers one by one.” Cheryl Johnson, VP Operations Research Analyst II
  • 11. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 11 Join the conversation! Connect: Professional Women’s Network, Powered by Citi, is an online community on LinkedIn that helps women achieve the careers they want and discuss the issues relevant to their success. For more great insights from Connect members, check out the discussion: Group Ice Breakers You Didn’t Hate! Visit linkedin.com/womenconnect for more information and to join the group! FLICKR PHOTO CREDITS: Slide 2: The HUB Network Slide 4: Dell’s Official Flickr Page Slide 5: 24th Century Slide 7: Icebreaker Tags Slide 8: Dell’s Official Flickr Page Slide 9: Puuili Beach Slide 10: Barbara L. Slavin
  • 12. CONNECT: PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S NETWORK©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 12