Why Your Icebreakers Don’t Work & How to Fix Them
Details:
4:35 – 5:25 pm
5th of December
Room: 3E- Auditorium
Mark Collard
Most outdoor edders believe that the activities they add to the start of their programs are the ‘ice-breakers.’ Or worse, they think that ice-breakers are a waste of time, and add little value to their program outcomes, so they dispense with their use. These views couldn’t be further from the truth.
In this practical, interactive workshop, Mark Collard will present a series of simple group activities (requiring little if any equipment) which outdoor educators can immediately integrate into their existing programs for the purposes of “breaking the ice,” to help their participants feel more comfortable with and engage in their learning.
Mark will reveal the five essential attributes of every successful ice-breaker, and model their use during the session. This session will likely challenge many of your pre-conceived ideas about what an ice-breaker really is, and how they should and should not be used.
Participants in this short workshop will learn a wide variety of very simple, highly interactive and wholly non-threatening group activities which they can use immediately in their setting to ‘break the ice’ and prepare their groups for a more challenging training experience.
About the Presenter
Mark Collard is an experiential trainer, author and founder of playmeo.com, a popular online platform that is best¬†known for hosting the largest online database of group games & activities in the world. As one of Australia’s most experienced and respected trainers, Mark creates simple, yet powerful workshops and resources that help people connect. Over a career spanning 34+ years, he has worked with tens of thousands of people worldwide using group games & activities to help them play, interact, build trust & connect. He has written five top-selling books including Serious Fun and his latest No Props No Problem.
