Getting Together: Icebreakers and Group Energizers [Paperback]

Lorraine L. Ukens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0787903558 | ISBN-13: 978-0787903558 | Edition: 1

These brief, interactive games and activities raise your participants' awareness and prepare them to learn something new. Designed to be fun and energizing, the activities help people overcome the initial anxiety common among new acquaintances or in group situations.

This collection is conveniently divided into two categories: 1) icebreakers, which encourage mixing, and 2) group challenges, which energize and build team cohesion.

Use these games to:
* Promote interaction
* Introduce your topic
* Ease anxieties regarding sensitive or emotional issues
* Form partnerships or teams during the session
* Help people feel comfortable with the environment, the topic to be discussed, and one another
* Gain control of a group
* Get meetings started on a stimulating note

Each game is presented in a concise and easy-to-follow format. You'll get details such as objectives, materials required, preparation, activity instructions, variations, discussion questions, group size, time required, and reproducible worksheets or material templates.

Use these icebreakers today to energize your group for the work ahead!

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Create instant commaraderie between team members with these brief, interactive games and activities. Conveniently divided into two categories—icebreakers that encourage mixing, and group challenges build team cohesion—each is designed to help people overcome the anxiety common among new acquaintances in group situations.

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Create instant commaraderie between team members with these brief, interactive games and activities. Conveniently divided into two categories—icebreakers that encourage mixing, and group challenges build team cohesion—each is designed to help people overcome the anxiety common among new acquaintances in group situations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Pfeiffer; 1 edition (November 26, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787903558
• ISBN-13: 978-0787903558
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,810,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lorraine Ukens is the owner of Team-ing With Success, which specializes in team building and experiential learning. Her wide range of business experience is applied in designing, facilitating, and evaluating programs in a variety of human resource development areas. She is the author of activity-oriented books and games, as well as the editor and contributor to the highly acclaimed "What Smart Trainers Know" book. Lorraine received her M.S. degree in Human Resource Development from Towson University in Maryland, where she taught as a graduate-level adjunct faculty member from 1997 until 2005. She currently lives in central Florida and enjoys traveling with her husband, Leon.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful, December 31, 2001

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"tracedog" (Hong Kong, SAR (China)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Together: Icebreakers and Group Energizers (Paperback)

I have read all the reviews and agree with every one of them. This book provides some great icebreakers and energizers and does a good job of explaining them.

Yes, you can get similar exercises in other books, there are a ton out there, but for someone who needs a lot of good exercises in one book, this may be your choice.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too expensive, too short, same old-same old stuff, October 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Together: Icebreakers and Group Energizers (Paperback)

This book has a lot of so-called energizers which have appeared in one form or another in 30 other books on the same topic. There's nothing fresh about this approach and the textbook manufacturer has, as usual, priced this way beyond its worth.skip it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Point of View, November 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Together: Icebreakers and Group Energizers (Paperback)

Personally, I found this book to be a great resource and found many of the activities new and refreshing. The ones that seemed more "tried and true" were accompanied by insightful uses for a variety of interpersonal skills. The price is well within the range of other resources of this type. I say, give it a try -- you'll like it. The other books by this author continue to present a host of fun-filled and educational activities.