ICE BREAKERS AND TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES （冰断路器和团队建设活动）.pdfVIP

Group Warmup and Team Building Activities Page 1 ICE BREAKERS AND TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES Over the years, literally hundreds of warm ups, games, ice breakers and movement activities have been developed by Project Adventure, The New Games Foundation, and other similar organizations. Effective use of warm up exercises helps set the tone for trying in a supportive, non competitive atmosphere. The actual sequence of warm up activities varies because of differences in length and goals of individual programs. However, introductory activities should, where possible, be used to achieve the following goals: Development of Level of Comfort: Of primary concern to a newly forming group is to reach a level of comfort with the new members. These first activities focus on learning names and general information about the people with whom the participants are building a relationship. Development of Trust: The appropriate sequencing of activities is vital to the development of group trust, when the group functions together and takes care of its members. De inhibitizers help to move the comfort levels of people (physically, socially, emotionally, intellectually and even spiritually) closer together. Development of group cooperation and initiative: The ability to cooperate in a fun and engaging way is a theme of many of the most effective warm ups, and in turn, reinforces the trust level and problem solving skills of the group. Development of a sense of body and awareness of movement. LOW LEVEL INITIATIVES Initiatives consist of an ever expanding archive of tasks that challenge groups in a number of ways. Initiative tasks will consistently have a clear objective that is obtainable if the group manages itself well. Each initiative task will contain any number of the following group dynamic, components that must be managed well by the peoples skills in order to successfully achieve the goal. Some of these factors include;