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Games That We Can Play During a Marketing Meeting

The typical marketing meeting consists of one or two people discussing the previous month's sales with a flowchart and overview of the marketing strategies used in the past. Marketing managers or other staff members may discuss methods of improving sales and ways to market the business. To add entertainment to the meeting, plan a few games to play as icebreakers and to involve other staff members with new ideas.

Meeting Starters
- Play games in the beginning of your marketing meeting to get the group involved and interested in the meeting. These games will typically be non-work related as a way to introduce members of the group that may not be familiar with the rest of the group. One game idea is the game of numbers, which consists of assigning each person a number, going clockwise around the table. One person shouts another number at random, and the person assigned that number then shouts out another number. It keeps going, with many entertaining moments as people forget their own numbers. Another game to play at the beginning of meetings is throwing a ball around, with the person catching the ball shouting their name and a personal tidbit about themselves, possibly incorporating some marketing ideas in the process.
Ice Breakers
- Ice breakers may happen at any time during the meeting, but are typically reserved for the moment of silence between when the speaker or head of the meeting summarizes the meeting and waits for group participants for ideas. Common ice breakers include splitting the meeting group into smaller groups and acting out a skit that explains a new idea and having each person write an idea on a notepad, folding it and putting in a bowl. One by one, members of the meeting choose an idea that was not their own, read it and use it to come up with an idea of their own.
Balanced Meetings
- Keep the meeting balanced and fair by playing games that stop disrespectful people from interrupting another person in the meeting and allowing each person to share her idea without pause. If during the meeting a person's idea is crushed, another person throws a squishy ball at the interrupter and shouts "Give it a chance!" If a person is interrupted in the middle of a meeting, that person gets to throw a ball or toy at the person and continue or have that person stand up for the remainder of the meeting.
Improve Productivity
- Keep the meeting going with games that inspire ideas and improve success for the best productivity in the marketing meeting. This includes taking mini-breaks during the meeting for games or quizzes, having new members of the meeting stand up and share new ideas and setting hourglass timers during each person's presentation for improving sales, which keeps presentations short and the meeting productive.

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