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Two Truths and a Lie
Often used in meetings as an "ice breaker" activity, this exercise allows group members to become acquainted with one another and to begin to strengthen their collaborative ties. This teambuilding game has each person in a group make three statements about himself, one of which is not true, while the rest of the team offers opinions as to which two are accurate and which one is false. Because in a large group this activity can become tedious, it may be desirable to break into smaller groups or have certain individuals volunteer to offer three statements, and for two to three individuals to volunteer to guess which is the false statement.
Storytelling
In this activity, the team (or a smaller group within the team) is able to exercise creative collaboration skills while dealing with aspects of teamwork such as leadership, effective communication and brainstorming. To complete the task, each group is given a series of sequential photos in random order. One photo is given to each person in the group, who cannot show it to other group members. The goal is to properly order the photos into a photographic story that all group members can agree upon, based on each person&'s description of her photo.
Sinking Ship
In this free teambuilding game, the activity is preceded by a narrative that creates the notion of a "survival scenario," wherein a ship is sinking and each member of the group must be "on a lifeboat." The challenge of the activity is that each group of approximately five to six people (teams may be broken into smaller groups as needed) is presented with a "lifeboat" approximately the size of a piece of paper. Group members must work together within an allotted time period to create a strategy for everyone to somehow be "on" the lifeboat.