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Objectives
• Participants will learn a common definition of
Icebreaker
• Participants will learn how to develop Icebreakers
• Participants will learn the appropriate time to
utilize Icebreakers to enhance training
What are Icebreakers?
Icebreakers are structured activities that are
designed to:
• relax learners,
• introduce them to each other,
• and energize them in what is normally an unduly
formal atmosphere or situation
The Term Icebreaker
• comes from “break the ice,”
• which in turn comes from special ships called
“icebreakers” that are designed to break up ice in
the arctic regions.
Icebreaker vs. Opener
• Icebreakers are not normally related to the
subject matter
• “openers” are related to the subject matter that
is to be discussed