Welcome to the world’s largest online source of what we like to term ‘relationship makers’, previously known as icebreakers. We believe in the power of forging and maintaining relationships over simply breaking the ice. As pioneers in AI for over 10 years, we have provided our Intelligent Exercise Matchmaker service to facilitate this essential connection building. Now, in our commitment to enhancing collaboration across our communities, we’re thrilled to offer this tool to everyone, completely free of charge. If you have your own relationship making content to contribute, let’s collaborate. Your unique insights can empower others to not just break the ice, but to foster and strengthen important relationships at events and team activities, leading to improved community dynamics all around. Maybe we should call it iceGPT?
Source Icebreakers
In an effort to compile our comprehensive collection of ‘relationship makers’, we have sourced data from a multitude of public websites. In the spirit of full transparency, we have diligently acknowledged the sites and authors of the original content below. If you are a writer/creator and want yours include, just let us know, and of course if you don’t want your data here, we will delete it (note that each piece of content here is stored by all the big tech companies already – just without acknowledgement.)
Regrettably, it’s evident that a majority of icebreaker content found online suffers from a striking repetitiveness. It appears that much of the material has been duplicated from various sources, with only around 40% of it presenting statistically distinct or original concepts..
Seton Hall University: This PDF contains a collection of icebreaker ideas for leaders
Texas Tech University: This PDF offers 30 team-building games, activities, and ideas
HRD Press: This PDF contains 50 communication activities, icebreakers, and exercises
University of Toledo: This PDF provides a list of quirky icebreaker questions
manger.org’s Steps in Successful Team Building.
Atlantic Speakers Bureau’s Teamwork and Team Building PDF.
Youth & Environment Europe’s Team Building Techniques PDF.
Centre for Good Governance’s Handbook on Team Building.
PDF about Building a Team Identity Using the 4 C’s from the University of Louisiana.
Icebreakers, Team Building Activities, and Energizers.
Team Building Activities Guide.
Authors
While most of the above sites do not list authors, our research indicates that the people and companies listed below are at least partially accountable for the content:
- SessionLab: SessionLab is an online platform for designing and facilitating workshops and training sessions, offering a library of icebreakers and team-building activities. Twitter: @SessionLab
- Atlassian Team Playbook: Atlassian offers a collection of icebreakers and team-building activities as part of their Team Playbook, a guide for improving team collaboration. Twitter: @Atlassian
- MURAL: MURAL is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, and their blog features articles on icebreakers and team-building activities for remote teams. Twitter: @MURAL
- HubSpot: HubSpot’s blog features a list of icebreaker games and activities for various work situations. Twitter: @HubSpot
- Teamland: Teamland is a platform for team-building activities and their blog features articles on icebreakers and team collaboration exercises. Twitter: @teamlandco
- Gomada: Gomada is a team-building platform, and their blog features articles on icebreakers and team-building activities for various work situations. Twitter: @gomadaco
- Science of People: Science of People is a human behavior research lab, and their blog features articles on icebreakers and team-building activities for meetings. Twitter: @vvanedwards
- Chad Littlefield: Chad is the co-founder of We and Me, a company that offers tools and resources for creating connection and building trust within teams. Twitter: @chadlittlefield
- Dr. Roger Greenaway: Dr. Greenaway is an expert in experiential learning and team-building, and the creator of the Reviewing Skills Training website, which offers resources on debriefing and reviewing activities. Twitter: @roger_review
- Tom Heck: Tom is the founder of TeachMeTeamwork.com, a website that offers team-building activities, resources, and training. Twitter: @tomheck
- Michelle Tillis Lederman: Michelle is a networking expert, speaker, and author of “The Connector’s Advantage” and “The 11 Laws of Likability.” Twitter: @mtlederman
- Lyndon Rego: Lyndon is a leadership and team development expert, and the author of “Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration.” Twitter: @lyndonrego
- Dr. Liane Davey: Dr. Davey is a teamwork and leadership expert, and the author of “You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done.” Twitter: @LianeDavey
- Jennifer Britton: Jennifer is the author of “Effective Group Coaching” and “From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching.” She writes about team-building and coaching on her blog. Twitter: @jennbritton
- Mark Collard: Mark is the founder of playmeo, a platform that offers icebreakers, team-building activities, and facilitation techniques. Twitter: @playmeo
- Jennifer Britton: Jennifer is the author of “Effective Group Coaching” and “From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching.” She writes about team-building and coaching on her blog. Twitter: @jennbritton
- Teambuilding.com: This company offers team-building activities, including icebreakers, for remote and in-person teams. Twitter: @teambuildingcom
- Kayla Matthews: Kayla is a freelance writer who has written about team-building activities and icebreakers for various publications. Twitter: @KaylaEMatthews
- Dr. Christopher Avery: Dr. Avery is the author of “Teamwork Is an Individual Skill” and a speaker on team-building and leadership. Twitter: @ChristopherAver
- Wildgoose: Wildgoose is a company that offers team-building activities and events, including icebreakers. Twitter: @wildgooseevents
- Michelle Cummings: Michelle is the founder of Training Wheels, a company that offers experiential learning tools, including icebreakers and team-building activities. Twitter: @TrainingWheels1
- Dr. Jim Cain: Dr. Cain is the author of several books on team-building and icebreakers, including “Teamwork & Teamplay” and “Find Something To Do!”. Website: Teamwork & Teamplay
- Leigh Stringer: Leigh is a workplace strategy expert and author of “The Healthy Workplace” and “The Green Workplace.” Twitter: @string0820
- Michael Cardus: Michael is an organizational development consultant and creator of the blog Create-Learning, which focuses on team-building, leadership, and organizational development. Twitter: @michaelcardus
- Sabrina Son: Sabrina is a content marketing specialist and writer for the TINYpulse blog, which covers employee engagement, workplace culture, and team-building topics. Twitter: @sabrinason29
- David Zinger: David is an employee engagement expert and founder of the Employee Engagement Network. Twitter: @davidzinger
- Jacob Morgan: Jacob is a futurist, author, and speaker on the future of work, employee experience, and leadership. He has written several books, including “The Employee Experience Advantage.” Twitter: @jacobm
- Kevin Kruse: Kevin is a leadership expert, author, and speaker. He has written several books on leadership and employee engagement, including “Employee Engagement 2.0” and “We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement.” Twitter: @Kruse
- Nick Martin: Nick is the founder of WorkshopBank, a website that offers icebreakers, team-building activities, and facilitation techniques. Twitter: @NickMartin
- Museum Hack: Museum Hack is a company that offers team-building activities, including icebreakers. Twitter: @MuseumHack
- Parabol: Parabol is a company that provides agile meeting tools, including an icebreaker question generator. Twitter: @parabolco
- Katy Turner: Katy created an Icebreaker Generator on Coda.io, which provides random icebreaker questions. Twitter: @katyturner
- Sergio Caredda: Sergio is a blogger who writes about various topics, including facilitation and icebreaker activities. Twitter: @SergioCaredda
- Presence (formerly known as Student Affairs Collective): Presence is an organization that offers resources for student affairs professionals, including icebreakers and team-building activities. Twitter: @HelloPresence
- Slido: Slido is an audience interaction platform that offers resources for virtual and hybrid meetings, including icebreakers. Twitter: @Slidoapp