10 more icebreakers for your youth group
Icebreakers, used wisely, can create a great atmosphere and provide momentum for further participation and learning. Icebreakers adapt and evolve through each generation of youth leaders. Most have come to me by word of mouth from friends, colleagues or just seeing them in action. The icebreakers below include [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 19:00:00
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We Need More Icebreakers!
Rear Admiral Norm Venzke, USCG (Retired), writes in the March 2009 edition of Proceedings, The United States icebreaker fleet is absolutely inadequate. That opinion is supported ... icebreaker. Why is the United States in this position? Polar icebreakers are very expensive to build [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 23:16:43
IceBreaker Clothing Company: Get to Know Your Sheep
Some time ago, Ryan Mickle wrote about a pretty advanced move by Dole Corp ... , but equally interesting: IceBreaker , a New Zealand company who make merino wool outdoor clothing claim ... entering it on IceBreaker's website , I was given an interesting little look at 4 different farms [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 10:58:13
Longer Run - Good Results
Longer Run – Good Results 06 Mar 2009 – Eugene, Fox Hollow trail in Ridgeline Just before lunch today I ran Fox Hollow ... , Pearl Izumi knickers, Icebreaker GT 220 top, gloves, etc. Last night Icebreaker sent an email promo ... , and of course having the Icebreaker fetish I do, glad I found these before I ordered another pair of Pearls. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 00:00:00
Icebreaker
Icebreaker I should have the speech written by now. I'm scheduled to give a five minute speech about myself Wednesday evening ... would work out for me one way or the other. I had no trouble writing a five minute icebreaker speech [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 22:35:22
Teens Rescue Dolphins Trapped in Ice in Newfoundland
A group of five dolphins were trapped this week for more than three days by pack ice after they presumably chased fish into a harbor at ... Seal Cove, Newfoundland. Ice "The town had called for an icebreaker to free the white-beaked ... - with stainless steel propeller blades, it was a do-it-yourself icebreaker... They launched the boat [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 14:52:52
newfoundland heroes rescue trapped dolphins
After thinking about the worst kinds of cruelty - against humans and non-human animals - it was a relief to remember humanity's better side ... getting smaller and smaller," Mr. Banks said. The town had called for an icebreaker to free the white ... steel propeller blades, it was a do-it-yourself icebreaker — to take the situation into their own [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 16:58:00
Tony Ryan - Digital Pedagogy
Tony’s session on Digital pedagogies started with an interesting entry using People Bingo. He drew up a 3 x 3 grid on a slide with 9 questions ... on youtube do you have a blog etc… This is a very interesting icebreaker and also a way of collecting ... . Again another good icebreaker. The big 4 learning support framework. These are the four [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 01:43:02
FBO: Don’t Wait Too Long to Get to the Point
... icebreakers.” An icebreaker is supposed to be some clever observation or comment that “breaks the ice” ... of the meeting. You are there to help the customer. Your help is far more important than his collection [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 08:01:35
WW2 Started By Hitler and Stalin, But Mostly By Stalin [Stumbo]
—Open Blog Hot off the presses: The Chief Culprit, by Viktor Suvorov ($25 hardcover, available at Amazon and elsewhere). It's a synthesis of several of his previous books in Russian, including The Icebreaker, M-Day ... him to attack Western Europe, thus acting as "the icebreaker [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 00:14:35
The Best of Russia (Series)
link More than meets the eye, tovarisch Answering numerous requests from our readers, we came up with the specific sub-category ( ... planeRussian Nuclear Icebreakers: To the North Pole! Odyssey in the Arctic with Russian Icebreaker [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 05:35:26
Creativity : Icebreaker: Last One Standing
Icebreakers are little exercises that help relax tensions and loosen up a formal atmosphere in a meeting where you want to have creative ideas and group participation. Everyone stands [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 06:27:47
Stuff I want to do: Cruising around Antarctica on a Russian icebreaker
I have never been on a cruise and I have absolutely no desire to go on one ... , a Russian icebreaker : Yes, that is the Soviet coat of arms adorning the ship's bow. Perched [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 03:55:54
Despair.com
If, like me, you sometime tire of the endless success and motivation industry. Take a look at Despair.com. Many of these are so true they hurt ... . They are excellent for lightening up a meeting or as icebreakers. However care should always be taken. The cardinal rules of humor apply and as alwasy, you have to know your audience. Potential [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 12:25:26
A Great Idea
I recently read about Barbara Bright, who has set up a company called Nexus, ... is not a dating agency but a means of meeting other unattached people. As Barbara explains, “If you’re ... advertised and were inundated with calls. Within this service came Icebreakers, which is a listing of members [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 16:49:00
Germany Suspends Controversial Ocean Fertilization Plan
the icebreaker polarstern Bowing to pressure from environmental groups, ... aboard the icebreaker Polarstern will reach their destination in the Scotia Sea by the end of this week [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 10:32:11
My Fond Memories of “Fairness”
Tonight, October 21st, at 8pm ET, the season premiere of “The World I Know: Virtues in Action” airs ... , a school board west of Toronto, and involved going into many elementary and high schools, meeting students ... interviews all in one day. But I made it almost a retreat day. We started off with icebreakers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 13:16:52
Todd Shipyards wins contract to reactivate Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star
The U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaker Polar Star, which has been in a near-mothballed "caretaker status" for several years now, will be revived with a $29 million retrofit at Seattle's Todd Pacific [more...]
Date: 2009-02-21 05:00:38
Energy Blast - Feb 13th, 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he was willing to consider incentives to reverse a further decline in oil output, which, the Energy Minister predicts, will drop by at least 8% through 2013. Russia is taking steps to stake its claim in Arctic territory, with plans to station more researchers and improved icebreaker [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 09:30:48
Short Fiction on the Undergraduate Experience
Continuing the ideas from my last post: the following is an excerpt from a project I did for an undergraduate "writing for teenagers" course ... officially began in which first-year students were subjected to all kinds of team-building torture ... . At the time, Miri had loved it; even the goofiness of the icebreakers and the other organized [more...]
Date: 2008-03-29 19:34:00
Arctic’s thaw brings security risks for NATO
Interesting twist on the effects of global warming. Peace out - Martin Fox with the Center for Global Leadership ... Thursday.NATO commanders and lawmakers meeting in Iceland’s capital said the Arctic thaw is bringing ... by icebreakers threatens to complicate delicate relations between countries with competing claims to Arctic [more...]
Date: 2009-01-29 19:32:35
Saturday
Today is Saturday. We met our fellow design and marketing compatriots at a meeting at Johnson Square. There was music, magic, food, drink and icebreakers. Very fun to network. We also had some time to sightsee. We have been to Tybee Island and the beach. We also did a power tour [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 19:11:48
The Breakfast Club - A Big Hit!
March 4, 2009 – 7:08 pmThe classroom was tranformed into the BC Diner complete with the savory aroma’s of breakfast casserole, English muffins, fruit, hash brown potatoes, orange juice and fresh coffee - yum, yum. After appetites were satisfied, Dee Dee and I began the meeting with an icebreaker game, which was a lot of fun. We all learned [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 23:08:07
“Goals” Meeting Recap - 2/25/09
This past week, our newer members ran the show. Susana, the veteran of this week’s cast, debuted as Toastmaster. Lee invocated ... Mastering. Robin and Kirk delivered their icebreakers. It was refreshing to see these newer faces ... . You delivered an awesome meeting. We have to give special honors to Kirk and Robin [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 03:49:22
SCREWED-UP SAINTS (Part 4)
The audio of the fourth message from the SCREWED-UP SAINTS series , “Jesus Christ and Theological Cage Fighting” (1 Cor. 1:10-16) is now online . Here are the small-group discussion/personal application questions: 1. Icebreaker: What are you most excited about for Spring? 2. What kind of church or denomination did [more...]
Date: 2009-02-18 16:05:08
SCREWED-UP SAINTS (Part 5)
The audio of the fifth message from the SCREWED-UP SAINTS series , “How to Screw Up the Cross” (1 Cor. 1:17) is now online . Here are the small-group discussion/personal application questions: 1. Icebreaker: What’s something you appreciate or admire about your parents (whether or not you think they were good [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 18:30:19
City Council Vision & Goals Workshop - February 27 and March 7, 2009
Jane McWilliams, LWV Observer All councilors were present at both sessions. Local resident Pat Allen of Learning Innovations, Inc. , facilitated both sessions. During the first session, as an “icebreaker,” the members of the group took an individual learning “learning style inventory” to determine whether they were imaginative [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:06:48
Team builders - more than icebreakers
Team building games and activities are great ways to help groups develop cooperation, decision making and communication skills. Team building exercises can be adapted for many different settings and public domain examples ... over the years in youth clubs, youth weekends, camps and as team building exercises with new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-31 10:00:00
Got a meeting this morning? by Rebecca
Quick Meeting Openers for Busy Managers: More than 50 Icebreakers, Energizers, ... when you want to kick off a group meeting in a fun way. Here are a few creative activities to get the group started: Quotes This is... A meeting starter in which participants share their favorite [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 14:57:35
The Need For Team Building to Help Survive the Recession
By Steve Larkins WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH....SHOULD WE NOT BE MOTIVATING OUR STAFF? ... in corporate fun days, themed parties, meeting icebreakers and team building events. Kaleidoscope ... by management in these turbulent times and a simple company or departmental meeting with some fun element [more...]
Date: 2009-02-04 22:22:59
Day 563 - Volunteer Service - Accounting Workshop
Global Business Brigades is bringing a brigade of students from the University of Texas Austin. They will be dividing into three groups ... / Icebreakers A good way to kick off your meetings, to loosen people up and create a more comfortable [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 20:57:00
Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 2/20/09
Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN ... is a collaborative encyclopedia of free team building activities, free icebreakers, teamwork resources ... to immerse children, ages 9-12, in educational tasks. Building on strategies from online role-playing [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 11:00:00
a busy day / bb / tacmc
he's the man. yeah, that's referring to mr jon ng ... who has just stepped down from captain-cy of acs 12th i ... now mr simon lai takes over .. ... had prayer meeting with the rest ... i went to ben's church (well, so sad that i missed playing ... welcoming cuz' no icebreakers and stuff ... but after a while, you sort of settle in ... with kenneth [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 16:10:00
“Historic Moments of January 14, 2009″ Meeting Recap - 01/14/09
Last week, Bert took the lectern as Toastmaster and walked us through historic moments that occurred on January 14 ... guests at this meeting, four of whom decided to join our club. Welcome to Lee, Russell, Kirk and Zahra. We’re thrilled to have you as part of our club and look forward to hearing your icebreakers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 22:35:46
Thing about Facebook that bugs me.
Why does everyone slap up pictures of their kids and their pets for their profile picture… And to go one step further… Why do those same people ... ? I guess we have those memories to serve as an icebreaker during awkward conversation! Did I mention [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 02:51:26
Enterprise Content Management: A Drop-In Alfresco ECM Appliance
Ingress has teamed up with Alfresco to offer a quick-start approach to getting an ECM system up and running: a “software appliance”. Based on the rPath “just enough operating system” (JeOS) version of Linux, Ingress has created the Ingres Icebreaker Enterprise Content Management software appliance. It is a totally [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 15:00:48
YO! i`m back from co camp. I am so exhausted luhh. TOok lots of pics but can`t upload :( must abide to the rules la.:D wahaha,lets start from day 1. Reach school at 7.50+ to prepare for camp.Had meeting first then when people start coming ... icebreakers was grps bonding session. Huiyi`s grp joined my grp and we played DOUBLE WHACKO [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 15:11:40
BAY AREA MEET REMINDER
i’m reposting this to remind everyone to RSVP for this MEET, on behalf of the coordinators ... : theme: G-Dragon’s Bay Area Birthday Party! projected time: ~12pm til 5pm projected meeting place: SAN ... some icebreakers games to get everybody comfortable &social. Second, we’ll start eating the lovely [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 08:35:06
Apaches Post RED Camp! :D
Hello! Ning from Apaches here! (: The rest of the 4 tribes have had their outings, the Apaches were no exception ... in Vivocity. The day started with icebreakers in Ngee Ann where the watergun-wielding SLs preempted ... an Apache. We ended the day on such a happy note meeting our Apaches again and having such great fun [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 15:31:59
NATO's New Front
Lost in the hubbub of Joe BIden's 'reset' speech was a relatively active past couple of days concerning Russian, ... its icebreaker fleet in an attempt to get a leg up on the competition. And seemingly undeterred by the fact [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 19:33:10
A thousand splendid suns.
Today's T.O.F.U. (This Orientation For yoU) Team meeting was highly amusing. Our duties include holding games trials, so testing out the icebreakers was exactly what we did.(Picture credit: Shakila)It was fun. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 14:49:00
Six-word icebreakers, keep it short
When Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a story in only six words, he responded with:“For sale: baby shoes, never worn ... a seat at your next meeting or training exercise, tell them they have two minutes to write down [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 21:18:00
Web Sightings for March 2009
Here they are—your Web sightings for the month of March ... , 2009.If you’re looking for icebreakers, teamwork resources and free team-building activities, check ... of your classroom without any heavy lifting!Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who’s Doing It Best by Fran [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 05:00:04
Whatever Happened to Global Warming?
By Ed Hiserodt In 1970, I recall New Orleans schoolchildren taking a 185-mile field trip to Jackson, Mississippi, ... out to show the Northwest Passage was ice free had their icebreaker stranded for three weeks because [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 15:09:36
Confessions of a 3L, Installment Three: What do Brussel Sprouts and Moot Court Have in Common?
They both build character. Now, can I think of other ways I would like to spend my Sunday than having three consecutive hour-long practices of my ... as the prerequisite for Marquette’s growing Moot Court program. As an icebreaker the first time I met [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 14:45:58
Baidu literally was “the Google of China” in 2002
I’m touring around China with bloggers. I hope to give you as many updates as possible about this land of endless opportunities ... from the past. There’s a story about Google which functions as a fun icebreaker when discussing censorship [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 01:47:49
Welcome to Your Second Life!
Friendly Greetings to you, new Second Life resident, and allow me to introduce you to this metaverse! ... to start a conversation, may I suggest “a/s/l?” to be the perfect icebreaker? Of course, such pleasantaries [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 14:08:57
March 20 GM: Finances 101
Hi everyone! It’s getting to that time of month again… GENERAL MEETING !! ... . For our customary opening icebreaker, please think about what your favorite currency is (i.e. dollar, euro [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 11:43:50
1st MYPG Report.
Youth and adults from all over Malaysia, representing 14 states congregated in Kluang, ... state. After some icebreakers, the meeting started with an inter-church worship session led ... Johor on the 19th of July to participate in the country’s first national youth-run prayer meeting [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 18:06:31
Daily Diigo Links 01/15/2009
DeadGrandmotherThis one is hysterical. tags: deadgrandmother, funny, articles, highereducation Main Page - Teampediawiki full of ice-breakerstags: teambuilding, icebreakers, collaboration, wiki, facilitation, teaching Look out, Microsoft Surface - the iTable might just trump you in every waytags: itable, tool, surface, multitouchscreen [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:31:30
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