I have been given the opportunity(?) to host a meeting at my company. Part of being host is to have an ice-breaker so everyone can get to know each other.

I need something memorable but that will not get me fired!!

There are 40 people, both men and women. We may be indoors or outside.

Any help would be appreciated.

NEWLY

 

Could we have a little less information?

What does your company do?
Meeting at office or offsite?
Where is Blue Springs Mo?
What have people done before?(Don't want to be a copycat)
Small company/big company?
What's the meeting about? (sales drive, United Way, etc)
What is the overall "feeling" of your organization? (Tech companies may have a more open mind for some activites than Bible printing companies would)

I'm sure there are others, but you get the idea. Give us a little to go on.

 

Hawaiian Luau.
Men wear colorful Hawaiian shirts, women wear flowers in their hair and whathave you.

This solves many problems.

1- Everyone knows what to wear. If someone 'overdresses' it is considered part of the fun.

2- Attire provides ice-breaker in itself.

As host you must 'MC'.
You'll need some jokes, here's one to get you started...

"Not that I don't love my job, because I really do but, anyways I'm reading the Help Wanted ads and there really isn't much out there. Oh there are jobs but, not any good jobs. I saw one that said,
'Man Wanted, to work in dynomite factory.
Must be willing to travel.

(If no one laughs, look towards the back at no one in particular and say, "Yeah? Nice shirt!")

 

Do a team building icebreaker at a local Laser Tag facility. Bonus, they all get to shoot at the boss. Points are awarded for "hits". They all have to compare scores to see who shot who... Another game might be picking teams. The IT dept. against Sales, etc. If there isn't a laser tag place around, just use paintball guns or shotguns with birdshot loads, or hand granades. Okay, this is going downhill fast.

 

play spin the bottle.

 

serotta just went from Ice breaker to Ball breaker in 4 seconds!
I hope that isn't an indication of what would happen if you actually had one of those "Tag Parties"

 

Since my attempt to solicit information failed, and this thread has gone exactly where I thought it would..

Tequilla shots from the belly-buttons of the interns followed by "full contact" Lawn Darts in the executive conference room.

 

I was thinking Twister!!

 

Starts a chant...

TOGA!! TOGA!! TOGA!! TOGA!!

 

Hey fla, (hope I can call you fla) We are a large telecommunications company based in Overland Park, KS.

The meeting may be on our campus or away from our campus. (not my choice)

Blue Springs is a suburb of KC, MO

So many have been done that it is getting harder to come up with something new. Building a house with index cards and tape, Jeopardy, Family Feud, etc.

This meeting is to show where we are and where we need to be. Pretty boring stuff.

Our group of 40 is pretty open to all things

NEWLY

 

How are things at Sprint?

Make up index cards that have the names of various famous people on them. As people arrive tape the card to their back (no peeking). The object of the game is to ask other people "20 Questions-type" questions (Male or Female?Living or Dead? etc) to figure out who you are. I've also seen this done with the names of products etc.

Stupid, yes; but it can be fun and won't get you fired.

 

Thats what the postmen use to do at their meetings and we know what that has led to...