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| Team building is a collective term for various types of activities used to enhance social relations and define roles within teams, often involving collaborative tasks. It is distinct from team training, which is designed to improve the efficiency, rather than interpersonal relations. Many team-building exercises aim to expose and address interpersonal problems within the group. | Team building is a collective term for various types of activities used to enhance social relations and define roles within teams, often involving collaborative tasks. It is distinct from team training, which is designed to improve the efficiency, rather than interpersonal relations. Many team-building exercises aim to expose and address interpersonal problems within the group. | ||
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| Below you can find the list of team-building activities created collectively by the users of YEDU on-line course. If you know an interesting team -building activity and you would like to share it with others, feel free to edit the page and add your idea at the bottom. | Below you can find the list of team-building activities created collectively by the users of YEDU on-line course. If you know an interesting team -building activity and you would like to share it with others, feel free to edit the page and add your idea at the bottom. | ||
| - | ==== Crossing the electric fence ==== | + | ===== Crossing the electric fence ===== |
| The purpose of this exercise is for the whole group to pass over the fence without making contact with the fence wire. There are two variants to this exercise - basic and advanced. Both of these two variants are excellent for perfecting working together and relying on each other. | The purpose of this exercise is for the whole group to pass over the fence without making contact with the fence wire. There are two variants to this exercise - basic and advanced. Both of these two variants are excellent for perfecting working together and relying on each other. | ||
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| Source: https://workrfun.com/activities/43-Electric-Fence-Team-Building-Activity/ | Source: https://workrfun.com/activities/43-Electric-Fence-Team-Building-Activity/ | ||
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| + | ===== The Marshmallow Challenge ===== | ||
| + | In eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow. The marshmallow needs to be on top. It emphasizes group communication, leadership dynamics, collaboration, innovation and problem solving strategy. | ||
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| + | Fun icebreakers for meetings can be hard to find – The Marshmallow Challenge is one of those icebreaker games for work that feels almost like play. The Marshmallow Challenge was developed by Tom Wujec, who has done the activity with hundreds of groups around the world. Ice breaker ideas that are fun, well designed and have a proven track record are definitely worth a try | ||
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| + | ===== Egg drop ===== | ||
| + | This fun activity could be used as a team-building activity both for people who have just met and for already existing teams. Breaking people up into groups, each one needs a fresh egg, some straws, masking tape and other items for creating a package to protect the egg. Using the raw materials provided, the team goal is to build a structure that will support a free falling egg dropped from a predetermined height (e.g. 7 feet) without the egg breaking. Get to know you games with an element of danger are always fun ice breakers for meetings. This is a method that shows and fosters team communication, collaboration and strategic thinking as well. | ||
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