Moving Beyond Icebreakers - Example One: "Bag Toss"

Example of the interactive meeting exercise: "Bag Toss" from the book "Moving Beyond Icebreakers" by Stanley Pollack with Mary Fusoni - produced by Teen Empowerment. For more info: http://www.movingbeyondicebreakers.org/

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Interactive exercises
• icebreakers
• meetings
• youth
• Teen
• Empowerment
• Moving
• Beyond
• Icebreakers
• Stanley
• Pollack
• Sapna
• Padte
• team building
• group building
• group process
• group facilitation
• community building
• ice breakers
• group dynamics

[htyphoon00]

Thank you for providing this material.

It's a really interesting social experiment, to see what people do when overwhelmed, and the community's response when doing so.

Obv this is just for fun, but a very good example to demonstrate the above.

I hope you guys keep going strong!

[omamacita]

I would love to see the videos but they are the only ones I've tried today that won't play on my computer. They start, then stop on a frozen frame with the white dots wheeling in the center of the screen.

[kissmyarsex]

I love this interactive! Every time I play it I have a lot of fun and loosen up with the group

[numberwon1]

This approach looks like it loosens people up to automatically begin working together. It's a motivating strategy to think and talk together about what's going on. Effective because it's in the doing - not just an "in your head" approach where you people can get resistant or fake it. Looks simple and fun -yet clearly a thoughtful organizational psychology behind it. Thanks Teen Empowerment - this looks like another winning toss!

[djkanor]

Terrific! Very interesting and well though out presentation of TEs basic methods. I particularly think Ms. Padte's presentation was outstanding.

[stanleypollack]

This is the first in a series of videos that we will be posting that will provide examples of how the book Moving Beyond Icebreakers can be used to improve group productivity and satisfaction. Let us know what you think and we'll use the information to improve as we go along. Thanks for watching. Pass it on.

[MassTower]

This looks like a really effective way to start a meeting. I can see that it's not only interactive but also it helps people understand the big picture. I hope there will be more videos like this.