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[Kansas City]

Thanks AST. I particulkarly liked this one for creativity and uniqueness:

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Teambuilding activities and icebreakers are fun, but you can also use them to your advantage. For example, I used one called "Bigger and Better". You split everyone into small groups (ideally 2 or 3 people) and you give each group a paper clip. The object of the game is to repeatedly trade an item for the "biggest and best" thing you can find. Before you set your members loose on campus, tell them that you're judging their items on size, value and creativity... or something like that. Give everyone at least a half hour to approach as many people as possible asking them to trade whatever item they have. For example, you could trade the paper clip for a pencil.. then trade the pencil for a pen.. the pen for a quarter.. a quarter for a bag of chips.. etc., until time is up. A way to make this game a little more "challenging" for everyone: tell them that they have to rotate talking, so that the same person isn't doing all of the work, and before they say, "Will you trade me something for this?" require them to shake the person's hand and say, "Hi, my name is..." When time is up and everyone has returned with their biggest and best item, you don't judge the items at all. The whole point is to get them to introduce themselves to people, and to show them how easy it is to talk to strangers.