STARVE - Support The African Right To Vital Education

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Comment by Erica on March 30, 2009 at 2:30pm

Hey folks,

How did your recent events go?

Info about a UN grant for youth-led organizations in developing countries came across my desk recently. I don't know if it's anything that would apply to your partners in Ethiopia but you can read more here: http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?cid=6406&catid=5&typeid=6&subMenuId=0.

Comment by Jessica on March 5, 2009 at 7:37pm

Uhmmmm Should I be?

Comment by STARVE committee on March 5, 2009 at 3:51pm

ok is someone writing these down?

Comment by Joseph on February 27, 2009 at 3:19pm

here's one for small gtoups of maybe 5-10 people. its called 6 degrees of seperation. its simple and sorta helps people get to know each other. you pick a famous person and someone tries to connect themselves using people they know who know people etc.... trying to keep it under 6 people. i.e. me to Bono: me->my dad, has met-> education minister, works with-> the premier, has met->Stephen Harper, took over from->Paul Martin->met with Bono a few years ago. you guys will probably be more creative then that but its just an idea. its got a nice international theme too so that might be good.

Comment by Jessica on February 27, 2009 at 9:00am

Kai, It's a game, where everyone starts by going "mingle mingle mingle" And their walking around the room.... and then the person who's doing the game yells out Horse, Knight, or Caviler.

then everyone has to find a partner and act out the pre-assigned action for each... The last group to do so is out... if there's an odd number the person w/ out a partner is out. then guess what happens! "Mingle mingle Mingle" and it just repeats until there's one set of partners left.... and your meant to get with a new partner every time.

Comment by Erica on February 26, 2009 at 5:18pm

I love icebreakers and team building games :)

Which ones you choose depend on how many people you have, how much time and what you want to people to find out about each other...

A few suggestions:
-Lifeboats: invite people to mill (walk, dance, whatever) around the room (maybe to music), then call out "lifeboats of 3" and everyone has to get into groups of 3. You then give them a question to talk about together (anything from what is your favourite holiday? to why did you come to this event?). Then people go back to milling around (turn the music back on if you have it) before you call out another lifeboat theme - you can make people get into groups of a certain number or into groups based on the month they were born or hair colour or years they have been involved with STARVE or anything you like. Each time people get into different "lifeboats" you give them a new question to talk about.

-2 Truths and a Lie: everyone takes a turn telling the group 3 things about themself (2 that are true and 1 that's a lie). Then the group tries to guess which one is the lie. This game gets boring of the group is too big so for a large crowd you can divide them into smaller groups.

-Nametag swap: everyone starts out with name tags and pairs up with someone they don't know. They must introduce themselves to their partner (you can suggest specific information for them to share, eg: name, something they're passionate about & a hero/someone they admire). Then people trade nametags with their partners and must find a new partner to introduce themselves too... but as the person who's name tag they are wearing. After going through 4 or 5 trades, get the whole group into a circle and have everyone introduce the person whose name tag they are now wearing. It can be pretty funny to hear how people's stories get mixed up by the end (kind of like telephone) so let the "real" people correct anything about themselves that got lost in the game.

You can probably find lots more ideas with a google search. Feel free to let me know if there's something specific you're looking for and maybe I can help.

Sounds like fun - wish I could be there!

Comment by Kailey on February 25, 2009 at 8:07pm

ooo i like that clothes idea! Because you know that people are going to be stuck in their cliques...we totally need something that forces people to mingle and actually have conversations with people

jessica what the heck are you talking about?? what game is that my silly girly?? do explain

Comment by Jessica on February 25, 2009 at 1:42pm

Megannn.... I just came up for something we can do when peeps are bored!

It's simple and I'm sure that you've played it before.....

Horse, knight, cavilier.

Comment by Joseph on February 23, 2009 at 1:15pm

K, so I've remembered a couple game ideas, I don't know if they're any good but you guys don't seem to be firing them out. So there are sort of two versions of this one, the first is that you are assigned a famous person or character, and their name is taped to your back so everyone but you knows who you are. The idea is to go around the room and ask people yes or no questions to figure out who you are, i.e. You are Barrack Obama, you ask "am I fictional?"; the answer is "no", "am I influential?"; "yes", etc. Eventualy once you figure it out you ask if you are Barrack Obama and you finish the game, the object is to not be the last person left.
The second version is similar, only there are "pairs" of characters. The rules are the same, but once you figure out who you are, you have to find your partner. All the characters will be famous couples, i.e. One person is Romeo and someone else is Juliet, or one person is Batman the other is Robin.
I hope you like it, it should take up a good 20 minutes to half an hour at least and it's a good ice breaker

Comment by Mikhail Kolybaba on February 20, 2009 at 10:22am

I don't know about games, but... if you're looking for an icebreaker, I remember one that I liked: the organizers hand out sheets with matrices on different locations, which correspond to point-values based on geographic distances. There's a matrix on the back which lists different 'multipliers' for various clothing items. In about five minutes, the participants meet a partner (who they didn't already know), and look at the tags on their clothes. The idea is to calculate how far the clothes have travelled. It sounds a little complicated, but it's a decent way to get people to meet others, and generally raise the participation level. At the same time, it surprises some people how far everything's travelled, and at the end you can equate the points to total kilometer-kilograms, and thus CO2 emissions, etc.

Although it sounds lame, it worked pretty well at a conference I was at in 2007, and it's an idea.

If you're still struggling for ideas, I've always found that Erica Young has some really unique thoughts on preparing a conference. I'd message her and ask her opinion, if you're still stuck -- she'd probably be glad to help.

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