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Warm-up

If you want your session or workshop to be a successful one, your participants need to be energized: you need to warm them up! Use the exercises provided here to bring everyone in the right mood and get the most of your productive parts!
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15 methods found.
Brainstorming
Brainstorming ideate
2 – 8 Participants
10 – 30 min

Get familiar with a topic and quickly generate a lot of ideas.

Break Down 4
Break Down 4 strategize
1+ Participants
15 – 20 min

Break down complex topics to make them understandable for everyone.

Crazy Eights
Crazy Eights ideate
2+ Participants
5 – 15 min

Quick generation of a large number of ideas.

Destroy and Defend
Destroy and Defend warm-up
4+ Participants
30 – 50 min

Praise and criticize.

5 Whys
5 Whys observe
1 – 2 Participants
5 – 15 min

This is a very simple method for digging deep into the mind and background of users and their behaviour.

Mind Mapping
Mind Mapping ideate
1+ Participants
10 – 15 min

This method is great for warm-up sessions during ideation phases.

Two Truths and a Lie
Two Truths and a Lie warm-up
2+ Participants
30 – 60 min

Create a communicative atmosphere while getting to know each other.

Product Pitch
Product Pitch warm-up
2+ Participants
10 – 20 min

Encourage unconventional, creative thinking.

Impromotion
Impromotion warm-up
2+ Participants
10 – 20 min

Train your mind to concentrate on opportunities rather than obstacles.

Touch Blue
Touch Blue warm-up
3 – 15 Participants
5 – 10 min

Encourage an communicative and energized atmosphere with this easy to understand warm-up game.

Emoji Challenge
Emoji Challenge warm-up
2+ Participants
10 – 20 min

Start a meeting with a relaxed and open minded atmosphere with this emoji quiz.

The Aliens Have Landed
The Aliens Have Landed warm-up
2+ Participants
25 – 30 min

Start your meeting with an creative and communicative atmosphere by seeing your project with new, extraterrestrial eyes.

What's on your Desk?
What's on your Desk? warm-up
2+ Participants
10 – 15 min

Get to know your team and think about your project in a fun and creative way.

Hidden Similarities
Hidden Similarities warm-up
2+ Participants
15 – 60min

Break out of stereotyped thinking with this simple but fun warm up game.

Viewpoint Spectrogram
Viewpoint Spectrogram warm-up
2+ Participants
15 – 35 min

Identify and discuss common or diverging opinions within your team.

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