Ice Breakers and Energisers

KDM Events has developed a range of ice breakers and energisers designed to break the ice and energise your delegates. These can take place either outdoors for that all important breath of fresh air or alternatively take place within your conference and meeting rooms - to keep you well away from the elements! For full information click Ice Breakers and Energisers Fact Sheets.

Ice breakers and conference energisers are a great way to get people talking to each other, put a group at ease and build trust whether at a small meeting, a large seminar or as a team building session.

Each ice breaker is designed to complement your conference and meeting programme to ensure that they deliver the maximum benefit for your company and your staff.

These ice breakers are intended to energise and invigorate your guests, giving them the opportunity to benefit from a break in the conference schedule, refocus their concentration and get to know their colleagues in a cooperative environment - all whilst having lots of fun.

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Energisers and Ice Breakers

KDM's ice breakers and energisers are delivered by our full-time presenters and facilitators. These energisers and ice breakers normally last from between ten minutes to one hour depending upon the objectives your conference or team building session is intended to achieve. At the start of your meeting or at the opening of your conference an ice breaker will set the tone for the whole event and at critical points during the conference an energiser will re-invigorate your delegates and re-focus everyone’s attention upon the conference programme. Ice breakers and energisers as part of your conference management package keep energy levels high and keep attention focussed throughout your conference.

An energiser can act as a fantastic finale to wrap up the part of your conference where you've been communicating your most important messages. Ice breakers and energisers create a fun and uplifting environment in which people feel comfortable getting involved; energisers and Ice breakers involve everyone in an amusing and simple team building activity where they work to acheive a common goal. A hint of competition adds an element of excitement and anticipation and ice breakers and energisers will put a smile on everyone’s face and generate interest and conversation because delegates are doing something unexpected. The outcome is a corporate event which gives your conference the edge because it is different to the norm.

Team Building Outcomes from Energisers and Ice Breakers

Energisers and ice breakers help build teams and reinforce your conference and corporate messages on the level that you choose – whether it’s subliminal or more obvious. Physical movement is proven to waken interest by changing people’s mental state and your audience will absorb more information when you hold their interest and keep their attention. The more interaction at your meeting the more participants will remember and take away from the experience as people listen more carefully to what you’re saying when they’re energised. People also retain the information you’ve given them for much longer when they’ve become involved in the delivery itself and people take more ownership when they see themselves as an integral part of what is happening around them. The energy and unity of your delegates can be directed towards a purpose that reflects and reinforces your conference message and by incorporating your message into your ice breaking activity you trigger people’s interest, you capture their attention and you make a lasting impression. They form an excellent forum for team building and team communication and help to promote lively discussion and debate around your key messages. A carefully chosen ice breaker as part of your conference management planning will reinforce your message and allows people to share knowledge, ideas and information that focuses on the topic of your choice leaving guests with something shared and interesting to talk about.

The result is that your entire audience is revitalised, feels a sense of togetherness and everyone has become physically, mentally and emotionally involved by participating and contributing to your conference.

The Networking Benefits of Team Building and Ice Breakers

People tend to stand around and chat over drinks with people they already know - few people make an extra effort to talk to someone they don’t know. Well organised team building and ice breaker activities improve networking rather than simply leaving people to their own devices and the business outcome to chance. People meet new colleagues and get to know more about them when the networking is formatted for them as people connect with each other and have something meaningful to talk about without feeling uncomfortable. You’ve spent a lot of money and invested a lot of time on conference management in getting people together - spending a little more on energisers and ice breakers greatly improves the whole return on your total investment. Whenever you’ve got a group of people together, whether it’s a dozen or a thousand people, an ice breaker or energiser that is professionally organised achieves much more in communication and team building than leaving things to happen by chance. The result is that your whole group becomes more united, more animated, more enthusiastic and more productive.

Crystal Maze Team Building Outcomes

Within this activity there are a number of roles that must be allocated and teams who create a plan of action are usually more successful and contribute more to the overall team building outcome than the teams who plough full steam ahead into the challenge. The co-operation between the teams and the resulting outcome highlights the importance of inter-departmental communication.

KDM Komponents Conference Ice Breakers

Short, sharp and fun, these indoor conference team building events utilise colourful, tactile components designed specifically for conference team building use on tabletops or in limited spaces. Your guests will take part in small teams to tackle a range of enjoyable and challenging team building exercises. Designed to be ‘hands on’ and involving all team members, these ice breaker games enable our instructors to deliver activity based learning, which is both enjoyable and has impact. They are the perfect solution to team communication and team building needs, combining an active approach with a well structured ice breaker for discussion, feedback and action planning. There are a total of thirty six team building activities available within the KDM Komponents portfolio that are designed to provide powerful, effective activities for team building and conference events. These ice breaker events are intended to replicate real workplace situations and require delegates to get involved, discuss and to understand how to improve their performance and transfer their learning into the workplace.

Parachute Conference Ice Breakers

Great conference games and team events involving your whole group using brightly coloured parachutes as an ice breaker, energiser or closing team building activity. The parachute is the definitive simple conference energiser and yet so effective in its results with teams communicating and working together in a fun, non-threatening environment. This team building activity works well both indoors and outdoors with a range of corporate events and activities that promote team communication, cooperation and interaction.

Boomwhacker Blast Ice Breakers

Boomwhackers are brightly coloured tubes that are tuned to musical notes and are played by 'whacking' the ground or other solid surface. In no time at all our instructors will have energy levels soaring, a room full of smiles and your group ready for an experience to be remembered. The boomwhackers make fantastic instruments and this indoor team building activity is a great example of what groups can achieve when working together. It encourages effective co-operation rather than competition, breaks down barriers and promotes team communication.

Percussion Team Building Event

Body percussion is a great music based team building event that is ideal for starting a conference and an effective way of communicating conference messages. Our staff will facilitate a fun filled musical team building session where delegates will use their bodies to make rhythms and music. The session incorporates songs, body warm up, singing and rhythmic counting, clapping and stamping rhythms - all delivered in a light hearted manner that ensures everyone is well and truly invigorated. Through this body percussion team building event you will build mutual respect, open yourselves to others, strengthen teamwork and experience success together. It will also create a sense of unity and understanding of other participants.

Retro Rocket Team Building and Ice Breakers

Teams must summon every scrap of creativity and resourcefulness they possess in order to build a rocket capable of beating the competition. This combination of indoor and outdoor team building involves all your guests in an interesting and exciting corporate event that encourages creativity, design and team communication. Dependent upon the suitability of the event venue, either a two stage chemical motor rocket or a water pressure model will be designed, assembled and then launched by each team of wannabe NASA engineers. A great quick team building activity that literally finishes on a high.

Creative Team Building Challenges

A selection of fun creative team building challenges designed to get your guests imaginative juices flowing! Just some of the enjoyable tasks are:

Having a Giraffe

Hats Off!

All Wrapped Up

Balloon Bonanza

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