Objectives
To get participants to offer their opinions, encourage listening and to promote discussion in the group.
Method
A continuation of the Happy Birthday Icebreaker.
Ask each participant to introduce themselves by saying Hello – My Name Is … and today is my Birthday.
Then the next person says Happy Birthday ______ My Name Is … and today is also my Birthday!
And so on …
Then introduce a wrapped Birthday Present to the group. Ask each participant to describe what they would like as a present for their Birthday?
Discussion Questions
1. Did anyone feel uncomfortable doing this exercise? Is so, why?
2. How can this exercise help us during today’s training event?
3. What does the present mean to you?
4. Who should get the present today? Why?
Appropriate Time Required
Flexible, dependent on group size. Maximum time 15 minutes
