We had a workshop last May 1 (yeah! You read it right. Workshop on Labor Day, huh.) It was held at Astoria Hotel in Pasig City. It was a one-day event where we, in our division - the Technical and IT Operation Division, discussed and evaluated each department's mandates, processes, goals, and  areas of responsibility. It was a looong and tiring day. If not with the good camaraderie of our group and the ice-breaker activity that HR prepared for us, that day will be a torture.

Speaking of the ice-breaker activity that we had, it was fun to do it. So, I would like to share it with you (you might want to do this someday with your own group of people who know almost everyone.) Here's the detail...

Material:

Cartolina - cut into bond-pape-size pieces with string attached at both ends at the top.

Mechanics:

• Each member shall be given the material with his/her name written at the top.
• Members shall hang the string around his/her neck so that the cartolina can be displayed at his/her own back. 
• One shall mingle the crowd and everyone is free to write the person's good traits in cartolina.
• After some time (e.g. after 5/10 minutes), you may ask a volunteer or call someone to read what he got. You may also ask few questions like what struck him most or what surprise him with what other's think about him.

That's all! And, here's what I got. Nice, huh?

This activity is somewhat similar with Johari Window (for full data, please click here) that I had done before (except that the traits here were freely written.) It is a self-assessment activity (you may click the links to try this out.)