Ice Breaker - Boardroom Bingo

If you are looking for a quick way to get people networking and communicating with everyone in a room in a short space of time then this is sure way to do it!

A few days before your meeting takes place send out an email to all attendants and ask them to reply by stating 2 or 3 bullet points about them self that maybe slightly humorous or have played a major part in their life. You can either use all the replies or select as many as you think dependant on numbers.

The whole idea of this ice breaker is to get people to network in your conference or meeting room and find the relevant person that matches the bullet point descriptions. Now comes the fun part, relating this to a game of Bingo! Create a grid as in a bingo card for all delegates to carry around that includes numbers that correspond to the bullet points. As your guests move around the room they will gradually start to complete their Bingo card and as in the real game as soon as someone completes a straight row horizontally, vertically or diagonally they have to shout Bingo!!

Try and supply some small prizes for the Boardroom Bingo winners as an incentive to get them involved, normally 1 for each winning line and obviously the big full house!

This exercise should normally take no more than 20 to 30 minutes max.