Ever heard about Speed Dating? Well, how about opening your workshop with a Speed'Meeting? I explain :
- At arrival, DON'T give participants their badge, but let them displayed on a table at the entry of the room.
Present yourself, as a facilitator, then explain the principle.
- Assembly should divide into pairs, changing of partner every 1 minute.
- Each attendees has 30 seconds to present her/himself.
- Total time for this exercise depends on number of attendees.
- After a few minutes, each attendee shall come to the badge table, pick a badge and give it to the appropriate person.
Then in the end, people can correct each other ( if one got mistaken and giving the wrong badge... )
Please let me know what you think, as it would be a funny & dynamic Ice breaker for a start, also giving people the chance to start mingling & networking as the workshops begin, and it is a unusual /creative way to start a workshop ( let's how them what we've got

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Easy to realise, I think...totally manageable for a 10/15 persons assembly.
(on behalf of a friend)