When to use it?

As an energizer
To help the group to get to know each other/get to know each other even better

Materials:

Stopwatch, List of questions

How:

Prepare list of subjects/ questions to talk about, starting with most neutral than going on to most personal topics. Questions may also be connected with the subject of workshops.
Create two circles, with the equal amount of persons facing each other, so that every person has its own pair.
Ask participants to talk to each-other obeying the following rules:
Talk to each-other for one minute
Answer the question or talk about the subject stated by the trainer, the person on the inside of the circle starts.
After one minute change pairs, moving (only external circle) to the right.

To get to know the participants who already know each
other (they do not need to know each other very well).

Materials:

None

How:

• The participants need to sit down in a circle and are
asked to state the name and tell one sentence about
the person to the right/left of them. The group
makes a whole circle.
• The trainer, if no one knows him/her, tells one sentence
about himself and repeats all the names.