Ice Breaker Questions for Meetings

The word meeting is something which automatically induces a crinkled nose and a 'not again' sigh from people. Nevertheless, you go, reluctantly, (do you have a choice?) and sit there in the conference room, waiting with bated breath for the worst. To your surprise your boss is merry and in a good mood, and asks you to chill out, telling you about how well the company is doing, and you are asked to give your inputs on how can things be better. No one speaks anything and there is an awkward silence. Then your boss throws up some icebreaker questions and then the discussion gets a flow.

Cut to another situation, you are at a pub and there is this nice girl there. You go stand next to her, order a drink, but do not know what to say. You fritter away a chance of knowing someone and a potential date.

In both these situations, as you can see, icebreaker questions, or in the first case, icebreaker activities are very important.

Ice Breaker Questions for Adults

Icebreaker questions for adults can include a range of things to ask, from sport to religious attachment to work to relationships to Hollywood! Take a look!

• What is the best thing you like about office?
• Who is the best boss you ever had?
• Do you follow NFL? Who is your favorite player?
• If you had to call someone to bail you out of trouble, who would you call?
• If you found a $100 bill on the floor, what would you do with it?
• What was your favorite cartoon or TV show as a kid?
• What is your birth order?
• How many girlfriends or boyfriends did you have?
• What is one item that you really should throw away, but probably never will?
• What has been your worst dating experience?
• What are the things you want to do before you die?
• If you were alone on an island with Brad Pitt (for girls!) and Kristen Stewart or Katy Perry (for guys) what will you do?
• Your craziest fantasy?
• What did you want to be as a kid after you grew up?
• Do you think you could have won an Oscar if you were into films?

This was just the tip of iceberg as far as ice breakers for meetings go! There are some questions still mentioned related to work place meetings. Apart from that there are in general ice breaker questions which you can ask anyone you meet randomly too! Of course within the prescribed limits girls and guys, even if they are random questions for meetings!

Get to Know you Questions for Meetings

Ah now these "getting to know you" questions are really interesting. Getting to know someone can be tricky! The reason is that there is a thin line between knowing a few unknown things about someone and trespassing on his or her personal issues under the garb of conversation starters. Here are some such ice breaker questions for meetings.

• What will you end up doing if you are not required to work
• Who do you idolize and why?
• What do you think you will be doing 50 years from now?
• What is the one moment in your life that you will remember the most?
• What do other people think about you?
• If you had to be a comic character, which one would you be and why?
• If you had to give up a favorite food, which would be the most difficult to give up?
• If you won a lottery ticket and had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
• If you are given an access to a time machine, where and when would you travel to?
• Mount Rushmore honors four U.S. Presidents. If you had to add any person to Mount Rushmore, who would you add and why?
• What award would you love to win and for what achievement?
• What have you learned from your past relationships?
• What is that you have never told anyone?
• Do you believe in live in relationships?
• Do you agree with or are okay with the idea of having sex before marriage?
• Can a person who is short 'talk down' to a taller person?
• Before you go west, how far can you go east?

You can surely come up with better and fun get to know you questions for meetings or funny ice breaker questions too! All you have to do is put on your thinking cap and turn on wit and unleash the magic!

At the end of the day, ice breakers for meetings are all about engaging in a good conversation and 'breaking the ice' or the awkwardness and discomfort which looms large. A funny or witty statement or question can immediately brighten up the mood! All the best! I sign off here!