# Icebreakers and team forming Being at an event surrounded by people you don't know can be intimidating at the best of times! Here are some tips and ideas of activities you could run at the start of the jam to help people get to know each other, and to get into teams. #### A social / pre-party on Thursday Have an informal social or pre party with drinks and dinner on the Thursday night (or even the Friday night!). #### Forced social interaction Before you play the keynote, get people to introduce themselves to the people to the left and right of them. Get everyone to stand up and give their name, where they have come from and 3 words about themselves. Randomly divide people into groups of 5 strangers. Get them to introduce themselves, and say what their favourite games are, what their expectations for the weekend are inside these small groups... #### Team building exercises * **Two Truths and a Lie:** A classic icebreaker where each team member shares three statements about themselves, two true and one false. The others guess the lie, encouraging light-hearted conversation and shared laughter. * **Rapid-Fire Questions:** A quick and fun way to get to know each other. Ask a series of rapid-fire questions, such as "What's your favourite game?" or "If you could have any superpower, what would it be?" --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://global-game-jam.gitbook.io/ggj-manual/during-the-event-itself/icebreakers-and-team-forming.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.