Cocktail Party Description of Name Game/Icebreaker Activity

Cocktail Party ·         Role playing can be a lot of fun and can be used to quickly loosen social tensions and for learning about one's self and others ·         It can fun to meet people by pretending to meet in different circumstances e.g., at a cocktail party. ·         Demonstrate walking up to someone, introducing oneself, having a bit of chit-chat and moving on to meet someone else.  Put drama and enthusiasm into it.  It needn't be a long encounter, but do try to get to know the essence of the  person, e.g., ·         "Hi, how are you?...I'm name.....So, what kind of work do you do?  Where are you from?  Aren't the curtains awful!  etc. Oh, there's someone over there I want to meet....." ·         Demo again that people should start each encounter by sharing names since learning some is often one of the goals of the exercise. ·         After the novelty of the cocktail party scenario peaks, announce new scenarios e.g., o    at a cocktail party o    on the beach on a hot summer day o    in a nightclub o    at a funeral for a mutually loved friend o    as Olympic athletes before 100m sprint final, etc. o    on a blind date o    as prisoners arriving at a jail (e.g., what did you do?)

Equipment: None. Time: ~10-15 minutes Brief Description: People mill around, meet each other, shake hands and chat according to different scenarios e.g., cocktail pa