5 Introduction Icebreakers for a Creative Meeting Introduction (With Bonus Examples)

During your introduction, do not hesitate to focus on your staff’s state of mind and predispositions before getting to the heart of the matter to run your meeting smoothly. Icebreakers are a fun way to introduce your topic and give your participants a chance to get to know each other. Moreover, you can find icebreakers adapted to all situations, both for your meetings in small groups and for your large events.

To put everyone at ease, consider introducing your topic, keeping in mind that your goal is to free everyone’s speech. This can be done in a fun and enjoyable way with an activity such as the “weather of the day.” This activity consists of asking your collaborators about their state of mind at the beginning of your presentation. This interaction with your participants usually creates a climate of trust that encourages exchanges! This activity is suitable for both small groups and large audiences.

You can organize this activity directly on Beekast. Using the Word Cloud activity, ask your participants: “What is the weather today? (emoji)”. Everyone will then have to answer this question using emojis. The most used emojis will gradually grow lively! You can then present the results and discuss them with the participants.

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Emoji Gauge

Prepare for a meeting by sounding out the group’s state of mind.

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A tree is a good icebreaker for introducing a topic related to an internal problem. To organize this activity, you must show an image of a tree with installed characters, each with different postures. You must then assign a number to each character. All you have to do is ask your participants who they identify with the most! If you need to visualize these words better, here is an image of a company tree. As you can imagine, since this activity involves a limited number of characters, it is restricted to small audiences.

You can use Beekast to organize this activity. Create a Survey activity with an image. You must create as many answers as characters (for example, from 1 to 21). Your participants will only have to choose their character and vote for it!

Blob Tree

Share how you’re feeling before a meeting starts

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The check-in in the clouds is a very easy activity to set up. It enables you to free everyone’s speech by offering them the opportunity to present themselves through their moods. Offer them four adjectives: worried, angry, happy, or scared. They will then have to choose the one that best suits them during your introduction.

On beekast, you can use the Word Cloud activity to animate this icebreaker. Then, if you have the time to do it, you can ask everyone to give a short explanation.

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This activity is a great way to give everyone a chance to speak. To set it up, you can form pairs (ideally two people who do not know each other) and ask them to introduce themselves! But it doesn’t stop there; otherwise, it would be too simple. Once they have introduced themselves, they must then present their buddy!

This activity challenges the participants’ listening skills while giving them the opportunity to get to know each other. We advise you to define a presentation time (for example, two minutes and thirty seconds) beforehand so that everyone plays the game to its full potential!

This icebreaker has a particularity: it implies movement if you have a large room on your floor where you can get up and move around in a group, try the “Bull’s Eye” activity! Propose several themes to your participants and ask them how much they agree with your proposal (on a scale of 1 to 10, for example). You are responsible for defining an object representing the central point. They will then be led to place themselves more or less close to this object according to their degree of agreement!

This activity is perfectly adapted to small groups, where organization will be much easier than in larger groups, where it is more complicated to get everyone to move.

Bonus Introduction Icebreakers Examples with Illustrated Images

1. Two Truths and a Lie

Ask each participant to share three statements about themselves — two that are true and one that is a lie. The group then guesses which statement is the lie.
Purpose: Encourages storytelling and light-hearted fun while learning about each other.

2. Personal Fun Fact

People share one fun or surprising fact about themselves, such as “I’ve gone skydiving in three different countries.”
Purpose: Opens the room to curiosity and connection without pressure.

3. If I Were a Superhero…

Ask participants: “If you were a superhero, what would your superpower be and why?”
Purpose: Sparks creativity and gives insight into personality playfully.

4. Describe Yourself in One Word

Invite everyone to pick just one word that describes them best, and then explain their choice briefly.
Purpose: Encourages self-reflection and quick personal sharing.

5. Where in the World?

Have each person share where they’re currently joining from or where they’d love to work remotely if they could choose any place in the world.
Purpose: Great for remote or global teams — builds geographical awareness and common interests.