Moving Beyond Icebreakers: An Innovative Approach to Group Facilitation, Learning, and Action

by Stanley Pollack, Mary Fusoni

A guide for teachers, social workers, community organizers, youth workers, trainers, and corporate managers. Moving Beyond Icebreakers is a powerful tool to help run highly effective meetings – meetings in which everyone is engaged and the goals of the meeting are achieved. This beautifully illustrated 440-page book is packed with insights and ideas about how to make your meetings work. And it describes in detail over 300 interactive exercises (more than just “icebreakers”) that enable you to achieve group goals, build relationships, resolve group problems, teach, lead, motivate, and inspire. This book comes with a monthly newsletter that includes tips and resources. To join, send email to info@movingbeyondicebreakers.org.

881 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 22, 2014

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book but it is helpful to know that the group that designed these activities, which are great, works largely with teenagers and adults who work with teenagers. This book is for you if these are your target audiences for teaching and training.

[Izetta Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my go-to text for planning and facilitating meetings.