KiftMe Icebreaker
Let the people with something in common find each other.
For student unions, societies and halls of residence. Your people pick the subjects that interest them and write what they think. Those who picked the same subjects end up in a conversation.
- Five minutes to set up.
- A link or a QR code to share.
- Nothing to run on the day.
The idea
Two people who love the same thing already have something to say.
Your people don't need an introductions game. They need a reason to talk. A subject they both picked is one, and it lasts the whole evening.
With nothing to start from
- The same groups stay together all evening.
- Three polite sentences, then people drift apart.
- Random pairs with nothing in common.
With a chosen subject
- A subject both people picked for themselves.
- Each already knows what the other said about it, and why.
- The conversation starts without anyone having to launch it.
How it works
Four steps, and nothing for you to run.
You set the subjects
Films, books, places, games. Or your own, with your own images.
Everyone picks what interests them
One subject, two, as many as they like. Then they write what they think, in two minutes.
You open the event
Whenever you want. Anyone who joins later is taken into account as they go, with nothing more from you.
The conversations start
People who picked the same subjects end up in a one-to-one, each seeing what the other wrote.
Where it helps
Anywhere people cross paths without talking.
Let people be known for more than a first name and a year group.
Open the year without a forced exercise.
Connect neighbours who only ever pass each other in a corridor.
Get two groups talking who don't know each other yet.
Start from shared taste rather than from nationalities.
A light format to slot into an event you already run.
Privacy
What people write stays between the people who wrote it.
People only write honestly when they know who reads them. So this isn't about what's shown: as an organiser, you simply have no access to what people write.
You see
- How many people are taking part.
- Where the conversations stand.
- How many people per subject.
- Photos added to the album.
You don't see
- What people write.
- Their conversations.
- The photos they share privately.
Create your first Icebreaker.
A few subjects, a link to share. The first conversations start the same evening.