# Need an idea for a simple 5 minute "team building exercise"

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-simple-5-minute-team-building-exercise/561968 "2010-11-26T12:16:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-simple-5-minute-team-building-exercise/561968/21 "2010-11-30T16:46:13Z")

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Have each team come up with a haiku about some innocuous theme? Three lines shouldn’t take too terribly long.

Some version of Mad Libs, where each team contributes a key word or two?

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**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-simple-5-minute-team-building-exercise/561968/22 "2010-12-07T11:14:31Z")

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Thanks for the suggestions guys. Ended up going with the “one word at a time” story game, where each participant takes it in turns to contribute one word at a time to a fictional, made-up-on-the-spot story. It went pretty well, drew quite a few laughs.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-simple-5-minute-team-building-exercise/561968/23 "2010-12-07T14:00:12Z")

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Actually I just came across a fertile field for “team building exercises” and “party games.” For the first time I caught an episode of [Minute to Win It](http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/index.shtml) and the games look really clever. No flash equipment required and fun to play or watch.

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