• To enhance the get-to-know process at the beginning of an event.

Materials Needed

• Whistle (or some other attention-getting noisemaker)

Step By Step Instructions 

1. Instruct participants to move around the room for almost a minute.
2. Make a noise the whistle and ask the participants to line up, according to a specific criterion selected from the following list:
   • distance from home to the workplace
   • birth month in the calendar year
   • number of different countries visited
   • number of letters in his or her last name
   • number of pets one has
3. After the participants line up, blow the whistle and have them move around the room for a minute or so.
4. Blow the whistle again and have the participants line up according to a different criterion.
5. Repeat the procedure as time allows.