Icebreaker games that get attendees talking to each other
Plenty of people arrive at a conference knowing a handful of faces, or nobody at all. Let's Tingo gives them a reason to start talking. You build a bingo board of things to find around the event, every attendee gets their own board from the same list, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo.
These icebreaker games don't have to stop when the opening session does. People can keep playing between talks, at lunch and on the expo floor.
Human bingo, built around your event
Human bingo usually means a printed sheet of squares to fill in. A Let's Tingo board works the same way, with finds people look for all around the event. Pick a game type, tell Let's Tingo about your conference and who's coming, and it builds a list of finds from that: a speaker badge, someone in a bow tie, a first-timer ribbon. Keep the ones that fit, reword or trash the rest, and add your own, like the keynote speaker or the coffee cart by the main hall.
Finds like these send people looking at each other's badges and asking questions, and that's an easy way into a conversation.
Conference icebreakers that walk people past the booths
Put your sponsors' booths on the board and attendees have a reason to visit each one. A find like "Live demo" or "Prize wheel" brings people to the corners of the expo hall that usually stay quiet.
Attendees don't all arrive at once, so make it a join-any-time game. It's live the moment the invites go out, and anyone can join halfway through the first morning. Print the QR code on the badge or in the program, and people join in the app or in a browser.
Icebreaker games for work
The same board works at a smaller scale: a team kickoff, an all-company meeting, a new hire's first week. A lot of icebreaker games for adults ask people to stand up and share something about themselves. A board asks them to go and look for something instead, and the talking happens on the way.
Photos, a prize and a clear finish
Make it a timed game, set it to end at the closing session, and whoever has the most Tingos when it ends wins. Name a prize when you set it up, a ticket to next year's event or a seat at the speakers' dinner, and everyone sees what they're playing for. Pick a camera game and every find needs a photo, which stays with the find for the group to see.
For a larger event, we can also build the board with you, carrying your event's name, colors and logo.
Icebreaker bingo ideas to get your board started
These are the kind of finds that make good icebreaker bingo. Use them, change them, or let Let's Tingo suggest its own from what you tell it. For other occasions, browse more scavenger hunt ideas.
Around the venue
- Registration desk
- Coffee cart
- Hotel lobby
- Escalator
- Event banner
- Charging station
- Photo backdrop
- Water station
- Info desk
- Coat check
- Venue map
- Lost and found
On the expo floor
- Sponsor booth
- Live demo
- Tote bag
- Prize wheel
- Bowl of candy
- Stress ball
- Sock giveaway
- Business card bowl
- Booth selfie
- Swag table
- Booth with a game
- Popcorn machine
Between sessions
- Speaker badge
- Bow tie
- First-timer ribbon
- Q&A microphone
- Hallway huddle
- Laptop stickers
- Live illustrator
- Lunch line
- Matching team shirts
- Raised hands
- Packed session
- Selfie with a speaker
Get your event's icebreaker ready
Build the board when the agenda's settled, and send the link with the final attendee email. The same game works for a team building scavenger hunt with your own team, fundraising event ideas for a charity gala, and wedding games at a reception.
Joining a game is always free, in the app or in a browser. Plenty of games are free to make, too.