Timer & Tools
Timer & Tools is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- Essential tools for running icebreaker games and team building activities. Timer, group generator, scoreboard, and more!
- Set custom time limits and get audio alerts when time's up.
- Minutes Seconds 05:00 Start Pause Reset ⚡ 1 min ⚡ 5 min ⚡ 10 min 👥 Random Group Generator Automatically split participants into random groups for team activities.
- Add Team Team Scores Team A Team B Reset All Scores 🎲 Dice Roller Roll virtual dice for random selection in games and activities.
- 6-sided (D6) 4-sided (D4) 8-sided (D8) 10-sided (D10) 12-sided (D12) 20-sided (D20) 100-sided (D100) dice 🎲 Roll Dice Click roll to see results
Run this exercise live
The facilitator console stays in this browser. Its QR handoff is a short-lived participant snapshot containing only public exercise instructions, phase, prompt, and timer state.
What participants need now
Materials:
This is a participant-safe snapshot, not a response form. It sends nothing back to the facilitator.
Prompts to use +
Set custom time limits and get audio alerts when time's up.
Minutes Seconds 05:00 Start Pause Reset ⚡ 1 min ⚡ 5 min ⚡ 10 min 👥 Random Group Generator Automatically split participants into random groups for team activities.
Add Team Team Scores Team A Team B Reset All Scores 🎲 Dice Roller Roll virtual dice for random selection in games and activities.
6-sided (D6) 4-sided (D4) 8-sided (D8) 10-sided (D10) 12-sided (D12) 20-sided (D20) 100-sided (D100) dice 🎲 Roll Dice Click roll to see results
Run this with your AI assistant +
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or your own local model: paste this prompt and your AI will co-facilitate this exercise with you.
Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Timer & Tools. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Set custom time limits and get audio alerts when time's up.; Minutes Seconds 05:00 Start Pause Reset ⚡ 1 min ⚡ 5 min ⚡ 10 min 👥 Random Group Generator Automatically split participants into random groups for team activities.; Add Team Team Scores Team A Team B Reset All Scores 🎲 Dice Roller Roll virtual dice for random selection in games and activities.; 6-sided (D6) 4-sided (D4) 8-sided (D8) 10-sided (D10) 12-sided (D12) 20-sided (D20) 100-sided (D100) dice 🎲 Roll Dice Click roll to see results. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: Get to Know You Games. (1 source observed, including Get to Know You Games.)
- What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
- Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.