Word cloud icebreakers
Four one-word questions. Everyone's answers build a live word cloud on the screen.
Would you survive a day without tech?
Polls, a word cloud and a scale on phone habits and the devices people could not live without, with open questions to follow up.
- 10prompts
- 10minutes
- Phonesplayers join with a code
- Zoom, Teamsor in the room
When to use this template
Scenarios where teams use it, and why it fits.
A digital wellbeing session
Polls on phone hours and tech-free zones open a serious chat about balance.
A team that works on screens all day
A word cloud on how it feels to go 24 hours without tech lets people share honestly.
A fun team challenge
The closing poll asks who will accept a tech-free day, and open questions collect advice from colleagues who try it.
The prompts
Every prompt, in slide order. This template has no scored answers.
Prompt 1 · Poll
How many hours a day do you spend on your phone?
Prompt 2 · Poll
Which device would be hardest to give up for a day?
Prompt 3 · Poll
Which app do you check first in the morning?
Prompt 4 · Poll
Which space should be a tech-free zone?
Prompt 5 · Word cloud
What’s the one app you can’t live without?
Prompt 6 · Word cloud
One word on how you feel with no tech for 24 hours
Prompt 7 · Scale
Rate these statements!!
Prompt 8 · Open ended
What would you do on a tech-free day?
Prompt 9 · Open ended
Any advice for your mates who try to unplug for a day?
Prompt 10 · Poll
Would you accept a challenge to go 24 hours without your phone?
How to host
Copy it
Press View and claim to open the slides, then make your own copy.
Customise it
Add your team's names, a prize and any questions of your own.
Present it
Start it on your big screen or share your screen.
Share the join code
Players join on their phones and play live.
Questions people ask
How long does it take?
About 10 minutes for all 10 prompts, going by the timers on the slides.
Can we play remotely?
Yes. Share your screen on Zoom or Teams and put the join code in the chat. Everyone answers on their own device.
Can I change the questions?
Yes. Once you have your own copy, every question is yours to edit.
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