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Icebreakers

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If you're unsure how to start your first conversation with your mentor or mentee, these Icebreakers might help you:

  • How would you describe your current occupation in ONE word?

  • Which THREE aspects of your occupation would you like to change?

  • Games, like “10 things in common” ()

  • Fun Facts: Most daredevil thing you've ever done and why, Person living or dead that you most want to meet and why, ...

  • Talk about an unpleasant situation you experienced at school/uni/work. What did (you) change since then?

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Further inspiration:

https://www.vvauban.com/blog/ice-breaker-10-things-in-common
https://www.ymionline.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/80-Questions-That-Mentors-Can-Ask-Their-Mentees.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jomiller/2018/03/25/40-questions-to-ask-a-mentor/#49fab475261b