In this segment, facilitator Tom Krieglstein advises using continuous background music during icebreaker activities to prevent awkward silence. He emphasizes pre‑queuing a song and starting the music the moment the facilitator says “go,” ensuring participants remain engaged and the activity flows smoothly without the facilitator having to scramble for a track mid‑session.
The second strategy to help facilitate effective, highly engaging icebreakers is to use music. There should never be any silent moments during an icebreaker, meaning anytime you as the facilitator are not talking, make sure there's music playing. So as soon as you set it up and you say ready and go, click have music playing. Don't have some weird awkward moment when you have to head over to your phone, find the song, and then click it while they're already started the group activity. No, instead, have it queued up, ready to go. So as soon as you say go, music comes on and they start the group activity.
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