50 digital team building games : fast, fun meeting openers, group activities and adventures using social media, smart phones, GPS, tablets, and more

236 Pages·2012·6.53 MB·English

by  Chen

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CONTENTS
50 Digital Team-Building Games Quick Start ix
Preface: How to Use the Games in This Book xix
Acknowledgments xxxi
Introduction to 50 Digital Team-Building Games 1
CHAPTER1 Icebreakers 7
Me in 140 Characters or Less—Twitter Hypernetworking 9
Alpha Names—Learn Names While Learning Team Process 13
Where in the World Whiteboarding—Draw Who You Are and
Where You’re From 15
Photo Booth—iPad 2 or Photo-Based Networking 16
Pinterest—Pin Pictures and Websites for a Common Topic 20
CHAPTER2 Communication/Games for Speakers 23
Texting Q&A—Asking Anonymous Questions Via Text 25
Raising Hands—Have You Ever...? 27
Polling—Team Concensus by Technology 29
TwitterStorm—Crowdsourcing Goodness 31
Go Ahead, Caller—Improving Teleconference Skills with a Game Show 38
Model Citizen—Testing Communication Assumptions by Building
a Model They Can’t See 41
Backchannel—Instant Feedback by Group Text 44
Team Pecha Kucha (peh-chak-cha—)Team Presentation with 20 Slides
for 20 Seconds Each 47
PowerPoint Karaoke—Team Improvisation by Presenting Slide
Decks They Haven’t Seen 49
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vi Contents
CHAPTER3 Trust 51
Last Team Texting—Trusting and Sharing Valuable Information 53
Trust Grid—Mapping Team Trust 55
The Johari Window—Discover Team Blind Spots 57
Video Matching and Mirroring—Build Instant Team Rapport 60
Skype Interview—Capturing Team Knowledge through Video Interviews 62
CHAPTER4 Improving Performance 65
A to Z—The A to Z of Building and Speeding Up Team Process 67
Grid Unlock—Collaborative Team Problem Solving with Shared
Spreadsheets 68
Marshmallow Challenge—Build a Tower, Build a Team 70
Customized Jeopardy—Test Teams’ Retention of Information 73
QR Scavenger Hunt—Scan Your Way to Team Building 76
CHAPTER5 Problem Solving 81
Move One Line/Add One Line—Team Creativity with More Than One
Solution 83
Consensus Voting—Choosing Top Team Options Online 91
Like to Move It—Quick Spatial Team Diagnosis 95
Project Matrix—Balance Time, Quality, and Performance to Complete
a Project 98
Chat Survivor—Setting Team Priorities and Making Hard Decisions 100
CHAPTER6 Creativity and Innovation 103
Twaiku—Twitter Poetry in Motion 105
One Text at a Time Expert—Team Answers One Text at a Time 106
WWMTD?—What Would My Team Do If They Had to Make a
Creative License Plate? 108
Team Pictionary—Communicating through Drawing 110
Mind Mapping—Visual Brainstorming for Teams 114
YouTeams—iMovie-Based Team Building 117
GooseChase—Cell Phone Photo Scavenger Hunt 120
Team GarageBand—Build a Song, Build a Team 121
CHAPTER7 Collaboration 125
Office Move—Working Together to Switch Places 127
Mergers and Reorgs—Getting Two Teams to Collaborate and
Integrate Rapidly 130
Broken Squares—Giving Is Better Than Getting for Team
Collaboration 132
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Contents vii
Team Timely.is—Collaborating a Month’s Worth of Tweets
and Updates 135
Team Haiku—Write a Team Haiku/One Word at a Time Online 136
Team Case Study—Simultaneous Team Editing 138
CHAPTER8 EPIC Team Building 141
SCVNGR—GPS Treasure Hunt for Team Building and Cross-Team
Collaboration 143
Geoteaming—GPS Treasure Hunt for Team Building and Cross-Team
Collaboration 150
Flash Mobs—Organize Your Team in Time and Space 156
CHAPTER9 Closers—Ending a Team-Building Event 159
Shout-Outs—Acknowledging Teammates 161
“I Commit to...”—Public Commitment to Change 162
Just Three Words—Micro-Assessing Your Team 164
Digital Slideshow—Picture Your Success 165
Appendix: Getting Online 169
About Geoteaming 185
Index 191
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