50 Digital Team-Building Games

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 CHAPTER 1 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 CHAPTER 2 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 CHAPTER 3 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 CHAPTER 4 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 CHAPTER 5 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 CHAPTER 6 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 CHAPTER 7 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 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 CHAPTER 8 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 CHAPTER 9 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