This Fast Company article by Bob Bejan, VP of Global Events at Microsoft nails key points that resonate with me. Click to read the whole article. Here are the main 8 points with my take on them: 1. THINK CINEMATIC RATHER THAN THEATRICAL This is […]
Goals: Have your attendees work better together by trading places.Time: 20–30 minutesParticipants: 8–12; even numbers Technology: Audio, video, share screen, Microsoft Excel or Google SheetsCategory: Innovation, collaboration, communication Setup:Step 1: Download the Office Move Template for Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. Step 2: Save the […]
Goals: Win all the “money” and have fun with your attendees. Poker continues to be an engaging game of fun and socializing. In the 1837 edition of Foster’s Complete Hoyle, R. F. Foster wrote: “The game of poker, as first played in the United States, […]
Virtual Backgrounds—Your Setting Can Create Pure Laughs to Serious Business Goals: Change your background for fun or for business. Do you want to be in a beautiful office overlooking the ocean? Do you want to be on the site of your favorite TV show? Do […]
Memory Match Breakouts Goals: Network and play a game. Remember the memory match game where you shuffle and put down cards and you and another person would try to match as many as possible? This is the video meeting version! Memory Match Breakouts combines one-on-one […]
Where in the World—International Networking Goals: Learn where attendees are calling in from visually. This is a fast networking exercise akin to putting a pin in a world map when you arrive at a conference. By using the annotate stamp feature, you can visually show […]
Goals: Improve your attendees’ collaboration and problem solving. Is your team having problems working together to solve problems? Towers of Hanoi is an exercise where a team of attendees must work together to transfer a tower of items from one location to another. This simple […]
Goals: Have attendees create a case study by editing a document at the same time. Does it take forever for your meeting to create a document? Do you wish you could snap your fingers and get it done? Do you want to tap all the […]
Goals: Present more information in less time. Are you tired of presentations that are too long? Just like how TED talks changed the format for keynotes, PechaKucha has changed the format for presentations. PechaKucha allows you to show 20 slides for 20 seconds each for […]
Here are some great questions for starting a conversation. There are a lot of random conversation starters to get you started and then conversation questions listed by topic. You can start with the random questions or find a topic that interests you. There’s no right place to […]