During your meetings, assign a team member the job of Bingo scorekeeper.
Everytime a specific phrase of action is spoken during a meeting, the scorekeeper should place a checkmark in that spot on the Bingo card. The same space may be marked several times.
At the end of the meeting, let the scorekeeper report the results to the entire team.
Variation
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This activity is best done whenever a project draws to an end. Creating a recommendation and posting it on each other's LinkedIn profile is a great way to express appreciation for each member of the team.
Provide a designated time for everyone to do this.
Begin the activity by announcing to the team "We are going to start our meeting by taking a break, but this ...

Strengthen team work and identify the importance of working together to achieve goals.

Distribute via email the provided Same but Different pictures to your team members. Each picture will get sent to two team members. If you have an odd number of team members, one person can listen as an observer, making sure to take notes to add to his or her perspective to the debriefing discussion. Via conference call, the team members must find the one and only ...

Strengthen team work and identify the importance of working together to achieve goals.

Procedure
This activity requires preparation on the team leader's part. It provides many opportunities to engage in productive debate, learn how to leverage one another's knowledge, and experience the benefits of collaboration.
Scenario:
Your team has escaped a sinking ship by setting out on a life raft that will hold up to eight people. You look around and see ...

This activity provides a fun way to learn more about your team members and may be done during online meetings.
Preparation:
Facilitator emails the attached 'Walk the Plank' sheet to each team member.
The sheet needs to be completed and returned.
The facts gathered will be turned into ten questions the facilitator will ask during the activity.
Facilitator ...

Strengthen team communication and activate the communication channels.

Previously to the activity, the facilitator should select and sort out an image about the topic that he prefers, hopefully relative to the team. One team member will describe the image to the rest of the team without the benefit of two-way communication.
Send the attached image to one team member.
Have all other participants get a paper and pen.
The team member ...

Strengthen team communication and activate the communication channels.

For virtual teams, creating norms is essential. Norms can help teams create consistency, lessen conflict, and promote accountability, and can help team members feel more connected to each other and the team. This activity focuses on communication norms, but you can follow this process to create other team norms, rituals, and operating agreements. Once the team ...

Intro 140 is a very brief way to introduce team members to each other, patterned after Twitter's "140-character-or-less" messages.
Before your team meeting, assign each team member a partner and instruct him or her to call their partner for a one-on-one "get to know you" conversation prior to the next team meeting.
At the conclusion of their conversation, each ...

Strengthen team communication and activate the communication channels.

Share the Team Communication Matrix with all team members using an online collaborative tool.
Have each person fill out his or her own row of the matrix.
Review the online document and lead the debriefing discussion at the next team meeting.
Team members can refer to the completed Team Communication Matrix when communicating with one another, so be sure to post ...

Assign team members to form partnerships.
Email each partner a different set of illustrated origami instructions.
Using verbal communication only, one team member attempts to guide his or her partner through the steps required to create a folded origami sculpture out of an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper.
The partner receiving the instructions may ask questions, ...

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Testimonial

"Project Managers can really benefit from MVT. I love the meetings they facilitate with all the team leaders, they are fun and help us reconnect with our job and purpose." Janina Ohlemüller - Project Manager