Table of Contents

What Is a Virtual Team, Anyway?
Stages of Team Development
What Do I Need to Use These Games?
Getting the Most From This Book
1 Virtual Team-Building Games for the Forming Stage
A Map of Our Team
All About Me
Alphabet Pyramid
Background Story
Digital Grapefruit
Intro 140
Nickname Warp Speed
Permission to Communicate
Team ID
Team Wordle: A Visual Picture of the Team
Virtual Roundtable
Virtual Team Mascot
Virtual Tic-Tac-Toe
What’s in a Name?
Who Are We?
2 Virtual Team-Building Games for the Storming Stage
A Graphic Description
Blind Origami
Communication Best Practices
Escape from Wolf Island
Grid Matchup
Haiku
Hear Ye
Line Up
Logic Puzzler
Open Water
Plus Deltas
Rat-a-Tat-Tat
Smashing Obstacles
Tuned Out
Virtual High Fives
3 Virtual Team-Building Games for the Norming Stage
BVTE (Best Virtual Team Ever)
Conference Call Bingo
End on a High Note
Job Description
Same but Different
Secret Coach
Team Status Updates
Team Story
Team Teach
Tell, Decide, Ignore
Ten for 10
Un-Virtually Yours
Virtual Dessert
Virtual Q&A
Where Do You Stand?
4 Virtual Team-Building Games for the Performing Stage
A Fresh Point of View
Advanced Virtual Q&A
Count Off
DIY
Entrance Music
Five-Word Snapshot
Flight 287 to Boston
Lunch Is on Me
Magic Wand
Project Spice Rack
Reality Check
Speed PassPhrase
Time Machine
Walk the Plank
Yin and Yang
5 Virtual Team-Building Games for the Transforming Stage
Around-the-Clock Recognition
Caricature Match Game
I Hereby Recommend . . .
Lessons Learned
Word Cinquains

About the Author

Mary Scannell has worked as a consultant, speaker, writer, and trainer for the past twenty years. She is coauthor of The Big Book of Team-Motivating Games and author of The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games.
Michael Abrams is senior director of talent optimization for Banner Healthcare and founder of LearnCamp Phoenix.
Mike Mulvihill is the founder of PossibiliTEAMS Corporate Team Building & Training.