At this month’s meetup, Cara Kauffman took us on a journey to explore various strategies and tools to help increase engagement and participation of virtual teams. Using this Mural board as our map, we stopped at multiple destinations and visited, “The… Read more
Category: Meetup Recaps
Conquer the Numbers – Remix!
At the AGTC Meetup Event on 4/11/24, Jeff Meyer facilitated Conquer the Numbers, which is a fun virtual rendition of the Ball Point Game. The objective of the game is to get as many numbers through the team as possible,… Read more
Scrum Mythbusters
On Thursday, 2/8, MARISSA FOGAL facilitated SCRUM MYTHBUSTERS – an activity from The Liberators. Using Mentimeter, Marissa set up a myth/fact quiz for participants to test their Scrum knowledge. We flipped through a series of 9 statements about Scrum, and players… Read more
Agile Decision Games
NICK YINGLING was our guest for our November 9th AGTC Meetup, sharing AGILE DECISION GAMES. Agile Decision Games are a type of experiential learning activity that uses storytelling and role-playing to help teams make better decisions. They are designed to… Read more
The Multitasking Name Game
October 12th’s AGTC meetup featured Marissa Fogal facilitating The Multitasking Name Game. Henrik Kniberg, an Agile coach (currently at Crisp), does a fantastic job with creating visualizations and simulations to help teams discover and experience potential pain points in their… Read more
Battleships
At the AGTC Meetup on Thursday, 9/14, Tim Nolan and Marissa Fogal facilitated an online version of Battleships. Battleships is a short and simple game with valuable takeaways. Through game play, players discovered the value of immediate feedback and the potential… Read more
Codenames – Virtual
At the AGTC meetup on Thursday, 5/11, Marissa Fogal facilitated an online version of Codenames. Participants were split into two teams (red or blue) with one person on each team being the ‘spy master’ and other team members participating as… Read more
Gartic Phone
David Klaus was our facilitator for Gartic Phone Gartic Phone is a game that takes the game of “telephone”, where you pass on information second hand and see how it changes over time, and adds drawing into the mix! The game is… Read more
User Manual to Me
NIELS GOTT was our facilitator for USER MANUAL TO ME. This activity isn’t so much a ‘game’ as we usually like to do but it is a tool that can be very useful for a team to better understand each… Read more
Paper Folding
On Thursday, 2/9, MARISSA FOGAL facilitated a PAPER FOLDING ACTIVITY with the group. This activity is an adaptation of Collaborative Origami. Marissa instructed participants to grab sheets of paper of any size and any types (ie, notebook paper, junk paper,… Read more