50 Digital Team-Building Games Fast, Fun Meeting Openers, Group Activities and Adventures using Social Media, Smart Phones, GPS, Tablets, and More

Team Building With Technology is a cookbook of meeting openers, team activities, and group adventures for business teams. Author John Chen, CEO of Geoteaming, a company that teaches teams how to collaborate at high levels, explains how to build your team using the new and emerging technologies of social media, smart phones, GPS, and more with easy-to-follow activities. The 50 activities are organized into categories such as icebreakers, getting comfortable with technology, building trust, improving communication, etc. The initiatives will range from simple 5 minute ice breakers to a few 4+ hour team building adventures. Readers will learn: How to get over "fear of technology" Design and execute successful online team building using tested templates Create successful team building that requires NO travel and potentially little to no additional expenses, saving their company 1,000s of dollars in travel and time. Engage "hard to reach" technical teams and Gen X/Y teammates in ways they are familiar with and enjoy using Win buzz for your training and your company that can be used as a competitive tool for hiring and retaining your best talent.

John Chen is the CEO of Geoteaming, a technology-oriented team-building company. Previously at Microsoft, he helped ship ten major products over ten years, and facilitated a collaborative multi-team approach to the development of Microsoft Exchange-a transformative product that sold 100 million client licenses and earned two U.S. patents. At Geoteaming, John has helped over 950 companies and 50,000 participants produce incredible results, from world-class service to exceeding revenue goals. John has presented at many international conferences including MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and ASTD (American Society for Training Development). His clients include Booz Allen Hamilton, Microsoft, Adobe, Boeing, Motorola, and REI.