Collaboration Tips, Tricks & Exercises for Any Group

Cell phone collection for all White House Meetings (From CNN.com)
We dedicate an entire section of our site to 
collaboration exercises. There are over 100 listed. Here are a few links to the most popular: 
– Better
Panel Discussions (and how you can stop electronic distraction – like the White House does!) 

– Using
Crowdsourcing for any activity

– Using
WD-40 in a conference room

– Playing
Four-Square to foster teaming (printable instructions included)

– Getting disparate teams to work together by using the 
Yellow Pages  

– Getting a professional
video of your team made for $3 

– Getting teams to
sign approval, not just e-mail it

– Establishing trust by making sure every
individual is heard

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