Remote Work Bingo

4/10/2022by admin

By Carrie Basas and Erin Okuno

Remote Work Bingo would be a lot of fun. Here are a couple of ideas to promote communications that could be done during virtual meetings: Virtual Meeting Telephone This would be a take off of the old “telephone” game. Divide participants into two teams and either assign or have each team pick a captain.

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Remote Work Bingo bingo card with Changed Google Meet Background twice in a week, Spoke while muted, Changed your hairstyle, Joked about the commute, Did a typing speed test, just for fun, Asked: 'Is in the call?' , Junk food for breakfast, Woke up 5 mins before a meeting, getting numb after sitting for too long and had background nose while in call/meeting.
Popular Virtual Team Building Activities. QuizBreaker - The Virtual Team Building Quiz Game.

Are we there yet? Doesn’t it feel like this is the never-ending part of the COVID19 pandemic? To help get you through the Zoom video calls, working remotely, and just general blahs we’ve made you a BINGO board. COVID19 sucks, we take it seriously. This BINGO board isn’t intended to make light of the seriousness of COVID19. We also want to help point out ways fakequity is trickling or gushing in during the Stay Home Stay Safe mandates. If you have questions about any of the squares check in with a trusted colleague or friend (call, text, video conference — don’t show up at their house) to ask about it.

B	I	N	G	O
Assumes everyone has high-speed internet access and computer at home	Admonishes or gives the side-eye to someone when their kid photobombs a video call	Assumes everyone has a dedicated home workspace or office. Also assumes people have constant access to computers (vs sharing in a house)	Begins the meetings with the usual, “How are you?” without any acknowledgment about what’s happening in the world	Shows PowerPoints slides during video calls but doesn’t narrate or use the screen sharing function
Insists that everyone be available by video all of the time now (Big Brother), especially lowest paid staff	Boasts about how their staff can work remotely now, but didn’t offer these accommodations before COVID19	Doesn’t check in about the feasibility or relevance of meetings set before the crisis — Business as Usual	Work warrior brags about getting bored at home and going to the office even though they were asked to telecommute	Publishes resources and alerts only in English
Gathers staff for in-person meetings when work could be handled through email or conference call	Makes busy work for staff because they are afraid their paid staff needs to be directed	FREE SPACE (Stay home if you can)	Cancels office cleaning without inquiring about how to support displaced workers	Does not caption videos or provide an ASL interpreter
Talks about the joys and “freedoms” of “working from home” instead of acknowledging the stress for others trying to “survive a pandemic”	Insists that a pandemic is a great time to lose weight, take on a new hobby, exercise, or become a “better person”	Suggests to anxious people that all they need is some “self care” with a $40 candle and some Gwyneth Paltrow face exfoliation	Reassigns staff, esp. lowest paid, to work they haven’t been trained for to justify keeping them paid	Parental shaming for not working enough
Wants to see if you are wearing real pants during video calls	Talks on and on during a conference call not realizing how much time they are taking up*	Ignores equity and race related questions during town halls, Facebook Live events, etc.	Asks: “Why are you so tired?”	Uses the word “equity” to justify decision making happening to people of color without including communities in decision making

BINGO Squares in a list format:

Assumes everyone has high-speed internet access and computer at home
Admonishes or gives the side-eye to someone when their kid photobombs a video call
Assumes everyone has a dedicated home workspace or office. Also assumes people have constant access to computers (vs sharing in a house)
Begins the meetings with the usual, “How are you?” without any acknowledgment about what’s happening in the world
Shows PowerPoints slides during video calls but doesn’t narrate or use the screen sharing function
Insists that everyone be available by video all of the time now (Big Brother), especially lowest paid staff
Boasts about how their staff can work remotely now, but didn’t offer these accommodations before COVID19
Doesn’t check in about the feasibility or relevance of meetings set before the crisis, business as usual
Work warrior brags about getting bored at home and going to the office even though they were asked to telecommute
Publishes resources and alerts only in English
Gathers staff for in-person meetings when work could be handled through email or conference call
Makes busy work for staff because they are afraid their paid staff needs to be directed
FREE SPACE (Stay home if you can)
Cancels office cleaning without inquiring about how to support displaced workers
Does not caption videos or provide an ASL interpreter
Talks about the joys and “freedoms” of “working from home” instead of acknowledging the stress for others trying to “survive a pandemic”
Insists that a pandemic is a great time to lose weight, take on a new hobby, exercise, or become a “better person”
Suggests to anxious people that all they need is some “self care” with a $40 candle and some Gwyneth Paltrow face exfoliation
Reassigns staff, esp. lowest paid, to work they haven’t been trained for to justify keeping them paid
Parental shaming for not working enough
Wants to see if you are wearing real pants during video calls
Talks on and on during a conference call not realizing how much time they are taking up*
Ignores equity and race related questions during town halls, Facebook Live events, etc.
Asks: “Why are you so tired?”
Uses the word “equity” to justify decision making happening to people of color without including communities in decision making

*Rewritten after realizing the original was insensitive. Practicing learning and growing about disability justice — Erin

Guest blogger: Carrie Basas works in education advocacy and formerly in civil rights law, specializing in disabilities rights. Formerly she was a law professor impressing upon law students the importance of understanding race and its impact on people. Carrie has a MEd in Education Policy, Organizations and Leadership from the University of Washington. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and an Honors B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology/Anthropology from Swarthmore College. However, her biggest claim to fame is her fashion weekend wear while hanging with her family and dog.

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One of the best games you can play with remote teams is Online Team Building Bingo.

Remote Work Bingo Template

The reason Online Team Building Bingo is so popular with remote workers is that the game format is familiar and easy to get started with.

If you want to play then you can organize a game for your next virtual conference call or as a month long challenge for your team.

Either way, you should include some fun prizes at the end 🙂

Here is a free remote work bingo template that you can use for the game:

The original source for this virtual Bingo board is Online Team Building Bingo by teambuilding.com. If you use the Remote Work Bingo template then you can share that link with the remote workers on your team to download it.

How to play Online Team Building Bingo

How To Play Remote Bingo

The rules of Online Team Building Bingo or Virtual Team Bingo are simple.

First, you need to sign up a roster of players.

Next, distribute the Virtual Team Bingo template to all players.

Third, announce the duration of the game, which could be a single conference call or a month long challenge.

Fourth, have all the players track progress by marking off boxes with an “x” as they identify team members that match the clues.

Finally, award prizes to players that complete rows!

You can have more than one winner, and when it comes to Online Team Building Bingo it is kind of the merrier.

Remote Work Bingo Cards

Have fun!