Remote Work Bingo

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  • Here is a free template you can use to play Online Team Building Bingo with remote employees: Pro Tip: Right click + select “save as” to download the free Online Team Building Bingo board to your computer. You may use the free Bingo board for your own internal team building activities, conference calls and online team building games.

Remote work can be exhausting if you don’t have the right habits. It’s hard to stay motivated without the buzz of the office around you. It’s easy to work too much and forget to take essential breaks.

Of course, you’ve read up on work from home tips and tricks, but why not have a little fun gamifying your work from home experience? A few weeks ago, I created this remote work bingo game to make staying healthy and productive just a little bit easier. Play along with us! You can download the bingo card here and print it out or save it to your desktop.

Challenge your co-workers to a game of office bingo. Who can get a full house first?

How to play: When you complete one of the tasks on the board, mark it out. When you’ve got Bingo, which is 5 completed squares in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line, share it with us @Atlassian using the hashtag #embraceremote. Can you fill in the whole board and get blackout?

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Online Team Building Bingo is a fun and easy game you can play with remote employees.

Other names for Online Team Building Bingo include Virtual Team Building Bingo and Remote Team Bingo.

The game is quick to setup, great for virtual team engagement, a little nostalgic, and a familiar format.

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Here is a free game board you can use:

You can send your colleagues the URL for this page or “right click + save as” to download the above image to your computer. You may use this game board for your internal virtual team building or conference calls.

Here is a blank template that you can fill in with your own clues:

If this Online Team Building Bingo board is useful for you then we would LOVE if you post it on your company blog and link to https://teambuilding.com/blog/online-team-building-bingo or https://teambuilding.com from your post. #share-the-love

How to play Online Team Building Bingo

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Here are the rules for Virtual Team Building Bingo:

  • Distribute the Online Team Building Bingo board to your remote employees.
  • Decide on a timeline, which could range from a single video conference call through a month or longer.
  • A player gets a point when they learn information from a coworker that applies to the Bingo board.
  • Have players track performance, marking an “x” or similar for each box they complete. The center square is a free point for all players.
  • Award prizes for the first player to complete challenges like an entire row or an entire board.

Online Team Building Bingo Tips

Knowing the rules is just part of the game. You can also consider these fun tips and ideas to boost the experience.

  • Create your own Bingo board. Using ours is fun, and customizing a game board for your team is even better. You can add inside jokes, references to specific team members and similar.
  • Award prizes! Even a $5 gift card ups the stakes from bragging rights.
  • Provide enough time to play. For example, you may want to game to span an entire week so your people have more opportunities to connect.

More Online Bingo Templates

Check out these posts for more online Bingo templates:

Just scroll down or do a “ctrl + f” search for “bingo” on those pages.

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Conclusion

Your team will likely enjoy Remote Work Bingo too.

Next, you can check out our list of free online team building games for remote teams. That post includes more ideas for online team building and free virtual games for remote teams.

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Author: Michael Alexis

CEO of teambuilding.com. I write about my experience working with and leading remote teams since 2010.

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