Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you

Every day, we spent many of our waking hours at work and selfishly, I would like it to be fun! Sprinkling in weekly magic to your team is helpful in making work more enjoyable and getting to know the smart, kind, fun people you work with. This is especially important with hybrid or distributed teams. Come experience a "best of" highlight reel of what teams do to create these connections and leave with tons of ideas that you can do with your team.

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1. Getting to know you, Getting
   to know all about you
   Allison McMillan
   @allie_p
   

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2. Photo by Marina Shatskikh: https://www.pexels.com/photo/looking-for-a-friend-bear-165263/
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7. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-raising-her-hands-up-while-sitting-on-
   fl
   oor-with-macbook-pro-on-lap-3813341/
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8. Photo by Ketut Subiyanto: https://www.pexels.com/photo/stressed-black-male-entrepreneur-working-on-laptop-in-park-4560092/
   Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/yelling-formal-man-watching-news-on-laptop-3760778/
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9. @allie_p
   

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10. @allie_p
    

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12. Photo by RF._.studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-women-at-the-meeting-3810792/
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13. Peer Encouragement
    Communication
    Commitment to each other
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14. @allie_p
    

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15. Job Satisfaction
    Engagement
    Cortisol
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16. @allie_p
    

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17. How do people get to know
    one another?
    What can you do regularly?
    @allie_p
    

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18. @allie_p
    

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19. Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/pile-of-covered-books-159751/
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20. @allie_p
    

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21. @allie_p
    

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22. 💎
    Here we go!
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23. Get to know each other questions
    Photo by Laker : https://www.pexels.com/photo/sign-with-house-number-on-wall-6156425/
    Shoutout to
    
    
    @kinseyanndurham
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24. Weekly watercooler chats
    Photo by NOHK: https://www.pexels.com/photo/pink-panel-labeled-with-2-number-1866970/
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25. Person of the week
    Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán: https://www.pexels.com/photo/grey-3-chain-1061140/
    Shoutout to Carrie Carroll
    @allie_p
    

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26. Geekbot with style
    Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán: https://www.pexels.com/photo/gold-number-4-2249531/
    Shoutout to Dan Hodos
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27. Get Silly
    Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán: https://www.pexels.com/photo/5-strike-symbol-1010973/
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28. Slack shares
    Photo by Karen Laårk Boshoff: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-number-6-painter-on-cement-7231728/
    Shoutout to @nerdneha
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29. @allie_p
    

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30. @allie_p
    

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31. @allie_p
    

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32. Guess Who?! Without asking, put the name of who you think matches with which fact/picture
    My band played on Warped Tour
    I used to do rodeo barrel racing when I was a teenager.
    I'm related to the king of Sweden
    The one food I strongly dislike is cucumbers.
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33. @allie_p
    

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34. • Get to know each other questions
    • Weekly watercooler chats
    • Person of the week
    • Geekbot with style
    • Get Silly
    • Slack shares
    • Guess who
    • Find someone who
    • Bingo
    @allie_p
    

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35. @allie_p
    

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36. • Giphy
    • Donut and Bored
    • BirthdayBot
    • Free bingo generators
    • “Chat Packs”
    • Online games: geoguesser, draw
    battle, codenames, scribble.io, gartic.io
    Tools
    @allie_p
    

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37. Photo by Jess Bailey Designs: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photography-of-colored-pencils-743986/
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38. Tips
    • Give people a heads up
    • Make the tasks easy
    • Find the right balance
    • Make it optional
    • Keep going
    @allie_p
    

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39. @allie_p
    

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40. Thank you
    @allie_p
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    ✴ www.quotapath.com: I’m Hiring
    If you could have 50 pounds of anything other
    than money, what would you want?
    In all your travels, what is the most awe-inspiring
    bridge you have ever crossed?
    What is the greatest lesson in life you ever
    learned?
    If you lived on a farm, which chore above all
    others would you de
    fi
    nitely not want to do?
    If you had to rearrange the letters of your
    fi
    rst name
    to give yourself a new name, what would your new
    name be?
    If you could hear a speech from the leading
    fi
    gure
    in any
    fi
    eld, whom would you choose to hear?
    If you could walk into any painting and actually
    experience the moment or scene that it depicts,
    which painting would you choose to enter?
    If you were writing an autobiography, what would
    be the book’s title?
    What is a movie that’s so bad it’s good?
    What is a movie that is so good, it’s great?
    W
    hat is
    your favorite
    m
    useum
    and
    why?
    What is the best conversation piece in your
    home?
    What is your favorite child’s tv show (either that
    you watched as a kid or that you watch now)?
    If you could choose a superpower, what would
    you want it to be?
    What is something you really enjoy that’s a chore
    or boring for many people?
    If you had the ability to compete in any Olympic
    event, which would you choose?
    On a scale of one to ten, how superstitious are
    you?
    If you could live anywhere other than where you
    live now, where would you live?
    When people
    fi
    nd out what you do for a living, what is
    the most typical question they ask you about your job?
    Which month of the year do you think would best
    describe your personality?
    

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