Whiteboard Fun
December 10, 2019 11:15 AM Subscribe
Our team has a giant whiteboard in a high traffic area. I'd like to write fun things on it for others in the company to see and interact with or collaborate on. Besides dad jokes, what other things can I write on the whiteboard to have some fun and learning with my coworkers? Whatever we do, I'd hope it starts to catch on and more and more people come and visit the whiteboard daily. If it helps I work at a pretty chill and energetic software startup in Austin.
Did you see this post, about three weeks ago? What Should I Write on the Company Whiteboard
posted by ubiquity at 11:25 AM on December 10, 2019 [7 favorites]
posted by ubiquity at 11:25 AM on December 10, 2019 [7 favorites]
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
posted by valeries at 11:35 AM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by valeries at 11:35 AM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
Hangman
posted by unknowncommand at 11:43 AM on December 10, 2019
posted by unknowncommand at 11:43 AM on December 10, 2019
Quote of the day - a funny out of context thing said by a coworker.
posted by Weeping_angel at 11:50 AM on December 10, 2019
posted by Weeping_angel at 11:50 AM on December 10, 2019
Something interactive? "The coolest thing I saw on my way to the office today was _____" or something?
posted by xingcat at 12:12 PM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by xingcat at 12:12 PM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
I love "before I die", a project where people completed that phrase on a public wall.
posted by advicepig at 12:17 PM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by advicepig at 12:17 PM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
Start a new list every day. Places I want to travel, favorite animal, stuff like that.
posted by tracer at 12:23 PM on December 10, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by tracer at 12:23 PM on December 10, 2019 [3 favorites]
"Share the Good Around You" and encourage people to give shout-outs to co-workers
posted by nkknkk at 12:39 PM on December 10, 2019
posted by nkknkk at 12:39 PM on December 10, 2019
We have a small whiteboard where we put questions for staff/students/visitors to answer.
Some that generated good responses:
*What are your favorite snowy day activities? (posted right after a snow day)
*What are your best tips for getting through the shorter days/winter?
*What is your favorite comfort food?
*What is your favorite non-pet animal?
*What is your must-have travel item?
*What historical person would you most like to have dinner with?
*What fictional character would you most like to meet?
*If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
posted by carrioncomfort at 12:59 PM on December 10, 2019 [2 favorites]
Some that generated good responses:
*What are your favorite snowy day activities? (posted right after a snow day)
*What are your best tips for getting through the shorter days/winter?
*What is your favorite comfort food?
*What is your favorite non-pet animal?
*What is your must-have travel item?
*What historical person would you most like to have dinner with?
*What fictional character would you most like to meet?
*If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
posted by carrioncomfort at 12:59 PM on December 10, 2019 [2 favorites]
I used to run a caption contest on my whiteboard, like the New Yorker but with just random funny pictures of things.
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:59 PM on December 10, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 12:59 PM on December 10, 2019 [3 favorites]
Yeah the "ask a question" thing is a lot of fun.
posted by Rock Steady at 2:14 PM on December 10, 2019
posted by Rock Steady at 2:14 PM on December 10, 2019
Ask people to add to a list of movies, books, or songs that follow a certain theme.
posted by BrashTech at 2:42 PM on December 10, 2019
posted by BrashTech at 2:42 PM on December 10, 2019
We had a lot of small whiteboards in our office. Everyone seems to have at least two. Sometimes we use them for posting our schedules, since our schedules are extremely fluid.
A week ago I jotted down the names of all the movies I've ever walked out of in my life. I wasn't planning on exhibiting it anywhere, but everyone that came by my desk got very excited and wanted to add to the list with their own tragic film going experiences.
It was unexpected and fun!
posted by ezust at 3:28 PM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
A week ago I jotted down the names of all the movies I've ever walked out of in my life. I wasn't planning on exhibiting it anywhere, but everyone that came by my desk got very excited and wanted to add to the list with their own tragic film going experiences.
It was unexpected and fun!
posted by ezust at 3:28 PM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]
In my office we have done both riddles and questions of the kind that CarrionComfort describes. I preferred the riddles because my department head expects that every week everyone is going to cough up answers to questions like "What's the best gift you ever gave someone," etc. Whereas with the riddles it's easier to keep your engagement optional.
posted by zeusianfog at 12:28 PM on December 11, 2019
posted by zeusianfog at 12:28 PM on December 11, 2019
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posted by mrbarky at 11:21 AM on December 10, 2019 [1 favorite]