Given our digital communication capabilities, we may turn to video conferencing as a means to meet with teens. Whether it is a simple mid-week meeting or a full-blown Life Night or Edge Night, video conferencing has become the answer to the question, “How do we meet without actually being in person?” But this does not mean that the experience of meeting online has to be awkward, less-than, or “unfun.”

Instead, we have to make this time as fruitful and pleasant as possible. Whether it be a snow day in Wisconsin, an incoming tropical storm in Florida, the rise of another global pandemic, or a chaotic — seemingly inevitable — zombie apocalypse that keeps you from meeting in person, do not fear. This book offers games and activities that will guide you in spicing up online meetings regardless of circumstance. Welcome to Cyber Showdown.