Virtual Team Building Activities
It brings remote teams together and creates bonds with teammates through different activities. Since communication is not in person, trust and transparency are crucial.
Understanding Virtual Team Building Activities
It is very important to promote a sense of connection in your team. Virtual team-building activities are designed to make your team feel close, even if they work remotely and have never met in person.
These activities can be very varied, including icebreaker games, virtual team challenges, workshops, and social events. The point is to create opportunities for team members to interact, participate and bond in a virtual environment.
Examples of activities
This are some of ideas for different activities to use with your team, if you can't make a decision about which one to choose, try to use them all and see how your teams feels and what works the best:
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Icebreakers: Start meetings with fun questions or activities to help team members get to know each other better. A subtle way to do this is that while in a meeting, ask personal questions to your team to find a point of connection between what is talked about in the meeting and the connection with your team, so that everyone subtly gets to know each other a little better or know something about their personal life that they wanted to share.
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Trivia or Quiz: Organize virtual trivia or quizzes where team members can compete in teams or individually. It can be a team-oriented quiz where you laugh about it, for example: “Who is the one who can't start the day without their XL cup of coffee?” or "Who is the most perfectionist when delivering a project?"
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Escape Rooms: Collaborate to solve puzzles and challenges within a virtual escape room setting.
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Workshops or Training: Offer workshops to develop new skills or training sessions relevant to the team's goals and interests.
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Virtual Coffee or Lunch Breaks: Schedule informal virtual arrangements for casual conversations over coffee or lunch.
How can activities be adapted to suit different team sizes and dynamics?
The general goal of these activities will still be the same, but not every company is on the same page when it comes to employees or different work dynamics. It is important to adapt and here are some considerations:
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Scalability: Choose activities that can be scaled to fit small and big teams. For example, meeting rooms on video conferencing platforms like Zoom have the option of setting up small groups within the same meeting.
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Flexibility: Offer different activities so that everyone with different interests and tastes can take part. Let team members suggest and vote on activities to ensure inclusivity.
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Adaptability: Be mindful of cultural differences, time zones, and accessibility needs when planning activities. Offer alternative timings or asynchronous options to fit diverse schedules.
How can WorkJoy help?
WorkJoy counts with different communication channels and tools that facilitate virtual team building. The personal profiles allow everyone to know each other better. As a leader, you can also take advantage of the channels and groups to report on team buildings or meetings.