42 Easy Remote Team Building Activities for Your Next Meeting
Meetings are a necessary evil.
But before you have everyone gather in the meeting room (virtual or not), you should consider hosting some team building activities.
No, we don’t mean the embarrassing types, but rather actually fun, entertaining activities.
These activities work particularly well with remote teams and they’re a great way to get people in the right mindset before the meeting, but they can also help your remote team get to better know each other.
Here they are…
Source: Alliance Virtual Offices.
10 things we share
Ask team members to create a list of 10 things they have in common. If you want to make it more interesting, consider sticking to a theme or industry. These shared things can be anything between “we’ve all been working here for over 3 years” to “we all love pizza and ice cream”.
Spill the Bucket
All you need to do is ask “what’s on your bucket list?”. This can give you an idea of things that team members value (and it can give you ideas for company retreats/activities). Have people share 3-5 things that are on their bucket lists and why they want to do them.
Source: Alliance Virtual Offices
Author: Ceci Amador
Amador, Ceci. “42 Easy Remote Team Building Activities for Your Next Meeting.” Alliance Virtual Offices, 1 Nov. 2019, https://www.alliancevirtualoffices.com/virtual-office-blog/42-remote-team-building-activities/.