Team Building Activities for Virtual Teams
Just because your team is working remotely doesn’t mean that team building is no longer important. Team building has never been so important! In fact, loneliness, lack of communication, switching off and the loss of a team dynamic are some of the biggest problems among remote workers. No need to worry! We have got you covered. Here are our top 4 picks for FUN and ENGAGING virtual team building activities, ice breakers and challenges to help your team stay connected and keep communicating!
Office Olympics
Let this program be the hole that the Japan 2020 Olympics has left behind. With most companies sending their employees to work from home, people are going stir crazy! To top it off they have now cancelled most sports, including the 2020 Olympics!
We designed our Office Olympics program to help lift team spirit, enhance engagement, allow virtual teams to connect and collaborate in a different way, but most importantly as a fun team building activities for remote employees during this time of uncertainty and stress.
This fun collaboration-based team challenge can be played remotely from your office or from home. Teams will sign in via our virtual team building app on their phones or tablets and then READY, SET, GO! From here teams will tasked find fun and different ways to connect and communication while completing a series of decathlon style events!
Indoor Adventure Quest
Our Indoor Adventure Quest is the perfect in office or virtual team bonding activity! This program is a mix between an Amazing Race and a Scavenger Hunt. Teams will sign in via our virtual team building app on their phone or tablet! When in the app, they will be given a list of tasks to complete. These tasks will consist of photo and video challenges, trivia and brain teasers. It will be up to the teams to complete these challenges to receive points. The more creative they are, the more points we will give! The teams with the most points at the end will be crowned the “Ultimate Adventure Quest Champions”.
Our Adventure Quest program can also be run outside; however, we understand this is not a viable option for most companies at this time. What’s great about this program is it is highly customisable, which means we can include customised trivia or challenges related to your company. Additionally, we also present all photos and videos to you at the end to share and reminisce with your team.
Around the World/ Indoor Amazing Race
Did your company conference in Fiji just get cancelled? Have no fear, we have an even better activity for your team! There’s no need to spend thousands of dollars and many hours on a flight to go to another country, when you can travel AROUND THE WORLD with our Around the World program? Our fun virtual team building activity, is based on the hit TV show The Amazing Race.
How does it work, you ask? Simple. Teams will log in via our virtual team building app on their phone or tablet! In the app, they will see a world map with hotspots randomly scattered in different countries. The teams will click on these hotspots to find a series of tasks. Completing these tasks will earn them points. These tasks consist of photo and video challenges and trivia related to the country of its origin.
In the space of 2 hours, your team can travel to and immerse themselves in the nuances of a handful of countries Around The World! This program is the perfect team building exercise for virtual teams – whether they are in the office, at home or working internationally.
Level Up
The. Ultimate. Game. Show! Are the only words we can use to describe this program. Do you work with a competitively team? Our Level Up program is the perfect activity to boost remote employee engagement. Come on down and find out how it works!
Run off our virtual team building app, teams will need to log on via their phone or tablet! In the app, they will be faced with a series of questions and challenges – Some hard, some medium, some easy. Teams will need to be brainy but mechanical, creative but logical if they are going to be able to get through all the levels before the time runs out! Do you think your team can do?
Author: Louisa Blair
About Total Team Building
Total Team Building specialise in teams…we facilitate fun engaging experiential team building activities designed to enhance team productivity, team culture, leadership, communication and collaboration. For more information about how Total Team Building can help you and your team contact us today.