Encourage team members to share information on the latest trends and technologies. Give work updates and reviews, give ideas and suggestions to improvise. Use screen sharing and code sharing tools to help solve complex codes.

Virtual Pooling of Knowledge

Establishing a bond between remote employees in the virtual office culture can be challenging. Virtual Team building activities can bring teams together by using a collaboration platform like Google Meet or Zoom.

Virtual teams 

Use icebreakers to start a virtual meeting. It creates a quick personal connection with teammates. Before starting the virtual meeting, ask an easy ice-breaking question such as share the emoji you used today while texting. What is your go-to web series to watch at night? Give everyone a minute to answer the question.

Happy First Minute - Unusual Icebreakers

Show and tell is a popular trend in virtual team meetings. Show an image or picture and question what it describes. You can also draw half the picture and request to fill the remaining.

Pic Talk

Pair up two members and ask them to discuss their vacation plans in a one-on-one call. Later, one member must brief the travel plan of another person to the group.

Discuss Over Plans for Vacation

Try to get remote teams to think about new ideas and concepts for an upcoming project or current work. Get a whiteboard, excel or document sheet from your collaboration tool, start the idea talk and watch the team responds.

Catch-up Over a work Talk with Idea Board

Encourage coffee chat moments. Block the calendar for the break, and allow your team to grab their coffee or beverage before digging into happy moments.

A Virtual Coffee Station

Virtual team building activities can ensure that your team stays in line. <ul><li>It establishes a good relationship among peers, which encourages better collaboration.</li><li>It gives a break to remote employees from their work routine, which will help them focus better on their work.</li><li>Trigger lateral thinking ability, which employees can apply to solve work-related problems.</li></ul>

How remote team activities add value

Do weekly online gaming activities, also known as "office Olympics". Form teams and invite them to play online team games such as Pictionary, trivia, virtual board games, virtual puzzles, etc.