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Virtual Office Olympics
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.
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A Virtual Coffee Station
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.
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Virtual Pooling of Knowledge
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.
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Virtual teams
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.
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Happy First Minute - Unusual Icebreakers
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? G...
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Pic Talk
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.
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Discuss Over Plans for Vacation
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.
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Catch-up Over a work Talk with Idea Board
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.
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How remote team activities add value
Virtual team building activities can ensure that your team stays in line.
- It establishes a good relationship among peers, which encourages better collaboration.
- It gives a break to remote employees from their work routine, which will help them ...
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Manager/Employee Practices
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- Do Weekly check-ins, because you can no longer "manage by walking around."
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Communication in fully remote teams
While remote work has many benefits, one disadvantage is reduced access to crucial communication cues, such as facial expressions. The lack of information can lead to miscommunication and conflict.
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