Office Administrative Skills Course

VIRTUAL TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND GAMES

 

The world of work is rapidly changing. As technology opens up the prospects of work to global proportions, workplace culture changes with it. The primary change is remote workers. Managing a team in a traditional office setting, there are lots of in-person Team Outing and Team Building activities can be placed. Traditional team building typically refers to activities that bring coworkers together hang out in a non-work setting, they can build trust and cooperation that translates to the workplace. When it comes to Virtual team building activities to remote workers, it also follow the same concept — the only difference is that virtual get-togethers obviously aren’t face-to-face.

Virtual team building games and interactions help remote workers feel included and connected to their team and the overall company culture. These activities result in happier and more productive employees, more effective teams, and a stronger company. Win-win! Virtual Team-Building helps participants:

  • Enhance Ownership, Accountability
  • Gain Confidence and understanding the team members virtually
  • Establish a clear team purpose, and link it to individual tasks
  • Project a positive and professional image through the telephone
  • Build and sustain a trusting environment
  • Build team linkages that foster productive and enduring relationship
  • Establish communication protocols
  • Build a team culture based on purpose and empowerment
  • Gain significant information from body language, gestures and facial expressions
  • Enhances innovation and creativity by ensuring team diversity
  • Empowering team members with the authority and processes to work independently
  • Develop Self Motivation

Whether it's two weeks or three months, having some fun teambuilding activities you can participate in while social distancing will ease some of the challenges employees face in becoming a remote workforce so quickly/unexpectedly.

VIRTUAL TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Sieger has developed numerous virtual team-building activities and these activities can help remote teams to overcome any kind of difficulties in current scenario. Our activities can build rapport, improve communication, and increase co-workers' understanding of one another's strengths and weaknesses. They can also reduce feelings of isolation, and drive a sense of community and shared understanding.

Activity lists are non-exhaustive without description. Activity description and debrief shall be available upon request.

  • Opening Chit Chat
  • Reply All
  • Name That Throwback
  • Word Association
  • Who Is It?
  • What is it?
  • Take a Picture
  • Baby Photos
  • Virtual Hugs
  • Virtual Trust Fall
  • Storytime with Grandma
  • Photography Competition
  • Geographic Fun Facts
  • See What I Mean?
  • Corporate Quiz Bowl
  • Virtual coffee break
  • Enable a virtual water cooler
  • All About Me
  • Playing Card Connections
  • Virtual Icebreaker Bingo
  • Dicebreakers
  • Food For Thought
  • Creative Categories
  • OK Sign
  • Change Three Things
  • Pocket Processor
  • Comfort Zone Bullseye
  • Memory Test
  • Remote Team Dinner
  • Debate Club
  • Karaoke for Remote Workers
  • Team Movie Day/Night
  • Jargon Monster
  • Virtual Birthday Parties
  • Mini Museum
  • Complete the Picture
  • Share a Picture
  • Building a Storyline
  • Tangram Puzzles
  • Get 20
  • Arrowhead Puzzle
  • Order Puzzle
  • Number Slide
  • Running the Numbers
  • Tiny Campfire
  • Virtual Labyrinth
  • Advice From a Pencil
  • T-shirt show and tell
  • For the love of books
  • Pictures from the past
  • Photo metaphors
  • Laughable moments
  • Wouldn’t it be cool if…
  • Post a Goal
  • Simulated Problems
  • Aliens have Landed
  • Selfie Games
  • Solve a Mystery
  • Share your Favorites
  • Painting Night
  • Virtual Dance Party
  • Online Comedy Show
  • Question of the day
  • Simon Says
  • Never Ending Story
  • Virtual Company Picnic
  • Photo of the day
  • MTV Cribs
  • Show and tell
  • Slack integrations
  • Virtual potluck
  • Bitmojis
  • Ted Talks
  • Coffee klatsch
  • Walking meeting
  • Team playlists
  • Personal facts Guessing
  • Virtual Scavenger Hunt
  • Gif game
  • Emoji game
  • Meme game
  • National days
  • Coworkers
  • Workouts/challenges
  • Virtual Vacation
  • Book club
  • Happy hour
  • Celebrations
  • Movie/TV reviews
  • Tip of the week

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

1. What is a virtual activity?

A virtual activity is any activity that you experience online via a computer, tablet, mobile phone or other connected device. Virtual activities tend to either be fun or training focused.

 

2. What Is Virtual Team Building?

Virtual team building is a method to bring remote teams together and create a work environment that imitate a co-located work environment. Virtual Team Building allows the entire team to become familiar with one another and create meaningful relationships that leave all members feeling more valued and satisfied.

 

3. What are virtual team building activities?

Virtual team building activities are group activities for employees that are conducted online or remotely. Examples of virtual team building activities include icebreaker questions, Online Office Games, virtual campfires, and group fitness classes.

 

4. Why is virtual team building important?

Employees who work in an office together build relationships naturally through face-to-face interactions, meetings, lunches, and office events. Remote teams don’t have the advantage of in-person face time to build those bonds. So, virtual team building is important because it helps build happy, engaged and productive remote teams. People that work from home often struggle to feel connected with coworkers and the organization. By investing in virtual team building you can not only model the engagement of teams that work in offices, but actually exceed it.

 

5. What is an Ideal Team Size?

We can accommodate any size group. For team games, groups are recommended to be broken down into teams of up to 4 or 6 people depending on the game selected.

 

6. How much Time is Needed?

These activities range in length from 30 minutes to 2 hours.

 

7. Where do we Play?

These virtual team building events are designed to be played wherever in the world you are located. Some games may also require players to meet virtually to collaborate using your preferred web or phone conferencing platform.

 

8. How do we Know What to do?

We can accommodate any size group. For team games, groups are recommended to be broken down into teams of up to 4 or 6 people depending on the game selected.

 

9. What is an Ideal Team Size?

  • virtual team building Online Facilitator will share a Instructions via e-mail and an electronic document with each participant.
  • Activities and Games are played with teams “meeting” over the web or phone conferencing to collaborate together on challenges they’re seeing on their own devices.
  • Online Facilitator is available for support throughout the activities to answer questions and assist if needed.
  • During the activities, participants may have to solve clues, answer questions, take photos, make videos, and more! Shortly after the game, the facilitator will provide a link to an online slideshow and a link to download the photos and videos taken during your game, if applicable.
  • No Technology Required team building activity you’d like to do.

10. How do I know if my virtual activity was successful?

You’ll know if a virtual activity was successful by surveying your participants. Have them provide honest feedback and incorporate that feedback into future events. You may also be able to gauge your virtual activity’s success by observing engagement and participation during the event.

 

11. How much does a team building cost?

Pricing can vary depending on the group size, duration, type of activity, customization, and etc. For more details, you may reach (+91) 9840097567 or write us a mail for detailed proposal.

WORKSHOP DURATION

ONLINE: The duration of the training program will be 3 - 5 days - 2 - 3 Hours per day

ONSITE: The duration of the training program will be 1 to 3 days

 

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

  • LIVE Interactive online / Onsite facilitation
  • Videos
  • Group Activities
  • Case Studies
  • Home work every day after each module
  • Specific ACTION plan for each individuals
  • Combination of Presentations and Examples from Facilitator and Interactive / Hands-On Participants’ Exercises with Individual Report-Outs

The following will be provided by your organization

  • Laptop / Desktop for each participants
  • Stable Internet connection since session deliver online.

GET IN TOUCH

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No. 85, Santhinikethan Colony,
Parvathy Nagar, Madambakkam,
Chennai - 600126. Tamil Nadu, India
- For Outbound Training & Team Building
  (+91) 9840097567

- For Corporate Trainings & Events
  (+91) 7550053010