Team building sessions are filled with fun activities that expose you to a side of your colleagues which they normally wouldn't show during office hours. Team building activities are a fun and interactive way to get out of the office and bond with your colleagues. There is a wide range of traditional team-building activities such as company outings to a restaurant to upscale corporate retreats in the wilderness. Unfortunately, due to the times we live in, team building activities have had to adapt.
That is why Best Venues New York has composed a list with some of the most engaging virtual team building ideas this year (Here’s some other virtual team building ideas from 2020). Whether at home, in the office, or anywhere else in the world, you and your colleagues will all be able to engage in these fully remote team building activities, which are guaranteed to bring out a different side of your co-workers!
1) Virtual Around The World
Unfortunately, traveling has come to a screeching halt during the pandemic. Borders are shut, flights are canceled, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t experience the travel vibes! Thanks to our friends at WildGoose you’ll be able to take a (virtual) trip around the world. Offering virtual around the world, this online game will challenge you and your colleagues to try to pick up as many credits as you can throughout your journey. You and your co-workers will be put in teams and, once in your breakout rooms, you will elect a team captain. This virtual event is competitive, entertaining, and will be sure to give you a wanderlust feel! Contact us for more details!
2) Virtual Coffee Making
Coffee is the fuel that keeps offices running, employees energetic, and makes the overtime shifts a bit more enjoyable. Coffee breaks are also a great way to get to know your co-workers. With coffee being so paramount to the working space, why not get your colleagues to join in a virtual coffee event? KraftyLabs will provide you with the ultimate coffee meeting, offering a truly global coffee tasting experience! You will be given a coffee tasting kit which includes a state of the art mueller electric kettle, beans from around the world, and more. Their world class instructors will introduce you to the centuries old art of coffee making, the science behind it, and walk your entire team through the coffee making process.
3) Virtual Family Feud
Family Feud has captured the hearts of young and old audiences ever since it first aired in 1976. There is no doubt that most of us have wondered what it would be like to participate in this iconic game show. Well, you won’t have to wonder anymore since TeamBonders has turned Family Feud into an online game. A particularly impressive feat is that they can accommodate incredibly large groups of up to one thousand people, making it attractive for large virtual team building events. Authentic visuals, sound effects, and music, all of these elements are incorporated into this experience. To learn more, don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or want to book this activity.
4) Virtual Offsite
Besides traveling, a lot of us miss catching up with co-workers over a drink after work. Whether it was to celebrate team victories or to play a classic pub quiz, drinks with colleagues on a Thursday or Friday were never amiss. With this virtual offsite experience, however, bar games are making a comeback with a remote twist. WildGoose will give your team an array of challenging pub games. The games have a competitive edge to them, with teams looking to score as many points as possible in order to then progress to new levels and challenges. If your office is filled with competitive thrill seekers who want to be on the edge of their seats throughout the entire virtual session, then you should definitely consider this virtual offsite.
5) Online Mixology Course
If your office is constantly talking about what cocktails they had over the weekend then why not take the office’s passion to their living rooms with some of New York’s finest barmen. Liquid Lab has an unparalleled reputation when it comes to making some of the best cocktails, with their drink portfolio ranging from the prohibition era to the latest mixology trends. What’s more, Parker Boase and Gregory Lucas have worked in some of Manhattan's finest establishments and are ready to disseminate their knowledge to you and your colleagues through their online mixology classes. Their professional yet fun approach to mixology is translated into their virtual cocktail lessons which you and your colleagues are sure to enjoy (Would also work well for next year’s holiday party) If you want to find out who the cocktail master is in your office, get in touch with us!
6) Virtual Candle Making Class
Working from home means that we spend more time around the house than usual. Because of this, we often find ourselves investing in items that make our home a little bit more comfortable and homey. Candles and scented candles are no exception to this rule and now you have the opportunity to make your very own wax candles. Our friends at Love & Make will send over DIY wax candle kits to you and your colleagues and teach you how to make your very own wax candles. They will lead you every step of the way so that you can show off your perfect candle creations to your friends, family, and peers. Naturally, it will be fun to find out who is the best wax candle maker in the office. If you have any questions or inquiries, get in touch with us!
7) Virtual Escape Room
Now this virtual team activity is sure to keep you entertained! Solving puzzles, providing solutions to problems, and out of the box thinking are all required to be successful in your workspace. But you can test the limits with this Virtual Escape Room put on by our friends at Wildgoose! This online game will push you and your team to try to prove your innocence. You will have been framed for conducting an elaborate art heist while the true culprit is now walking around scot free. Prepare to solve riddles, puzzles, and cryptic tasks as a means to crack the main code in less than one hour: just before the police arrive. It will showcase whether your team has the ability to approach problems differently or whether it might need a creative catalyst. If you want to sign up for this intense, engaging, and challenging virtual activity, get in contact with us.
8) Virtual Fitness Challenge
It won’t be surprising to find yourself having put on a couple of pounds during this pandemic. And who can blame you? Gyms are closed, we don’t move around nearly as much as we used to, but we still eat the same amount if not more. But physical well-being is directly connected to your mental wellbeing, and at the office, you always need to be at your sharpest mentally. So why not try and get the entire office to workout along with you? Social accountability is key for some people! Darabee has an almost endless range of fitness challenges which you and your colleagues can take part in. You will be able to team build virtually by pushing each other to keep on the fitness routine. A little bit of competition has never hurt anyone, so taunting your colleagues to push themselves to the max is fully permitted. Click here to get started with an office wide fitness challenge!
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While there are certainly hundreds of virtual team building ideas, we’re sure you’ll agree these engaging online bonding activities will bring team camaraderie to the next level!
At Best Venues New York, our goal is to provide outstanding customer service while helping your corporate find a virtual team building activity to match your team’s goals and needs. Get in touch with us today to find out how we can help bring your next virtual team building idea to life!