60 Fun And Exciting Virtual Icebreakers For Remote Work
These are great rapid-fire questions to energize your participants and kick-start Rondevo a conversation. Participants choose a book to read and discuss together in a virtual book club, sharing their thoughts, opinions, andinsights. The challenge can be as short as 5-10 minutes or last for the duration of a meeting.
- Your virtual icebreakers should be short, interactive, memorable, fun, and easy to follow through on.
- Racing elements add excitement without overwhelming pressure, as teams can focus on improvement rather than just winning.
- The duration depends on the number of participants and the depth of timeline creation and discussion, but typically takes 30 minutes to an hour.
Family-based Virtual Icebreakers
Someone might show their dog’s favorite bandana because they’d never vacation without their pup. Another team member might reveal a bag of MnMs since they eat chocolate every day. Personalities, hobbies, and more will come to light and forge new friendships. As your group story continues, it will get more ridiculous and laughable.
#13 Team Photo
There will be a lot to talk about, maybe even some arguments about which candy or which movie is the best. You’ll start a meeting with some laughs and get your colleagues in a good mood before a meeting. After people submit their answers, ask volunteers to share how they voted and why.
It’s the ultimate team bonding experience – if your teammates love a good game, they’re going to be fans. There are plenty of escape room platforms out there, for example, Escape Live. You can choose from various different session types or themes. Using an open text poll, encourage your team to share their failure or struggle in Slido as well so that people can see that they’re not alone in being imperfect. You can then regroup and open a discussion about lessons that people learned from their failures. Depending on the setup you’re in, divide your colleagues into smaller groups (if you’re in an online setup, use breakout rooms) and ask them to discuss their struggles.
Acknowledging people for the effort they’re putting in is a wonderful way to start a meeting. This is not only an icebreaker but a morale booster as well. And we all need that now and then, especially when working in isolation. It’s good to remind people of all the remarkable work that they’ve done. For example, in our Slido marketing team, we share highlights as part of our monthly all-marketing meeting.
