Share some laughs with your teammates on Zoom. Before your next all-hands or town hall meeting, set a theme and ask your colleagues to pick a virtual background image that, for them, represents it best. Get creative. But Zoom virtual backgrounds do more than just entertain. If you need inspiration, visit this huge library of virtual backgrounds by Canva, or get more quirky ones here. This fun game is great for introducing new colleagues or getting to know each other better.
Collect three statements about each of your colleagues — two of them should be true facts and one should be a lie. Next, put all of the collected statements into Slido multiple choice polls , or you can make it a live quiz.
Sharing is caring — and that should apply for both the good and the bad. It can be both professional or personal.
You can then regroup and open a discussion about lessons that people learned from their failures. Showing vulnerability is also a form of strength. Inspired by the classic kindergarten exercise where kids bring an object to school and describe it to their fellow pupils, show and tell is a great activity for getting to know the team better. Tell your colleagues to bring an object that has special meaning to them or that is tied to an exciting story. Give each group member minutes to tell the rest of the group about it.
This icebreaker is ideal for small teams or done in groups because people might not be willing to talk in front of larger crowds of people. Not everybody is happy with improvising. This is another great get-to-know-each-other-better game, inspired by our Head of User Research, Neil Sharman.
It can be music bands, hobbies, movies, etc. Have you heard of Fika? For Swedes, however, it is much more than that. Take Fika to an online environment. You can call it however you like — virtual watercooler talks, virtual happy hour — your choice. But be sure to schedule an informal team catch-up from time to time just to chat with your teammates about something other than work. In remote times, it will help you feel less isolated.
Good productive idea exchanges make for great virtual icebreakers too. Instead of just shouting ideas at each other, try visual brainstorming. Take advantage of one of the visual collaboration tools such as Mural. We tried it recently during our Brand team meeting and it was an hour well spent — productive, creative, and fun. We set up a virtual whiteboard, and each of us was supposed to write our ideas on little stickers that we then posted on the board.
It nicely simulated a real-life brainstorming session. There are other apps that provide immersive team experiences, for example, Topia. With this one, you can even design your own virtual world.
This icebreaker activity is awesome for getting to know your colleagues better and have a good laugh together while sharing funny stories behind each finger down! If you need inspiration for Never Have I Ever questions, find of them here. When was the last time you randomly bumped into someone in a hallway in your office and shared a good chat with them? Or, had a deep conversation about life, the universe, and everything with a bunch of colleagues in a kitchenette or by the watercooler?
Before we can enjoy this again, try Donut. Donut is an app for Slack that randomly pairs two or three colleagues together for a scheduled video call. You can make use of that time however you like: Have a virtual coffee, a peer learning session, or a chat about a book that you recently read. Need a full-scale team-building activity? Try virtual escape room.
There are plenty of escape room platforms out there, for example, Escape Live. You can choose from various different session types or themes. Our People team has recently done a wine tasting Zoom call and it was a great team bonding experience. It lets you enjoy some informal time with your colleagues, which, amid all the meetings is a nice change. At the end of the program, calculate the total steps and see if your office has achieved the goal.
Break people into teams and supply building equipment such as popsicle sticks, newspapers, tape, and glue. Each team will create a small bridge that can connect two books placed two feet apart. The team with the bridge that can hold the most weight will be crowned the winner. Have everyone bring in a baby picture of themselves. Place all the pictures in a common space and give people time to view them. Then, hold a vote to see if people can correctly match the pictures to their respective persons.
Organize a day where everyone from the office will volunteer together at a local animal shelter. This can be done on a workday or on the weekend. Plan an office-wide scavenger hunt. Break the office into several teams, leaving clues all around the office. The first team to finish will be the winner. Break the office into teams and host a trivia night. Each team will have the opportunity to win a point if they are the first to correctly answer a question.
Hold several rounds, eliminating the lowest-scoring team at the end of each round, until you are left with two teams. Save the hardest questions for the last round, allowing the two remaining teams to call on eliminated persons for help. Host a card game or board game tournament during lunchtime. Make available various board games and several sets of cards for people to use. Provide teams with crafting supplies such as cotton balls, tape, newspaper, and cardboard.
The teams must create an egg holder that will prevent the egg from being cracked when dropped from a predetermined height. Break off people into groups of two. Each pair will be tied together at the ankles and must compete in a race against other pairs.
The team to finish first while remaining tied together wins the race. This can be done in conjunction with other activities. Create teams, making sure to break departments up. Use the drawing-based charades game to help people educate their team members on what they do. Each member of each team will be given the opportunity to draw one aspect of his or her job, whether it be a day-to-day activity or something more complicated. Have all participating people form a circle. After the circle is formed, people will hold the right hand of one employee and the left hand of another employee.
Make sure the people holding hands are standing across from each other so a human knot can be formed. The goal of this activity is to untie this knot without letting go of anyone's hand.
Create an obstacle course through the office. People who volunteer to go through the course are blindfolded and guided through the course by their colleagues. Provide each team with the same amount of plastic cups, making sure to keep the amount unknown until the start of the competition.
Each team must use all of the cups to create a pyramid. Then they must break down the pyramid by stacking the cups one into the other. If a cup is missing from the stack or if a cup falls out of the pyramid, then the team must start again from scratch. Next time you get together with your team, use one of these games instead of asking "How is everyone," and you're sure to hear some better, more insightful responses than "I'm good. The One Word ice breaker allows you to provide initial context into a meeting's topic, and get everyone in the right mindset for discussion.
To play, you'll want to divide meeting participants into smaller groups. Then, tell them to think for a minute or two, and then share with their group one word that describes X. For instance, let's say you're leading a meeting on culture.
Tell the groups to describe work culture, or your office culture in particular, in one word. Once they've shared with their groups, you can invite them to share their word with the entire room. This game encourages everyone to think about a certain topic in smaller groups ahead of time, which could increase participation during the meeting.
To successfully loosen everyone up and get them in the right mindset for a meeting, you might consider putting a short Pop Quiz on the board. If your goal is simply to encourage team bonding, your quiz can be more fun -- like, "Match the lyrics with this 80's song. If you're discussing company changes, for instance, maybe you'll start by quizzing team members on company history facts e.
Place a map and a set of pins at the front of a large conference room before a big meeting. As people walk in, ask them to place a pin where they were born or raised. As the map fills up with pins, people will learn about how diverse their teammates might be.
Allow some time at the end of the meeting for your colleagues to walk up and look more closely at the map. Perfect for larger groups and movie fanatics, this icebreaker is as crazy as you make it. Divide players into quads and give them 10 minutes to devise the plot of the next award-winning film. You can give them constraints by designating genres like horror, action, comedy, thriller, and more.
If your organization is meeting to brainstorm ideas for specific projects, go ahead and incorporate the topic into their movie pitch prompts to get the creative juices flowing. A classic game played at summer camps everywhere, "Would You Rather" is an excellent, quick ice breaker for the workplace. Next time you're settling into a meeting or team bonding outing, take turns going around the table and asking each person a "Would You Rather" question.
Before a meeting, simply go around the room, and ask each person to share one accomplishment they had before they turned Undoubtedly you'll get some of lesser importance, like "I bought a skateboard," but you never know what hidden skills you might discover in your colleagues.
One of the more classic ice breakers in the list, Two Truths and a Lie can be used anywhere from family parties to company events. To play, you simply ask each person to brainstorm three "facts" about themselves -- two of the facts will be true, and one will be a lie. I have three brothers. I ziplined in Switzerland once. FYI, I have two brothers, not three, so that's the lie.
Unfortunately, I did audition for Zoom. Two Truths and a Lie is a fun and engaging game, and more importantly, it can help your team learn facts about one another, so they can begin forming deeper bonds. This ice breaker lets individuals ease up and have a little fun without a hassle. If you have more time on your hands, have the pairs split up after showing off their super cool shake and make even more creative ones with new partners.
Asking fun questions is an easy and effective ice breaker game. To play, simply go around the room and have each person provide an answer to a fun question. The questions are up to you, but if you're stuck, here are a few ideas:.
These questions serve two purposes -- first, they allow your coworkers to get into a sillier, more creative mindset. Second, they encourage conversation on topics typically reserved for outside the office, which enables members of your team to get to know one another on a deeper level. The event is 90 minutes and fully facilitated by world class hosts.
The entire event is optimized for fun, engagement, and team building. Learn more about Online Office Games. Five Things is an improv game you can play over Zoom to encourage team building. Here is how to play:. Here is a list with more Zoom improv games. Something in Common is one of the best icebreaker games you can play on Zoom.
The purpose of the game is to help improve employee engagement by connecting people with similarities. Pro tip: One of the most powerful Zoom features to support games is breakout rooms. For this game, organize your people into breakout rooms with four or five people each to encourage participation. Here are more icebreaker games to play with remote teams. Blackout truth or dare is a fun Zoom game hat will help your group become better acquainted.
The rules are simple:. The game continues for a certain number of rounds, or until only one player remains. Prompts can be personal or silly, and should be safe for work. Blackout Truth or Dare is a great Zoom game for large groups. Here are more virtual games for large groups. When playing Codenames via Zoom, have one player, who is not a spymaster, share their screen.
Then, split participants into either the red or blue team, and designate one person as the spymaster of each team. As players attempt to guess which cards their spymaster hints at, send teams off into breakout rooms, so they can discuss their strategy. Whichever team successfully guesses all cards with their color first, while avoiding the forbidden card, wins the game.
Desert Island Intelligences borrows this theory by pitting eight individuals, each representing a different intelligence, against each other on a desert island. Since the island has limited resources, players vote one intelligence off the island at a time in order of usefulness. Since the definition of usefulness is broad, this game leads to fierce debate among team members.
You can facilitate this game with the polling feature on Zoom calls. Here is a list with more problem solving games. War of the Wizards is a collaborative storytelling game with elements of RPGs and escape rooms. The game is 90 minutes and played on Zoom with coworkers.
War of the Wizards is a fun Zoom game that promotes creativity, collaboration and problem solving. Learn more about War of the Wizards. For the movie buffs at your office, Guess That Movie is one of the best Zoom games.
Prior to the game starting, curate a YouTube playlist with movie scenes. Then, when playing Guess That Movie, mute all participants and play the movie scene without revealing which film the clip is from. The first person who guesses the film correctly wins the round.
Even if your teammates did not grow up playing rock, paper, scissors, the rules are easy enough to explain: scissor cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors. You can give the game a modern update for Zoom by using the reactions feature to answer in place of hand gestures. The key is as follows:. When all players respond, count up the reactions and the majority wins. Most adults love a good murder mystery, and your coworkers can solve an engaging mystery right on Zoom.
Players can work in teams and use breakout rooms to swap clues and unravel the case together. A facilitator can guide the game and entertain attendees while moving the story forward. Learn more about murder mystery games online. Bet on the Crowd turns Zoom polls into a fun wagering game. First, participants will vote on a question or series of questions. You can either stick to a two answer format, or allow for up to four answers.
Before you reveal the responses, ask your teammates to guess which answer will win. Any player who correctly predicts the majority wins the round.
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