Let Slido help you connect with your teammates, wherever they are. Here’s another one from the ‘Get to know your colleagues icebreakers for virtual meetings better’ virtual icebreakers. Set up a new tradition and ask your team one random question each week or month.

The first person to give the correct answer goes next! This is a great icebreaker for sharpening your team’s communication skills. These short activities are meant to help your virtual team members get to know each other and foster great conversation. This builds a foundation for a great corporate culture. Whether you’re hosting a virtual party or just getting to know some new people at work, icebreakers are a great way to help everyone feel more comfortable. Suppose your virtual team has already been functioning for some time. In that case, you might dig deeper with questions that stimulate a bit more reflection and thoughts.

When to Use a Virtual Icebreaker Activity

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Instead of having awkward silence while everyone logs on, play some upbeat music. It will shift the mood of the room and the attendees. Some extroverted teams might even want to start their meetings with a dance party to move their bodies before settling into the meeting. There was once a time when in-person ice breakers were simply deemed ‘a fun way to start a meeting’. They’d typically last about 2 minutes before the meeting was ushered onto 58 minutes of cold, hard business.

Engaging Virtual Ice Breakers for Your Team

It could be how you found it, any sentimental stories behind it, or something funny. You could hold up something cool you picked up on holiday, a framed picture, or something less meaningful. The beauty of this game is that people decide what to share and have full control over how much they share. Some of us get nervous just hearing the word “icebreaker”.

• Kicking things off or ending them with a game helps diffuse tension before a difficult round of brainstorming and problem-solving.
• By now, you’ve probably had enough guest appearances to feel like you know your coworkers’ pets, roommates and family members, so you might as well make it official.
• Just be sure to break employees off into small groups if you have more than 5 or 6 employees for the sake of time.
• Once you’re back in the main room, debrief, or ask people to share the best moments from their stories.
• Or, ask everyone’s favorite recipe, TV show, song lyrics, movie lines, etc. and share those.

With a visual platform, you could also gamify the experience by having everyone vote anonymously for the most convincing doppelgänger. Have everyone introduce themselves and give a 30-second pitch for their favorite film, show, or book. Did you know that your new Product Manager was super into Film Noir because of the underlying structure that mysteries provide both the narrative and the viewer? Well, now you do — and you’ve learned a little bit about how she thinks as well.