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Here they are… <\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>\n\n\n Click to Vote For your Favorite Team Building Activity<\/a> As more companies embrace remote work and encourage employees to work from home or wherever suits them best, one key question arises:<\/p>\n\n\n\n How can companies keep employees engaged and company culture alive when the office is out of the equation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Virtual team building activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Virtual team building activities, when planned and deployed strategically can help improve communication among team members, while at the same time creating a sense of shared identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these activities work because they help workers maintain a deeper level of connection with their colleagues and the company\u2019s vision and purpose…even when working remotely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past, this deeper connection with colleagues and company culture was rooted in office life. Given that companies are increasingly considering remote work as a permanent solution and perk, virtual team building activities become a key part of ensuring that remote workers feel that they are part of the company and that they are still connected with others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is critical, as recent research<\/a> has shown that remote workers are more at risk of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting themes for different meetings<\/a> can be an effective strategy in making meetings much more interesting and much more engaging for all involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The fact is that virtual meetings can be more tiring than in-person ones. To prevent Zoom fatigue among workers, it\u2019s important that organizations rethink their approach to meetings; one such way is by having themed meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Benefits of themed virtual meetings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Themed virtual meetings don\u2019t have to happen all <\/em>the time, but at least try to aim for one themed meeting every week or every other week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are five fun and common themes for virtual meetings to get you inspired:<\/p>\n\n\n\n While meetings are a great opportunity to bond with employees and colleagues, creating rapport when physically apart can be hard. Maintaining that rapport is even harder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before we share with you 42 virtual team building activities, here are some additional tips to help you better connect and bond with your virtual team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before you say anything:<\/p>\n\n\n\n No, we don\u2019t mean the embarrassing types of activities, but rather actually fun, entertaining ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Even if you don\u2019t have a theme for your virtual meeting, these activities work well with remote teams and they\u2019re a great way to get people in the right mindset before the meeting. They can help break the ice, get everyone comfortable in front of the video camera, and help remote teams get to better know each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Remote](\"https:\/\/www.alliancevirtualoffices.com\/virtual-office-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Top-10-Remote-team-building-activities-3.png\" "\\"42")
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