Virtual Team Building Activities

Virtual Team Building Activities, Ranked by What Teams Book

Companies book these six most often, listed in that order. All are fully hosted on Zoom or Microsoft Teams, last around 45 to 90 minutes, and scale from one team to several hundred people in breakout rooms. What each involves:

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See the full set of online events in the grid above, including festive editions for the party season. Not sure which suits your team? Tell us your numbers and we will point you to the right one, or build something bespoke around your brand or a specific outcome.

Online Team Building for Remote and Hybrid Teams

Online team building does the same job as an in-person day, connecting people, without everyone needing to be in the same room. Every activity runs over Zoom or Microsoft Teams, so colleagues join from home, from the office or from another country, all in the same session. That makes it the natural fit for remote and hybrid teams, and for the moments a full away day is not practical: onboarding a new starter, a quarterly get-together, or simply breaking up a run of back-to-back meetings.

Because a live host runs the whole thing, nobody has to organise or referee it from the inside. Your people just turn up and take part, which is the difference between a real remote team building event and a list of free games someone has to run off the side of their desk.

Fully Hosted Virtual Team Building Events

Every virtual team building event we run is led by a professional host who briefs the group, runs each round and draws in the quieter colleagues, while your dedicated event manager plans it with you beforehand, sends out the joining links and any kit, and tests the setup so there are no surprises on the day. It is the same standard of organisation we bring to our in-person team building activities, delivered down the camera.

What Every Virtual Team Building Event Includes

• A professional live host – an experienced host runs the whole session from the briefing to the wrap-up, so nobody on your team is left running it themselves.
• A dedicated event manager – one point of contact who plans it with you and checks the tech before the day.
• Everything sent out in advance – joining links, any kit and simple instructions; it runs on Zoom or Microsoft Teams with nothing to install.
• Fully insured and ABTA-bonded (Y6501) – every event is covered and your booking is protected.

Prefer to get everyone in a room? Browse our indoor team building activities or the full range of team building activities, and see where we run events on our team building locations page. Planning a remote get-together for the party season? Head to our virtual Christmas party events instead.

“The worry with anything virtual is that half the team sits there on mute. A good host fixes that, they get people talking in the first five minutes and keep it moving. Tell me how many are joining, whether they are all remote or a mix, and roughly when, and I will match the right activity and run the tech so you can just take part with everyone else.”

Izzie
Senior Corporate Event Coordinator

How to Choose a Virtual Team Building Activity

Pick the session by the outcome you are after:

• Problem-solving and a bit of pressure: Virtual Escape Rooms.
• A team that loves a whodunnit: Virtual Murder Mystery.
• Colleagues in different countries: Virtual Around the World.
• A relaxed, sociable night: Virtual Race Night.
• An easy way to get everyone involved: Virtual Team Quiz.

Send us your headcount, your date and whether the team is remote or hybrid, and we will recommend the right activity and handle the host and the tech.

Fully Insured & ABTA Members (Y6501) – every event is insured and your booking is protected.

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