13 Online Team Building Games to Try with Colleagues

“俗话说，整体大于其各个部分的总和。在分布式团队的背景下尤其如此。”Meaghan Williams, HubSpot's Remote Work and Inclusion Program Manager.

Team building gives your team a greater sense of togetherness.

Most likely, you can envision team building games in your head: exciting team outings, fun outdoor activities, or after-work happy hour chats.

But what does team buildingonlinelook like?

当您的团队成员远程工作时，在没有面对面接触的情况下，寄养团队建设可能是一个小障碍。威廉姆斯指出：“当您偏远时，很难建立同样的归属感和承诺。remote team building进场。”

尽管很难弄清楚如何实际建立团队士气，但任务并非不可能。

Remote team building games improve the morale of your team and their sense of belonging, which is essential for your team's overall productivity and employee satisfaction

We've put together a list of exciting team building exercises and games for your remote team to try out. Let's go over them in the next section.

在线团队建设游戏

在提出与您的团队在线联系的方法时，威廉姆斯建议假设任何事情都是一种选择。这种心态通过游戏打击了限制性思维，并打开了新的可能性领域。

"This mentality has led to everything from remote yoga to remote holiday parties, and we’ve had so much fun along the way," she says.

So with that in mind, let's go over exciting options for building up your team.

1.远程MTV“婴儿床”

Similar to the workings of the hit MTV show"Cribs,"you and your team could spend some time showing off your remote work spaces. This game, inspired by the team atHelp Scout, is a fun way to get a look into the workspaces of your teammates.

To give it a "challenging" aspect, have team members vote on their favorite workspace at the end, and the winner can enjoy the bragging rights of having the most impressive remote work setup.

2.远程工作宾果游戏

用一个bingo template, create a bingo card and schedule a quick game as a "brain break" for you and your team. You can make it personalized to fit your company and team like the one below:

让您的队友提交宾果游戏空间的想法，以使其成为协作过程。您甚至可以为获奖者提供奖品，例如在线礼品卡。另一个优点 - 宾果游戏很容易进入常规会议。

To make Bingo work remotely, pick one person to be the moderator. They would call out a random phrase and wait a few seconds for players to search their card for that phrase. If the player has that phrase on their card, they'd use a tool, such as paint, to mark that space.

一旦一个球员明显不够spaces in a row, they'd announce"Bingo!"in the video call and wait for the moderator to check their answers. If the row is vertical, horizontal, or diagonal, and matches the spaces, that colleague wins.

3. Mafia

Mafia is known by a couple of different names, and is often played by large groups. Essentially, the game is a "whodunnit" mystery-solving challenge. One of the players is a silent "killer," and it's up to everyone else to figure out the culprit.

There's a couple of roles to assign in Mafia to keep organizational structure, like "Doctor," "Townspeople," and "Detective." The best part about the game? It can all be played over a video call. Clickherefor a full run-down of how to play Mafia.

At HubSpot, we re-created Mafia to fit in a Zoom call. We used a combination of the chat box, Slack, and turning off cameras to re-imagine the campfire classic in a virtual setting.

4. Happy Hour

One of the most fun remote team building events I've done with my team has been remote happy hour. It's an opportunity for your colleagues to get together and bond outside of work, remotely.

At HubSpot, we use happy hours to foster a deeper relationship with team members. At one point, we even held a virtual wine tasting, where participants brought a glass of German wine and listened to a colleague explain how to taste for specific qualities, and pointed out things about wine that aren't common knowledge, like how to create air in a wine glass.

参与者可以带来他们选择的任何饮料（也应该鼓励茶，塞尔策或其他非酒精饮料），谈论他们带来的东西，并享受轻松的氛围。

5. Emoji Stories

使用不到六emojis,开始写一个故事in an instant message thread or the chat section of a video call. Then, one by one, your coworkers will add to that story using five more. You can keep going until every teammate has had a turn, or until you run out of ideas.

To get the ball rolling, here's a potential story starter: ⛈ … what happens next to the neighborhood with no power during a storm?

6. DIY Pantry Challenges

团队的成员是否痴迷于这样的节目MasterCheforChopped？Alternatively, are they big into YouTube cooking shows, like Bon Appetit's美食制作？如果是这样，挑战您的同事们创建自己的流行烹饪节目或对他们最喜欢的舒适食品食谱的教程可能会很有趣！

这可以通过多种方式完成，但是要给它一个“具有挑战性的”方面，请选择一个简单制作的菜，例如帕蒂融化或Mac和Mac和奶酪。给您的团队一周来拍摄自己的食谱版本，将其上传到Google驱动器，然后根据菜肴的创造力选择获胜者。

Cooking is an awesome way to express creativity, and as the saying goes, food often brings people together. Plus, leftovers mean there's no extra thinking to do when it's lunchtime!

7. Book Club

HubSpotter对读书俱乐部并不陌生。我们最近举办的一家读书俱乐部以多样性，包容性和归属感为中心。我们的一位同事选择了book to fit this theme,and participants had a discussion to talk about what the book meant to us and how we could transfer the ideas presented in the book to create change in the workplace.

This can be a recurring event or a one-time session, but the purpose is to discuss ideas outside of team projects. It can be a nice break from your day to discuss a good book — whether it's every month or a couple of times a year.

8.流行文化琐事

布兰妮·斯皮尔斯（Britney Spears）在2001 VMAs？虚构的小镇情景喜剧是什么公园和娱乐take place in? Unwind with your coworkers in a friendly game of pop culture trivia — 2000's style.

You can come up with questions with your team, or look up fun promptsonline。分配主持人，将团队分为小组，让游戏开始！

9.农场实地考察

Do you remember taking field trips with your classmates when you were younger? They were fun outings to learn and explore with peers. Nowadays, field trip experiences are moving to an online platform so those young and old are able to enjoy these gatherings virtually.

例如，您可能会与当地农场聊天，看看他们是否愿意建立remote farm tourfor your team. We've done this at HubSpot, and it's a great way to bond with colleagues as you virtually fuss over the adorable pigs or goats you see on-screen.

10. Scavenger Hunt

When was the last time you went on a deep dive of your company website? If your answer is,"Never,"here's your chance to challenge your colleagues. Choose pages or tabs from your company's website for yourself and team members, and come up with a group scavenger hunt.

Break off into teams, or make it a solo venture. After 20 minutes, whoever gets the most points, wins! An idea to get the scavenger hunt ball rolling:“从X客户那里找到推荐。”

11. Lunch and Learn

Send an RSVP to your team to join a webinar and learn a new skill. Alternatively, have your colleagues take turns to host mini lunch and learn sessions for tips about how to perform job functions in a simpler way. For instance, if I were to host a session, it might be "How to Create Awesome Meta Descriptions in Less Than 15 Minutes."

如果您的团队成员具有非常具体的角色，那么这可能是一个很酷的机会，可以更多地了解您的同事的工作。例如，您的社交媒体经理可能会举办一场有关他在社交帐户中的角色的会议，而您的网页设计师则托管了她为UX设计的经验。

These sessions would give the other insight into how to perform a job function and build a new appreciation for the day-to-day of colleagues.

12. Never Have I Ever

“我永远没有：远程工作版”是另一种快速的压力缓解者，可帮助您更多地了解同事。以下是规则：团队成员说他们从未做过的事情，但是如果那些玩的人做到了，他们会降低其中的一根手指。手指最多的人赢得了比赛。

If I were to host a version of the game, my first entry might be,"Never have I ever bought noise-cancelling headphones."

13.虚拟舞会

If you're like me, you're known for your pretty amazing work playlists. What better way to wind down after a long workday than with a no-judgement dance party with your colleagues? You can even pull up a song from the只是跳舞视频游戏系列并一起学习（您只需要智能手机！）：

There's no pressure to explode into a fully-choreographed sequence a laMamma Mia!— all dance styles are encouraged. Blow off steam and enjoy a friendly competition with your team.

威廉姆斯说：“并非每个想法都会成为赢家，但重要的是你愿意彼此脆弱并尝试新想法。”

Additionally, she adds, "If you’re just embarking on this journey for the first time, be honest with your team about this and ask them to provide feedback on what’s working and what isn’t. Even better, ask them to contribute their own ideas and lead the way on initiatives that they’re excited about."

团队建设就是通过不同和有趣的活动来加强团队的联系。您可以通过视频通话主持图像会议，也可以鼓励会议期间的不同讨论领域。有关团队建设游戏的更多想法，威廉姆斯建议给这些选择旋转：

• 拼凑冒险
• Jack Box Games
• Pinturillo

Most importantly, remember to just have fun with your team and enjoy the time you have together!

Editor's note: This post was originally published in May,2020 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.