Bored of the weekly Zoom quiz? Completed too many virtual escape rooms? This blog explores some of Bien Venue’s favourite virtual activities which offer something different to the standard virtual team building activities.
Virtual Activities: The Benefits
As companies continue with remote working, employees on furlough and the challenging environment we are living in; employee engagement and employee wellbeing remain as two fundamental topics for many companies in 2021.
Bien Venue believe that virtual activities provide fun, interaction and encourage connectivity. They are a great tool to connect remote teams too.
Here are Bien Venue’s top 3 benefits for Virtual Activities.
Combat loneliness
Technology plays a key role in how we connect with people at the moment and despite living in a time where we are connected remotely people are feeling lonelier and more isolated than ever. Where an online team build can give more freedom to employees to use their imagination and creativity to solve solutions, a virtual activity can deliver a sense of normality and offer a social outlet and promote a positive work/life balance.
Boost team morale
Keeping team morale high is key but can be hard during these challenging times. Virtual activities can act as quick pick me ups to increase moods or as part of the company’s culture. They can also make employees feel valued.
Increase collaboration!
Virtual activities can encourage creativity and bring remote teams together. Building relationships, like people would do in the office kitchen, over lunch or on those post work drinks.
Virtual Activities: Bien Venue’s Top Picks
Below are a sample of our and our clients favourite Virtual Activities. If you are looking for something different or have an idea in mind our professional team will be able to assist with bringing your idea to reality.
Fun House in Your House
The 1990s classic hosted by the one and only Pat Sharp returns to your lounge! This interactive game show is a one-of-a-kind virtual event, with prizes to be won! Guaranteed to create the fun, laughs and madness of the classic TV show. Everyone will be in a nostalgic mood with this ultimate virtual throwback.
Fun House in You House can be accompanied by a bespoke hamper with items in the hamper being incorporated into the fun!
Big “Night In” of Entertainment
A 1920s glam night in really is an online event like no other. Singers, dancers, musicians, and circus acts combine for an evening of prohibition brilliance. Hosted live online a cast of 40 include fantastical curiosities, contortionists, and aerial artists, plus tap dancers, singers, and a brass band to transport you back to Mid-Town Manhattan for your very own Greatest Show.
The Night In of Entertainment would suit being accompanied by a virtual party hamper of drinks, popcorn, and nibbles.
Learn to Charleston
A highly interactive dance session from a professional choreographer, this is a fantastic activity for a virtual team away day, conference icebreaker or as a fun activity to get your team and colleagues up and moving.
Live Music Quiz
A music quiz with a difference! Hosted live by professional musicians, you will be treated to live performances as your musical knowledge is tested with the most popular tunes from the last 50 years. Not as straight forward as name of the artist and song title but the hosts would like to know: what is the next line? Who covered it? and when was it released?
The Live Music Quiz would suit being accompanied by a virtual cocktail and nibbles hamper.
These activities can be used for a virtual social, virtual team activity, virtual office party or as part of a virtual conference as an icebreaker, entertainment break or networking session.
Employee Wellbeing
In addition to the benefits of hosting a virtual activity, Bien Venue know that wellness, mindfulness, and mental health are also important. Working with our suppliers we can also offer a range of virtual wellbeing activities such as yoga, meditation, music wellbeing and crafting to improve mental health, confidence, and a healthy work/life balance.
Ready to plan your next virtual conference, team engagement event or social?
As well as virtual team builds and virtual activities, we have a range of additional virtual services:
- Virtual catering – breakfast, snacks, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner, we have you covered. Working with a number of our venue partners to be able to offer a range of catering delivered throughout the UK to your employee / delegates door.
- Engagement hampers – our engagement hampers are the perfect way to engage, motivate, thank, and reward.
- Virtual hosts – looking for the perfect person to keep your virtual conference or event audience engaged? We can help find that perfect person, whether it be someone famous or an engaging virtual host.
- Virtual Entertainment – ranging from magicians & illusionists to live dance routines & musicians to guest speakers & mindfulness sessions.
- Virtual studios – if you are looking for a base to host your virtual event from, Bien Venue can source both a venue/studio and audio-visual supplier.
Found this blog inspirational and would like more information? Bien Venue would love to hear from you – info@bvevents.co.uk
Bien Venue are a boutique creative agency that is dedicated to providing a venue sourcing, event management, corporate entertainment, and team building service of exceptional quality. Our re-identified strapline alongside ‘Our Team is Your Team’ is ‘Event Management – Professional, Pro Active with a personal touch’.
We specialise in managing event and conference schedules for clients within a variety of industries, with a speciality in the education, association, and training sector. It is not just workshops, training, conferences, or off-site meetings. We can arrange but also away days, networking, hybrid events, summer parties, Christmas celebrations, private dining, team building and incentives. As well as the management and venue liaison for schedules of events and managing clients preferred venue supplier list. We also offer accommodation booking platforms for both corporate bookers and event specific allocations of bedrooms.