9 telecommuting activities to keep you connected
Since the arrival of covid, teleworking has become the norm. Discussions at the coffee machine have turned into zoom meetings, and after-work sessions have simply disappeared. This is likely to continue for some time, so it’s time to take back the reins of your team dynamics and keep the link alive!
You’d like your employees to remain highly motivated despite this crisis, and that’s normal. They may be receiving less feedback from you. They have less human contact with their colleagues and, after months of telecommuting, they’re beginning to lose the bond they once had with your company.
So how do you keep in touch with your colleagues? And all this while continuing to live the corporate culture despite the distance.
Here are a few ideas for activities to help you stay connected
Turn your coffee break into an E-café
Do you miss the tradition of coffee with colleagues before starting the working day? Why not organize virtual coffee breaks before work or after a meeting with your colleagues? It’s a great way to unwind and talk about things other than work. Topia.io lets you create a virtual avatar and move about in a private space. You’ll be able to meet up with your colleagues, who will also be represented in the form of an avatar.
You can personalize your space, walk around it, organize events and much more.
Relax with virtual yoga sessions
To unwind with colleagues, why not enjoy a moment of relaxation thanks to virtual yoga classes? Numerous videos are available free of charge for beginners on the Internet. All you have to do is launch a video at the same time as your colleagues and enjoy the moment. Sites like My Virtual Yoga and My Sunny Yoga offer hundreds of free videos grouped by level of difficulty. So don’t panic if you’re not as flexible as a cat. Inhale, exhale and, above all, relax.
Caution: do not reproduce Gandhi’s movements
An employee who is not fulfilled may or may not be productive.
But an employee who is engaged and fulfilled will be productive at work.
Don’t eat alone, share an E-lunch instead!
Why eat alone at tabletime?
You can share a lunch virtually with a colleague. This will give you the opportunity to take a real lunch break. You can even try to synchronize ingredients so you can prepare the same meals in videoconference and then eat the same thing.
Great cooking sites like Marmiton, Cuisine AZ and 750g are free and offer a host of tasty recipes. For vegans, the site végan pratique will delight your taste buds.
The YouTube channel “l’atelier des Chefs” allows you to follow cooking lessons for everyone, in Visio with your colleagues. If you need help with a culinary event, we’ll be delighted to help!
Want to play?
Think online board games
To keep you motivated and maintain your social ties outside of working hours, why not organize play dates with your colleagues?
Various fun games are available on the web, such as skribbl.io, an online Pictionary. One participant has to draw a word or expression, and the others have to find the word he’s trying to guess as quickly as possible. There’s also the Anecdote Game, where each participant tells one true and one false anecdote. The aim of the others is to find out which one is true.
A number of online board game sites are available, such as Itch.io or Board game arena, which let you play dozens of classic games such as 7 Wonders, Saboteur or Yahtzee with your online colleagues. The free Plato smartphone/tablet app lets you play a wide range of games with several players. Uno, Power 4 and Monopoly are just some of the games available, but you can also play billiards, soccer and more.
If you’re short of choice, we’re adding even more games with tabletopia😉
The maturity of the human being,
, is to have rediscovered the seriousness we had at play when we were children.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Want to learn from the comfort of your sofa?
It can be done!
Fancy a cultural outing from the comfort of your sofa? Many cultural exhibitions and plays are available online. They’re the perfect way to learn about culture from the comfort of your own home. Google’s Arts & Culture platform lets you visit museums all over the world, free of charge. View works in high definition and learn more about their creators.
If you want to relax in front of a play, the TTOflux online streaming platform offers recordings of shows by the Théâtre de la Toison d’Or, as well as fiction and documentaries. The dramas and some of the shows are free, so check them out!
Who’s the musical star of the office?
Challenge your colleagues to a blind-test
Think you know all there is to know about blind tests? Do you want to show your colleagues that you’re “The Voice” of your office? You can challenge them to online music quizzes. With Blindz, create a private game with your friends from a wide choice of genres (cinema, variety, disco, …) and be better than them!
Who knows you best?
Test your colleagues’ knowledge
Want to find out more about your colleagues?
The Kahoot website lets you create tailor-made team quizzes that will keep your team together, and even help you find out more about your colleagues.
Show off your interior to your colleagues?
Here is the house game
Each participant uses his or her phone to show a favorite room in the house, and tells an anecdote that happened in that room. When everyone has presented their anecdote, one person in the group is asked to tell another person’s anecdote.
Want to strengthen your teams?
Think 100% Virtual Team Building
In these difficult times, you see the need to reknit your teams, but you’re not a summer camp organizer. Neither are we, but we do specialize in creating unique experiences that will help your employees feel good and stay motivated.
An online cooking course given by a renowned chef, followed by your employees from home. A teleworking choir to discover your voice and realize the power of the collective. A magician who puts on an online show linked to your company, while sharing tips that can be reused at meetings. What if together, we could make your team vibrate?
These little team moments will enable your employees to continue to feel involved in the life of the company. Whether in terms of values or personal involvement outside the workplace, but also in terms of continuing to forge a social bond between colleagues.
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