how to ignite employee engagement?
As most of Australia continues to experience lockdowns or similar restrictions, we’ve pulled together an easy-to-execute employee engagement toolkit to help you and your teams to take a step back from work for a moment of fun or to connect on a personal level.
activity ideas.
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bright colour theme
bring some colour to the meeting by everyone finding the brightest colours they can find in their home.
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cook-off
each person chooses three ingredients to make something. Share with the group. The best creation wins!
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crazy hair
everyone comes with some type of crazy hair/headband/hat.
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dance off
pick a dance that is popular on Tik Tok. Best creation wins!
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DJ set
create a team Spotify playlist with each team member submitting their top three to five songs. You can even incorporate an online quiz trying to guess who’s song belongs to who.
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good vibes sharing
bring some positive energy and share some good vibes. Everyone shares anything they have heard, watched, implemented or read recently.
It could be a quote, a podcast suggestion, a funny story, book or video that made you smile. It could just be something you did that made you happy.
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group walks on hangouts and have discussions other than work
book a walk with your team or use the time to extend your network to people you don’t normally deal with day-to-day and go for a leisurely walk/jog at the nearest park.
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once upon a time… when travel was a thing….
you have three minutes (timed) to tell a story. Think of your craziest/funniest/most bizarre travel experience you would be happy to share with your colleagues.
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organize a quarantine quiz
create an online quiz that incorporates question rounds (we recommend a maximum of 4-5) and physical challenges with items found around the house. This could include building a Tupperware castle or making a toga out of a bedsheet. Pick someone in the team to be the quizmaster and scorer and the rest of the team participates by submitting their answers using google forms or a similar online tool.
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Scattergories
set up a team of four or five, each team member has a category to complete and add scores at the end for the team to win a prize.
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team “show and tell”
choose a subject i.e. “last thing you purchased online” or “souvenir from your last holiday” or “most prized possession” and each person brings it along to share the story.
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themed dress-up meetings
choose from a list of topics then dress up based on that topic only using items you have at home.
- actors
- international
- sports/Olympics
- animals
- black and white
- red carpet
- night in
- clothing clash
- little kids
- starts with the first letter of your name
- hipster
- dream job
- future
- old fashioned
- book character
- all one colour
- 80's
- authors
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two truths & a lie team game
each person tells two truths and a lie and the team needs to guess which ones are real or fake.
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virtual drinks or coffee catch-ups
book a regular time for the team to catch up socially. ask each team member to take a turn to run it. Invite them to bring in their best cocktail/mocktail or tipple of choice.
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virtual murder mystery party
this game is for 6-28 players. Each game includes character descriptions and scripts so players will be ready to get into the game. Players are encouraged to dress up in character.
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worst background
each person sets up their laptop to show the worst of their house - e.g. messy bedroom, dead garden patch etc.