Have Fun on Zoom - Tips and Tricks for Boosting Team Moral

Let's be honest, nothing feels like the old normal quite like laughter! With the reality of Zoom fatigue hitting so many teams, here are some tips and tricks for boosting moral and energizing your squad.

Birthdays! As we creep up on the year anniversary of the original lockdown, each and every member of your cadre will have celebrated a birthday during the pandemic. If you aren’t already, celebrate birthdays similar to how you would in the office. If you usually give gifts, plan ahead and have them shipped to their house; if you usually sing, schedule a brief meeting so you can all serenade them. A fun twist can be to learn “Happy Birthday” in as many languages as possible to celebrate individuality.

Throw in a Theme! For regularly occurring meetings, the monotony of another Zoom call can wear on even the most engaged team members, so throw in a theme to mix things up! Avoid doing them every week so they don’t feel like an obligation and keep the themes simple and playful as to not an added stress to your team. Here are some easy ideas to get you started: silly hats, drawn on mustaches, use your favorite coffee mug, and bed head; but it is even more fun to let your posse make the suggestions.

Add a “walk up song”! Similar to a baseball player walking up to the plate, start your meetings with a song to set the tone and give people a mood boost. Encourage dancing along as a way to get blood flowing and increase focus as well!
 
Play “Hot Potato”! Start each meeting with a random question for everyone to answer. Start with one person, and when they have answered they “toss the potato” to the next person of their choosing. Here is a diverse list to get you started, but again you can always open the questions up to your team to add an extra level of engagement.
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If you could be any animal, what would it be?
What is a food you’ve tried and will never eat again?
Do you have a secret talent?
What is your favorite theme park?
What is your bucket list vacation destination?
If we had an office/team pet, what would you name it?
What is your favorite dessert?
What is an activity you’ve never tried but want to?
Have you ever met a celebrity, and if so, who?
Where would you time travel to for a 1-week visit?
What was the last show you binged?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
What is the worst job you’ve ever had?
Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Which commercial jingle gets stuck in your head?
What is your favorite song from your teenage years?
Would you rather go on adventures or relax on vacation?
What is your irrational fear?
What is your favorite restaurant outside of where you live?
If you could destroy one food off of the earth, what would it be?
If you had to choose between having a cell phone or a car for the rest of your life, which would you choose?  
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Best of luck to you and your team in these trying times – Opal Event Center looks forward to welcoming you back for in person events when it is safe!