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Event Name
Event Type
Activity Description & Instructions
Requirements & Additional Resources
Links
Caving ⛰️
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Head up to your local escarpment and take your team on a fun caving adventure!
Berry Picking 🍓
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Culinary
Take your employees and their families on a fun berry picking expedition! Whether it be strawberries, blueberries or raspberries, take your team out to a local farm and buy each family a couple baskets to pick their own fruit!
Online Game Night 🎮
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Jam pack all of your favorite Confetti games into a virtual game night! This exciting experience includes 3 of our most popular party games as well as additional game selections and Team HQs.
•Slack Channel
https://confetti.pxf.io/xk2vg5
Smoothie Making 🍹
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Culinary
Make some delicious fruit smoothies while socializing with your team!
•Slack Channel
Fishing Trip 🎣
New
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Zero/Low Cost
Gather your employees and their families for a relaxing afternoon of summer fishing! Make sure everyone has the appropriate licenses and provide them with some tackle!
Beach Cleanup 🏖
New
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Social Impact/Volunteering
Slack Challenges
Encourage your employees to head down to their local beach and pick up some pieces of trash!
•Slack Channel
Ice Cream Making Class🍦
New
Kid Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Culinary
Satisfy your cold cravings, and learn how to make homemade ice cream with customized mix-ins and toppings.
•Video Platform •Expert host
https://confetti.pxf.io/zNxeRr
Summer Photography Competition 📸
New
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Host a summer-themed photo competition for employees to submit snapshots from their travels or daily life, and arrange a Zoom link for everyone to vote on their favorite submissions after the deadline!
•Slack Channel
Family Beach Day 🏖
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Encourage your employees around the globe to take their families out to have some fun in the sun! Create a Slack channel where everyone can share the beautiful beaches in their own city.
•Slack Channel
Summer Barbecue 🍖
New
Culinary
Arrange a BBQ lunch or dinner for your team! You can even theme the BBQ around summer holidays, such as the Fourth of July!
Virtual Pride Pub 🍻
New
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Have a sparkling Pride celebration at our Pride Pub, featuring live pop tunes. Show what you know at Pride Trivia or mingle with teammates in conversation rooms!
•Video Platform •Expert host
confetti.pxf.io/rnYjmG
Drag Queen Trivia 👑
New
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Flaunt your brains in this exciting game of virtual trivia, hosted by a fabulous drag queen who'll slay the house with laughter.
•Video Platform •Expert host
https://confetti.pxf.io/Ke7kDv
Rainbow Bagel Making Class 🌈
New
Kid Friendly
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Parent Friendly
Culinary
Learn how to make your own bagels... and then dye them!
•Video Platform •Expert host
https://confetti.pxf.io/LP7eQ3
Black History Mixology Class
New
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Participants will make a Black history-inspired cocktail, and learn about the real stories and history that inspired the drink. Dive into cocktail making basics, including how to: Master bartending skills and mixologist techniques Pair ingredients and flavors so you can create your own custom cocktails Followed by a Q&A In between drinks, mingle, ask questions, and of course... sip! 🧑 Host: This experience is led by a knowledgeable African American host. 🍸 Dietary Accommodations: A mocktail
•Video Platform
https://confetti.pxf.io/qnYr7q
Black Cultural Impact Class
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Large Scale
In a lecture-style setting, learn about Black history and uncover how the contributions of Black Americans have impacted America as a whole. This is a fun, educational opportunity to celebrate the way a prominent American subculture has helped a country grow and flourish. From jazz and gospel music to the Civil Rights Movement, join us as we celebrate the impact Black people have had on America's culture through: Music Art Politics... and more! This class includes Q&A opportunities, giving par
•Video Platform
https://confetti.pxf.io/DV7D2G
Understanding Juneteenth
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Large Scale
Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans on June 19, 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed. In 2021, Juneteenth became an official federal holiday. Join us in a celebration of African American culture and learn about the history of Juneteenth in a lecture-style setting. Through a collection of slides and images, participants will explore: the laws and proclamations that surrounded the freeing of enslaved people
•Video Platform
https://confetti.pxf.io/9W0vXY
Juneteenth Jeoparty
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Social Impact/Volunteering
To celebrate Juneteenth, we want to invite you to a fun game of Juneteenth Jeopardy! Participants will be asked a series of questions about the History, Multimedia, and famous faces around the US. Win a variety of rewards from this fast-paced and competitive game!
•Video Platform
https://confetti.pxf.io/jWYKvb
Hand Lettering Class ✍️
New
Learning & Development
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Start perfecting your hand-written letters by joining this Hand Lettering Class! This class offers participants the basics of hand lettering techniques to design their own choice of words or quotes!
•Video Platform •Art Instructor •Send participants Hand Lettering supplies (pens, paper, ink) •ask participants to ready a clear desk to work on
confetti.pxf.io/jWYKvb
Laughter Yoga 🤣
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Connect with your inner child through the power of laughter and joy. This laughter yoga class is designed for relieving stress and feel good team bonding!
•Video Platform •Zoom link •empty space •Cameras are asked to be turned on •laughter yoga instructor
https://confetti.pxf.io/EKKYLD
Composting Class 🚮
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Social Impact/Volunteering
Hybrid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Want to make your own garden fertilizer with little to no effort? A great way to do so is to familiarize yourself with the ways of composting! This event will have you and your team join a virtual Composting Class which includes an instructor that will teach you how to compost your leftovers and the importance of composting.
•Video Platform •Participants are suggested to organize a list of leftovers they may have after every meal they have had throughout their week •Composting Instructor
confetti.pxf.io/e4Yd66
Taking a Look at Volunteering Campaigns
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Social Impact/Volunteering
To show our appreciation for National Volunteer Month, we should acknowledge and participate in one of the many Volunteer Campaigns that our community hosts. A great way to familiarize ourselves with the different ways to celebrate is to come together and decide which campaigns you should join in on as a team! Let's participate to make our community a safe a better place for all.
•Video Platform
https://www.epochapp.com/blog/volunteer-month
Sound Bath Meditation 👂🧘‍♀️
New
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Experience the power of sound and meditation in an extra soothing sound bath workshop. Calm your team's thoughts away mid-week or during wellness week!
•Video Platform •Zoom Link •Calming Sound Therapist •Ask participants to ensure they are in a quiet room before joining the event
https://confetti.pxf.io/PyyqeR
Aromatherapy & Oils Class 🧘
New
Learning & Development
Zero/Low Cost
Parent Friendly
Are you interested in Aromatherapy? Join this relaxing event and learn all about essential oil blending and how to use these oils to advance mental and physical well-being, from a professional instructor.
•Video Platform •Zoom Link • Instructor to lead the event and teach participants all about essential oil blending and how to use these oils to advance well-being. • Send out essential oil kit to all attendees
confetti.pxf.io/Vy7oGJ
Spring Mixology Class 🍹
New
Zero/Low Cost
Culinary
Learning & Development
Now that it is Spring, why not celebrate the warm weather by mixing fruity and tasty cocktails! In this Mixology class, participants will learn how to create two spring themed cocktails, while also perfecting their bartending skills.
•Video Platform •Send out necessary ingredients and materials (cups, straws, etc.) • An experienced individual or professional mixologist to lead attendees in creating their unique, spring-inspired cocktails!
https://confetti.pxf.io/JzLAxq
Asian Art Museum Storytelling Tour 🏮
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Hybrid Friendly
AAPI Heritage Month is right around the corner! Join this event and learn all about traditional Asian art! Explore various breathtaking art pieces and storytelling from an Asian art educator.
•Video Platform • Zoom Link • Asian Art Educator to lead the event • Encourage employees to bring children to join in on this exciting event!
https://confetti.pxf.io/gbYy2v
Terrarium Workshop 🪴
New
Kid Friendly
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Wellness
Discover the joys of crafting your very own DIY terrarium with guidance from a knowledgeable facilitator. Our virtual terrarium workshops provide an opportunity to connect with nature, unleash creativity, and learn about the art of terrarium making.
•Video Platform • Zoom Link • A Botanical expert to lead the workshop and share appropriate tips and tricks on proper terrarium care • Send out necessary equipment
https://confetti.pxf.io/vnG4BN
Chinese Tea Tasting 🍵
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Culinary
Zero/Low Cost
Embark on a sensory mind and body tea experience as you brew and taste Chinese tea using a traditional Gaiwan set.
•Video Platform •a Tea expert to host the event •send out a variety of Chinese tea packets • encourage participants to use Chinese teacups
https://confetti.pxf.io/zNevLm
💝🕊Valentines Origami 💝🕊
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Become the perfect host and learn how to build your own charcuterie board with an expert charcutier!
•Video Platform •Send out a variety of origami paper with different designs •Host that will teach the audience how to fold paper into different shapes
https://confetti.pxf.io/da9v1Q
Pictionary ✍️❓
New
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Let's take the evening to share some laughs through a game of Pictionary! Everyone will take turns drawing an assigned word and players will have to guess what is being drawn. This is a great opportunity to show everyone your artistic skills!
•Video platform
https://epoch.epochapp.com/event/5685
DIY Charcuterie Board 🍇🧀
New
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Culinary
Come join the Epoch Team with our DIY Charcuterie Night! We will be spending the night challenging each other with who can make the most elegant charcuterie board while sipping on our own glasses of wine 🥂.
•Video Platform •Send out Charcuterie board ingredients (also provide a vegetarian option) •Send out Charcuterie board
https://confetti.pxf.io/75GVj3
Make Your Own Snow Globe ☃️
New
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
An exciting and budget-friendly event that will bring your whole team together! Your team will have the opportunity to bond and create their own unique snow globe before the winter season comes to an end!
• Video platform • Send out snow globe making kits with all of the supplies
https://wavy.live/marketplace/snow-globe
Chocolate Tasting 🍫
New
Kid Friendly
Zero/Low Cost
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Culinary
This virtual chocolate tasting event is a fun and interactive team building experience that will change the way you taste and think about this sweet treat.
• Video platform • An experienced chocolate maker that can host the event and talk about how chocolate is made. • Send out chocolate tasting kits (optional)
https://confetti.pxf.io/Y9qY5O
Handmade Holiday Cards 💌
New
Kid Friendly
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Wellness
Parent Friendly
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Creating holiday cards is easy, time-friendly, and a great way to spend time with your team this season. Take a break from working, hop on a call with your team and take a breather while you create special and unique holiday cards for your loved ones!
• Video platform • Arts and Crafts Supplies • Send out Handmade holiday card kits (optional)
https://wavy.live/marketplace/holiday-cards
Pottery Painting 🎨
New
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Team Meeting Additions
What's better than art you can use? Design your own abstract mug or planter in a pottery painting class with your team. 👩‍🎨
• Video platform • Pottery Painting supplies; ceramic pots or plates, paint, paint brushes • Send out pottery painting kits (optional)
https://confetti.pxf.io/k0av5M
Cake Baking Class 🧁
New
Culinary
Kid Friendly
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Learning & Development
Team bonding's a piece of cake when you add baking into the mix. Cake your team's day with a delicious cake baking class led by an experienced pastry chef who will lead your team through their favorite homemade recipes.👨‍🍳👩‍🍳
• Video platform • Decide on a specific recipe for you and your peers to bake together! Gather the appropriate supplies like ingredients and utensils
https://confetti.pxf.io/QyNXBz
Classic Team Trivia❓❓
New
Zero/Low Cost
Team Meeting Additions
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Wellness
In our online trivia game, your team will have the opportunity to put their brains together and tackle a wide range of captivating questions. From pop culture to history, sports to science, our classic version of virtual team trivia covers an assortment of fun and random topics for everyone.
•Video Platform
https://confetti.pxf.io/R5GORa
Dumpling Making 🥟
New
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Wellness
Learning & Development
Culinary
Need a fun recipe to make with friends/family? Come join us in learning how to make traditional Chinese dumplings!
•Video Platform •Expert host •Send out Dumpling wrapping paper and choice of vegetarian or meat dumpling recipe's
https://confetti.pxf.io/3e9xAX
Fall Painting 🎨 🌱
New
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Zero/Low Cost
Create a glorious fall inspired masterpiece in this painting class at home. For beginners and experts alike!
•Video Platform •Send out pots, plant supplies (dirt and seeds), paint supplies
https://confetti.pxf.io/oqzYGg
Candle Making Class 🕯
New
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Wellness
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
This candle-making class is perfect for a team of any size and a perfect opportunity to master the art of candle-making. This live workshop experience explores the craft of blending fragrances and the process of building a wax candle from scratch.
• Video platform • Send out candle making kits with all the supplies
https://wavy.live/marketplace/candle-making
Plant Expert AMA on Slack 🪴
New
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Invite a plant expert to join your team's Slack workspace in a dedicated Slack channel for plant lovers. Have the expert host a half-day AMA chat where employees can ask all of their burning plant questions in the channel and share some photos of their plant collection.
• Slack or equivalent platform • Plant expert
Fridge Challenge 🥑
New
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Slack Challenges
Large Scale
Have employees from your global team post a picture of the items in their fridge and others have to guess what country they live in. Create a designated Slack channel where employees can post their pictures and others can place their guesses. A great way to bring a global team together and allow everyone to meet one another across the globe, virtually.
• Slack or equivalent platform
Work-Life Balance Panel for Parents 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
New
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Host a panel on work-life balance for current parents or aspiring parents to open the conversation on working parents. Have parent employees on your team host the panel and discuss topics from career journeys and work-life balance to maternity leave and child care. Create a safe space for current or aspiring parents can come together to ask questions and support one another.
• Video platform • Panel of parents on the team who are comfortable sharing their experiences
Parenting Talks for Pride 👨‍👨‍👧
New
Zero/Low Cost
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
A parenting panel for Pride month and LGBTQ parents. Current or aspiring parents in the LGBTQ community can ask questions to a panel and hear about experiences of other LGBTQ parents on their team. Creating a safe space for employees to come together and support one another.
• Video platform • Panel of parents on your team
Design Zoom Backgrounds 🖼
Zero/Low Cost
Team Meeting Additions
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Allow employees to design their own Zoom backgrounds to be festive for upcoming special days or holidays. They can also simply design a company branded background to use during Zoom meetings
• Design platform to create the Zoom background
https://www.canva.com/
Lip Sync Battle 🎤
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
A super fun event idea to get the whole team involved and get everyone pumped up. Allow attendees to choose the song they would like to lip sync to, so you are able to make a playlist before.
• Video platform• A playlist of songs
Share Your Story Series ❤️
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Create a campaign series where team members share about who they are and their personal story. It can be on various topics and can partner with ERG groups. Create a company hashtag to share the stories on social media or keep in internal. Give the option for employees to record a short video clip or submit their stories anonymously through a form.
• Sharing platform (social media, internal newsletter, etc.)
Italian Cooking Class 🍕
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Unleash your inner chef, and learn how to prepare one of three Italian dishes in a virtual cooking lesson. Based on your choice of dish, a culinary expert will lead participants through a classic Italian-American homemade recipe, reviewing cooking preparations and techniques. Participants will have the chance to ask questions along the way. No cooking experience needed!
• Video platform • A chef or talented employee to lead a pizza-making class for the whole family • Send company-branded aprons to the kids (optional) • Send out ingredients before hand using a platform like Instacart (optional)
https://confetti.pxf.io/Or9QRz
Lego Hour 🏢
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
To help give a little break for the working parents on your team, keep their kids busy during the day with fun activities like Lego Hour! Have an employee lead a lego building class virtually where kids have the chance to talk with one another and practice their lego building skills. To go the extra step, send all the kids who are attending the same lego set to build together during the event.
• Video platform • An employee to lead the Lego Hour • Send lego kits to the attending kids before the event (optional)
Yoga for Kids 🌟
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Zero/Low Cost
This is a great activity to give the working parents a break with this kid-focused event. It will help keep kids active indoors during the day when their parents are working. Set up a virtual yoga class for kids with fun music to get the kids engaged and excited.
• Video platform • A yoga instructor (or any employee with yoga experience) who can teach a kid-friendly class
AMA with the CEO (for kids) 💼
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Zero/Low Cost
This event idea was a perfect one for Bring Your Kids to Work Day! Allow all the children of your parent employees to attend a virtual AMA talk where the kids can ask the CEO anything about their job and company. (Optional: record this video call - with parent's permission - to share with the rest of the team).
• Video platform
Workplace Mental Health Workshop ☀️
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Wellness
Large Scale
An interactive lecture-based workshop to help your team get started on the conversation about mental health in the workplace.
• Video platform • A professional to speak on the topic of mental health
https://confetti.pxf.io/vN43nO
AMA's with a Psychologist 💡
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Wellness
Large Scale
Hosting AMA's with a professional Psychologist is a great way to bring your team together, support one another, and learn valuable information from an expert. Consider having a theme for the conversation or even host them regularly so employees can always feel heard and have this as a consistent resource.
• Video platform • A professional psychologist to speak and answer questions on their profession and mental health specifically
Meditation App Team Subscription 🎶
Wellness
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
A way of showing your employees that you are always thinking about them and are genuinely concerned for their mental well-being is by providing them with constant and consistent resources. An example of this is by providing your team with a subscription to mediation apps to improve their mindfulness and reduce stress so they can be more productive.
• Subscription for employees with a meditation focused app, like Headspace
https://www.headspace.com/
Drag Queen bingo
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Large Scale
A perfect event idea to celebrate Pride in June and to involve the entire team is by having a Drag Queen Bingo night! Offer fun prizes for your employees to win and find an organization to successfully lead the event.
• Video platform • An organization to lead the Drag Queen Bingo event
https://www.dragqueenentertainment.com/virtual-drag-queen-bingo
Goal Planning Workshop 🎯
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
To help keep the motivation alive for all employees throughout the entire year, encourage them to regularly set goals for themselves. They can be personal goals or work-related goals. Host a goal planning workshop to teach employees to create SMART goals and strive to always improve themselves.
• Video platform • Goal planning expert (or employees who are passionate about setting goals)
Challenge: Guess How Many in the Jar 🍬
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Create regular challenges in Slack where employees have to guess how many items are in a jar. The employee who guesses the number or closest to it wins! Some examples: • How many jelly beans are in the jar? • How many buttons are in the jar? • How many candy hearts are in the jar? (Valentine's Day) • How many candy corns are in the jar? (Halloween)
• Slack or equivalent platform • Jar with candy or other items in it
Gardening Workshop 🌷
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Host a garden workshop for the spring and summertime. Topics can include types of flowers that are low maintenance and vegetables that are currently in season to grow. Bring in a gardening expert to offer their tips and you can even send out some gardening supplies to your employees before the event.
• A gardening expert (or employee who is passionate about gardening) • optional gardening supplies kit to send out to employees
Event Passports 📋
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Social Impact/Volunteering
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Offer an event passport program where employees can collect a stamp for each event they attend throughout the year. Reward the employees who have a full passport of stamps by the end of the year.
• Create event passports for your team • Prizes
Slack Debate Channel 🥇
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Get employees engaged in a friendly debate Slack channel. Discuss all the big debates like: Coffee or tea? Cats or dogs? Let your employees decide!
• Slack or equivalent platform
Entrepreneurial Talks 💼
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Social Impact/Volunteering
Large Scale
Host recurring entrepreneurial talks where local small business owners and/or local non-profits employees can host a virtual talk for the team. Each month can be a different theme and plan it around timely events.
• Video platform • Local business owners or local non-profits to host a chat
Slack Channel Raffle 🎟
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Slack Challenges
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Encourage employees to join a new Slack channel by hosting a raffle for all members who join. Get employees to also bring others into the channel by tagging them. You can even make this a regular event by rewarding the most active employees in this Slack channel with entries into a monthly raffle. Offer unique or company-themed prizes to be won.
• Slack or equivalent platform • Raffle prize(s)
Play Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 💵
Zero/Low Cost
Bring this classic game show to life with a virtual twist. Bring your team together over Zoom to have a game show night. Ask for some volunteers to be in the “hot seat” and prepare some questions beforehand for each level. The questions can be general trivia or company-specific ones. Even offer some exciting prizes for the winners.
• Video platform
Beer Tasting 🍺
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Lagers, ales, pilsners, and IPAs... We’ll be hopping right into beer specifics in this virtual tasting experience. Our beer expert will guide your group through experiencing the look, smell, and taste of different types of beer, as well as drawing lasting conclusions about each flavor profile.
• Video platform • Alcohol delivery service like Drizly
https://confetti.pxf.io/MmDxX3
Movie Club 🍿
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Just like a book club, offer a movie club for your employees. Each week assign a movie to watch and then have a virtual lunch discussion on it at the end of the week. Choose movies that are timely such as watching Hidden Figures or Iron Lady for International Women’s Day. Create a slack channel where the discussion can continue even after the lunch meeting and for those who couldn’t make it.
• Video platform • Slack or equivalent platform
Sangria & Secrets 🍹
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Large Scale
Sangria & Secrets has been named the #1 Online Experience in the World! It is an interactive live stream filled with performances from Drag Queens and learn how to make sangria.
• Sangria & Secrets with Drag Taste - Airbnb Experience
https://www.airbnb.ca/experiences/1652939
Virtual 5km 👟
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Wellness
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Encourage your team to get moving with a virtual 5km! Employees can participate in this event whenever it works for them and however they please. Go for a run outside, walk on your treadmill, walk your dog, or go for a bike ride. Create a slack channel where team members can post pictures and motivate each other. Provide printable certificates to those who complete the challenge.
• Slack or equivalent platform
Mixology Class 🍸
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Are you ready to shake, stir, and sip your way to a virtual team building extravaganza? Gather your remote team as we embark on an unforgettable journey into the world of mixology. With the magic of virtual cocktail classes and handy mixology kits, we'll unlock the secrets to creating delicious cocktail favorites.
• Video platform • A special host (or anyone at the company who knows how to mix a nice margarita!) who will guide and answer questions along the way • Recipe & list of Ingredients
https://confetti.pxf.io/VmbemA
Dance Class for Kids 💃
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
This is a great activity to give the working parents a break with this kid-focused event. Have fun with this one and ensure that all levels of dance are welcome in this beginner/basics class. Choose upbeat music for kids and help get all their energy out before bedtime (the parents will thank you later).
• Video platform • A dance instructor (or anyone with dance experience) who can teach a class and create fun choreography for kids
Virtual Cookbook🍴
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Get your employees to submit their favourite recipes and compile them into a company-wide digital cookbook! Include different sections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, kid-friendly dishes, etc. With a global team, you can even categorize the entries by country.
• Online cookbook platform
https://www.familycookbookproject.com/
Terrarium Team Building 🌵
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Discover the joys of crafting your very own DIY terrarium with guidance from a knowledgeable facilitator. Our virtual terrarium workshops provide an opportunity to connect with nature, unleash creativity, and learn about the art of terrarium making.
• Video platform • Experienced gardener/succulent specialist (or anyone with a green thumb) • Send out a DIY potting kit with supplies
https://confetti.pxf.io/vnG4BN
Challenge: Dad Joke Slack Channel 📣
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Open a new slack channel dedicated to your team members sending their best dad jokes. Get employees to react to their favourite ones and award a Dad Joke Champion of the week!
• Slack or equivalent platform • Some funny employees
DJ Session 🎧
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Get your music enthused employees to create workday playlists that employees can listen to from home to help brighten their day and improve productivity.
• Music sharing platform
Calligraphy class ✒️
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Introduce team members to the art of calligraphy to practice and master beautiful handwriting.
• Video platform • Experienced calligrapher • Writing supplies and printable worksheets
Cooking Class for Beginners🍳
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Ready to turn up the heat on your home cooking skills? Learn the basics of cooking from a culinary expert in a Zoom cooking class.
• Video platform • A special host (or anyone at the company who loves to cook!) who will guide and answer questions along the way • Recipe & list of Ingredients
https://confetti.pxf.io/ZQx1xk
Play the Castaway Game 🎲
Zero/Low Cost
Team Meeting Additions
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Have your teammates come to your next meeting with a few items around their office space (the more unique the better). Then, tell your team that they have to pick only one item that they would use to survive if stranded on a desert island. Ask each team member to present what they chose and why.
• Video platform • A unique item you have at home
Group Board Games 🎲
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
As a large or small team get on a call and have some fun with a good old fashion game night! Some of our suggestions include customized jeopardy, trivia, Jackbox games, group puzzles, or word games such as Code Names.
• Video platform • Jackbox Games • Online Group Games
https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/g32057373/best-online-games/
Yoga Class 🧘‍♀️
Zero/Low Cost
Wellness
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Improve employee wellness by integrating mindfulness practices into your team's routine. Start with a yoga class designed for all levels, and deep dive into yoga poses and meditation techniques.
• Video platform • Virtual workout routines
https://confetti.pxf.io/OrrLXP
Group Meditation 👥
Zero/Low Cost
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Clear your mind by experiencing the benefits of meditation. Encourage your team to adopt a regular meditation practice for stress reduction and better mental health.
• Video platform • Meditation platform like Headspace
https://confetti.pxf.io/rQz32v
Guided Sound Meditation 🎵
Zero/Low Cost
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Take a few moments with your team to stay grounded and enjoy some guided meditation to the tune of a professional cellist.
• Video platform • Support from a virtual cellist
https://www.thewongjanice.com/
Virtual Karaoke 🎤
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
After a long week or even a long day, tune into some group karaoke as a way to start off or wrap up your virtual happy hours!
• Video platform
https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/how-to-host-zoom-karaoke-while-coronavirus-social-distancing.html
Virtual Concert 🎸
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Recruit some talented employees to put on a virtual concert/talent show. Throughout the concert have other employees spread some love and support in the chat on the side!
• Video platform
Sew Masks ✂️
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Slack Challenges
Know anyone with some exceptional sewing skills? Or live-video together while following a DIY video! As a small group hop on a call with a sewing guide and learn how to sew masks to donate to first responders in your community.
• Video platform • A sewing guide • Sewing supplies/kit from Amazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9RWII2-5_4
Team Bingo 🙌
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Play bingo with your teams! Use an online Bingo card generator and get people together via video.
• Video platform • Bingo supplies
https://bingobaker.com/
Ask Me Anything (AMAs) 🎤
Zero/Low Cost
Team Meeting Additions
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Highlight someone interesting in your organization and have an AMA. AMA’s allow peers, co-workers, and employees to ask a very someone anything they want to know about their journey to today.
• Video platform • An individual from company or expert an interesting field
Virtual Panel or Speaker Series 🗣️
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Invite speakers or leadership or employee experts to lead a discussion or host a webinar! Use any video conference platform, schedule 30mins-1hour during lunch, and invite everyone to join! Plan panel speakers around certain themed-months (i.e. Mental Health Awareness month, LatinX Heritage month, etc). Another option is to invite employees to speak on a virtual panel about their own personal interests or experiences.
• Video platform • Idea: start a wellbeing internal series focused on bringing in wellbeing leaders and educators • Idea: invite a therapist to speak on mental wellness during a pandemic and WFH tips
Virtual Volunteering 🌎
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Social Impact/Volunteering
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Wellness
Virtual volunteering experiences give us another option to continue to do good for our communities while social distancing.
• Video platform • Colleciton of virtual volunteering opportunities
https://epoch.docsend.com/view/wh6misv
Virtual Lunch Club 🍔
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
No need to find a place to sit in this club! Grab some food and a comfy place to sit, eat and enjoy getting to know some new co-workers.
• Video platform • Great or teams or getting to meet new colleagues, virtually
Workshops 📚
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Want to pick up some hard skills from those around you? In a small group host a workshop. Have one department volunteer a few leaders to walk through a presentation about the basic skills of their choosing to folks from all different teams throughout the organization. For example, team leads from Marketing can host a workshop on SEO or invite a nutrition coach!
• Video platform • Topics: technical or wellness (i.e. nutritionist, ergonomics, mindfulness) • Expert in the topic • [optional] lunch gift cards if you’re doing it as a lunch and learn
Netflix Party 📺
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Get a big team together, choose a show, and stream as a team. Make sure everyone has the Netflix party link before the event so everyone sees the same thing at the same time.
• Video platform • Teleparty Google extension or equivalent platform
https://vemos.org/
Special Guest Booking or Experience ⭐️
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Get a group together and make an event around a certain special guest or experience of your choosing. Or, gift an employee experience to teams or an employee!
• Book a virtual event via Special Guest App • Book an Airbnb virtual experience
https://specialguestapp.com/
Scavenger Hunt 📷
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Wellness
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Put together a list of items and give everyone a set time to go out and find the items to take a photo with. Post photos on Slack/Teams and the winner gets a prize! This is a fun activity, away from the screen.
• Slack/Teams channel • List of items to take a photo with (i.e. tree outside, recycling bin, household items)
Do a BuzzFeed Quiz 📝
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Take 10 minutes to take a fun quiz together! Share what sushi or house plant you are from these quick quizzes. You can share results on a Slack/Teams channel or on a call.
• Video platform • BuzzFeed Quizzes • Slack or equivalent platform
https://www.buzzfeed.com/quizzes
Company Cribs (Architectural Digest Open Door) 🏠
Zero/Low Cost
Team Meeting Additions
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Get everyone to give a quick 30secound tour of their home or workspace! This can be done ‘live’ via a video call or get everyone to pre-record and post on Slack/Teams. A great example from Reddit (they put together a video)!
• Video platform or recording • Slack or equivalent platform
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/reddit-com_this-is-where-the-magic-happens-activity-6653010591285854208-z77I
Kahoot 🔵
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Customize trivia quizzes, question and answer games to keep employees engaged and on their toes. Or make a game out of the whole thing! Using the Kahoot software, employees can race on answering customized questions.
• Video platform
https://kahoot.com/
Mad Libs with the team or send out for people with kids 📝
Zero/Low Cost
Team Meeting Additions
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Send out Mad Libs for people to fill out on their own, as a team, or with their kids!
• Video platform • Find booklets online or make your own
http://www.madlibs.com/
Reading Show 📚
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Bring a team together and have someone read a short story, poem, or an excerpt from their favorite book! Soothing librarian voice not required.
• Video platform • Short story, poem, or excerpt from someone’s favorite book
Virtual Museum Tours 🖼️
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Learning & Development
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Get a team together and take a tour around some of the world's most prestigious Museums. Explore some incredible exhibits from The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, The British Museum in London, and Musee d’Orsay in Paris.
• Video platform • Tour ideas: Getty Museum Tour, Musée d’Orsay, Paris Tour, British Museum with Google presents Museum of the World
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
Can you hear me? 👂
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Get a team together and choose one person to start. That one person will put themselves on mute and begin to say a word or phrase. The other members of the team will have to guess what their mute team member is trying to say.
• Video platform
Spreadsheet pixel art 🖌️
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
As a team, work together to choose a picture and recreate that picture using the colors and fill cell option on a google sheet. Some teams can get creative and generate a Paint by Numbers as well.
• Video platform • Google Sheets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_by_number
Virtual Wine Tasting🍷
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Calling all wine lovers — experience elevated team happy hour with a virtual tasting event, right from the comfort of your couch.
• Video platform • Support from a local vineyard
https://confetti.pxf.io/LXxq2M
Lunch-time on your own 🍱
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Allow time and space for everyone to have their lunchtime to be with loved ones, family, and/or quiet time to themselves. For employees with kids, this is a great way to support everyone’s family time.
• Company-wide opt-in that lunchtime should be mandatory (for a few days/weeks)
Magic and Mentalism Show 🎩
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Watch the magic unfold in a live, interactive virtual magic show designed for team building. Guests will be invited to participate and engage as they experience never-before-seen stage illusions, card tricks, and much, much more!
• Video platform • Hire a magician for employees’ kids
https://confetti.pxf.io/7mRG2O
Family Mad Libs 📃
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Send out Mad Libs for people to fill out on their own, as a team, or with their kids!
• Video platform
http://www.madlibs.com/ & https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-Mad-Libs/
Reading Show 👓
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Bring a team together and have someone read a short story, poem, or an excerpt from their favorite book! Soothing librarian voice not required.
• Video platform • Short story, poem, or excerpt from someone’s favourite book
Colour Together 🖍️
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Large Scale
Use a colouring page generator and share with parents at your company! Afterward, organize a group video call to have everyone show-off their colouring skills or share on Slack/Teams channel.
• Video platform • [maybe] Slack/Teams
https://reallycolor.com/ or http://www.hellokids.com/
Show and Tell 🔦
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Large Scale
Schedule a call with everyone with kids to “show and tell” their favourite items! Kids can also take a photo of their item and share it on Slack/Teams (your assistance might be needed) with a quick explanation.
• Video platform • [maybe] Slack/Teams
Kids-friendly Scavenger Hunt ✖️
Zero/Low Cost
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Large Scale
Create a list for parents to print out and share with their kids!
• Slack/Teams
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/93449760994547541/
Zoom LinkedIn Learning 🖥️
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Get a small team together and over Zoom go through a LinkedIn learning course. Fill out any discussion or prompts as a team.
• Video platform • LinkedIn Learning
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/me
Skill Sharing (Workshops, Webinars, Masterclasses) 💡
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Have an employee share their skill set and how they’ve got to where they are within a certain field (i.e. have a Senior Marketing Director share the top 5 things they do to ensure a high-performing email campaign). Highlight different employees' impact on the business in a way that allows employees to learn from their co-workers and create new connections over Zoom.
• Video platform
Guest Speaker Series 🎤
Team Meeting Additions
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Host an employee on a company-wide podcast that can either be broadcasted to all employees over Zoom or can be available for viewing after. Another option is to invite a special speaker (i.e. Nonprofit Executive Director, Small Business Owner, etc). Broadcast the interview for employees to watch or listen to after.
• Video platform
Book Club 📚
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Slack Challenges
Split employees into smaller teams and assign each team a book to be completed within a certain time period. The books chosen should be educational or add value to the team reading the book.
• Video platform • Can be completed individually or as a team
https://www.free-ebooks.net/
Employee Educational Resource Bin 🔖
Zero/Low Cost
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Learning & Development
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Anything that you would want employees to read, watch, listen to should be stored in one open place that your company email provides access to.
• Some recommendations for platforms to store bookmarked videos, podcasts, and articles are Pocket, Dropbox, and Google Drive
https://getpocket.com/ or https://www.dropbox.com/ or https://www.google.ca/drive/
Emoji Challenge 😃
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Large Scale
Hybrid Friendly
Try and guess the name of the TV show/Movie/Book based on a stream of Emojis. Start a private slack chat and set the category.
• Slack/Teams channel
Exercise Challenge 🏋️‍♀️
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Wellness
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Take a little recess from your day and challenge yourself to complete 30 squats, or see how many push-ups you can complete in one minute! Share your progress with your team.
• Slack/Teams channel
Hydration Challenge 🚰
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
With summer coming up we all need to stay hydrated. Challenge yourself to drink a little more water than usual during the day. Share your progress with your team.
• Slack/Teams channel
Explore Decor 🏠
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Take a picture of your favorite, or funniest piece of decor you have around your home. Share it with your team and be sure to add why it is so special to you! Great example from Reddit in links!
• Slack/Teams channel
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/reddit-com_this-is-where-the-magic-happens-activity-6653010591285854208-z77I
Reading Challenge 📕
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Take a few moments out of the day and read 10 pages of your current book. When you're done share what book you’re reading with your team.
• Slack/Teams channel • A book!
Origami Challenge 🦢
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Get one person on your team to post a finished origami item. Without a step-by-step guide grab yourself a piece of paper and try to recreate the picture your team member sent you. Share your final product with the team.
• Slack/Teams channel • A piece of paper
Recipe Roundup 🥗
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Kid Friendly
Parent Friendly
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Search through your family archives and share your oldest recipe that’s been in your family for generations. If this doesn’t work then share your oldest recipe along with your newest, or most favorite recipe with the team.
• Slack/Teams channel
Celebrity look-alike 🎬
Solo Challenges (not on Zoom)
Zero/Low Cost
Slack Challenges
Hybrid Friendly
Large Scale
Share a picture of yourself and your celebrity look-alike with your team.
• Slack/Teams channel
Pet Show 🐶
Team Meeting Additions
Large Scale
Share your fantastic pets with your co-workers at the beginning of your video call! As a team go around and have everyone take the time to introduce their pets to the team. Bonus points for any tricks your animals know how to do!
• Video platform
New Co-workers Intro 👋
Team Meeting Additions
Large Scale
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Get your colleagues to introduce their new co-workers (i.e. roommates or family they are shelter-in-place with!).
• Video platform
House Plant Introduction 🌱
Team Meeting Additions
Large Scale
Are you a fan of the great outdoors even while inside? Why not introduce your co-workers to the fun foliage that warms your home every day. During this event, everyone takes some time to go about their workspace introducing people to their house plants. Make sure to give them a name!
• Video platform
Earth Day Park Clean Up
New
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
Celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up local parks near where you work or live. Please remember to maintain social distancing, wear your mask and a pair of gloves while picking up any garbage you see in your way. Remember to dispose of any garbage or recycling you collect properly.
About the Organization: • Partner with your local community to get outside, social distance, and clean up your local parks.
CareerVillage
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Get notified when we have a question you can answer. We will let you know by email when we have a question that would be a good fit for your skills or experiences. Post answers to questions. The asker will get notified and many other students will read your advice as well.
About the Organization: • CareerVillage.org's mission is to democratize access to career information and advice for underrepresented youth. • They crowdsource the answers to every question from every student about every career.
https://www.careervillage.org/
Missing Maps
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
It is no problem if you have never mapped before - it doesn't take long to learn. Visit the beginner’s section to find out how. If you already know how to edit OpenStreetMap, feel free to just get started.
About the Organization: • Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project in which you can help to map areas where humanitarian organizations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people.
https://www.missingmaps.org/
UN Volunteers
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
Volunteers contribute directly to the work of development organizations, working from a computer, tablet, or mobile phone anywhere in the world.
About the Organization: • The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program contributes to sustainable human development through volunteerism worldwide.
https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en
Catch-a-Fire
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Filter through volunteer opportunities based on cause area, skillset, and time commitment to find the best option for you. Choose to volunteer in ways ranging from a 1-hour phone call to a 3-month pre-scoped project.
About the Organization: • Catch-a-fire is a community of individuals seeking to support and strengthen the social good sector. • They do this by matching professionals who want to donate their time and talent with nonprofits who need those skills.
https://www.catchafire.org/
Ark of Hope for Children - Removing Chains
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
There are many ways to help with Removing Chains; whether as a Greeter, Listener, Mentor, or Survivor's Coach in the chat rooms; or in other ways as a Greeter/Guide or managing our resource library. Your help is greatly needed!
About the Organization: • Ark of Hope for Children is empowering advocates and donors to bring care and awareness to those victimized as children by human trafficking, child abuse, and bullying.
https://www.removingchains.org/support/volunteer
Translators without Borders
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
You can volunteer with TWB if you are fluent in at least one language other than your native language. Whether you are interested in translating medical texts or translating for crisis response, there are engaging projects available to suit all preferences.
About the Organization: • Translators without Borders is a non-profit working towards a world where knowledge knows no language barriers.
https://translatorswithoutborders.org/volunteer/
Be My Eyes
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Take visual calls for blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers.
About the Organization: • Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call.
https://www.bemyeyes.com/
Zooniverse
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
The main ways of volunteering with this organization are helping with classifications on data, being a beta tester on projects yet to be launched, and being a moderator for a project.
About the Organization: • The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. • This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers.
https://www.zooniverse.org/get-involved
7Cups
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Getting started as an active listener is easy and rewarding in many ways. You’re in complete control over your displayed availability, so you can listen as often as you like.
About the Organization: • 7 Cups is happy to say, “We’re here for you!” • No matter who you are or what you’re going through, this is a place where you’ll be heard and cared for. • We might be strangers on the surface, but underneath we’re just the friends you haven’t met yet.
https://www.7cups.com/
Project Implicit
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Take the implicit test to provide more data to Harvard researchers fighting against stereotypes, hidden biases to progress greater diversity and inclusion.
About the Organization: • Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts, and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. • The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Project Gutenberg
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
You can help in many ways: by proofreading an eBook, or procure eligible paper books.
About the Organization: • Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. • Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education.
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Volunteering_for_Project_Gutenberg
Crisis Text Line
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
As a Crisis Counselor, you’ll be working with people in crisis to help them move from a hot moment to cool and calm. Even better, you’ll be helping texters and helping yourself. Hear from some current Crisis Counselors about how joining us made their year so much better.
About the Organization: • Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. • Text 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained Crisis Counselor. • Crisis Text Line trains volunteers to support people in crisis. • With over 100 million messages processed to date, Crisis Text Line is growing quickly, but so is the need.
https://www.crisistextline.org/volunteer/
LibriVox
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net for free.
About the Organization: • LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then the audio files are released back onto the net for free.
https://librivox.org/pages/volunteer-for-librivox/
Smithsonian
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Become a Smithsonian Digital Volunteer and help us make historical documents and biodiversity data more accessible.
About the Organization: • The Smithsonian Transcription Center seeks to engage the public in making our collections more accessible. • Working hand-in-hand with digital volunteers to transcribe historic documents and collection records to facilitate research and excite the learning in everyone.
https://transcription.si.edu/
Help with COVID
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
Sign up to be a volunteer and participate in any of the projects in need of volunteers.
About the Organization: • Help with COVID provides numerous volunteer opportunities, including online ones.
https://helpwithcovid.com/
Foldit
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of humans' puzzle-solving intuitions and having people play competitively to fold the best proteins. We’re collecting data to find out if humans' pattern-recognition and puzzle-solving abilities make them more efficient than existing computer programs at pattern-folding tasks. If this turns out to be true, we can then teach human strategies to computers and fold proteins faster than ever!
About the Organization: • Foldit is a revolutionary crowdsourcing computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. • This page describes the science behind Foldit and how your playing can help.
https://fold.it/portal/
FIELD Museum
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
In this project, you will learn about two closely related species of plants. For over 150 years, scientists thought these were just one species, but their uniqueness was recently confirmed by genetic evidence. These types of similar-looking-but-distinct plants are called “cryptic species.” Your mission is to help spot the differences between these two species of plants.
About the Organization: • The Field Museum fuels a journey of discovery across time to enable solutions for a brighter future rich in nature and culture.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cryptic-species
Call to Care
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
You’ll be paired with an isolated senior to provide social support. You can interact through phone calls, text, or video chat.
About the Organization: • Care Buddies are pairs of people who check-in with one another. • They’re cross-generational pen-pals who give one another a sense of safety, community, and purpose in this time of isolation.
https://www.callto.care/
Tech Serve TO
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Large Scale
You’ll be connected to and help people who need help setting up simple tech products (like Zoom or Fitbit). The time commitment is only 2 hours a week, and you'll be able to make a meaningful impact with people who are struggling to connect virtually.
About the Organization: • Here at TechserveTO, we are driven by a single goal; to do our part in making the coronavirus crisis more manageable for those that lack adequate access to technology. • We are connecting do-gooders that have technological know-how with people seeking help.
https://www.techserveto.com/
KEEN SF
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Wellness
You’ll be joining in on their Zoom activity calls.
About the Organization: • KEEN is committed to providing free recreational opportunities to children and young adults with disabilities by pairing them with trained volunteers for fun, non-competitive activities. • KEEN seeks to develop each athlete's self-esteem and confidence, as well as recreational skills and talents, and to increase each athlete's ability to participate in a broader range of recreational activities and environments.
https://web.godeed.today/deeds/5ea0bddc96154e1bcc7e07c3
TechSoup
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Answer tech-related questions to help the nonprofit sector better use technology to increase its impact. Share your knowledge, tech tips, and advice with hundreds of individuals.
About the Organization: TechSoup equips change makers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.
http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/
Science Buddies
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Participate in Ask An Expert by helping students from kindergarten to grade 12 answer questions about STEM! Volunteer experts work together to provide personalized assistance with students who have questions about any phase of their project, from coming up with an idea to analyzing data to displaying results at a science fair.
About the Organization: Science Buddies works to inspire and educate students of all ages with hands-on STEM explorations that reflect their unique personal interests. By providing highly personalized educational experiences, they drive student discovery, engagement, and learning in STEM subjects.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/ask-an-expert/
MicroMentor
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Large Scale
MicroMentor matches small business owners with business mentors to share advice and learnings to help these small businesses grow. As a MicroMentor simply create a quick profile to get matched with businesses that have questions for you. Respond to these questions with your expertise whenever you have a free moment.
About the Organization: MicroMentor's social platform enables the world's largest community of purpose-driven entrepreneurs and business mentors to create powerful connections, solve problems, and build successful businesses together.
https://www.micromentor.org/signup/mentor
Black Girls Code
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Participate in BGC’s various virtual hackathons by volunteering as a mentor for either technical or nontechnical roles. Support the girls who participate in developing skills in ideation, team-working, app development, and presentation.
About the Organization: Black Girls CODE introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in programming languages such as Scratch or Ruby on Rails.
https://www.blackgirlscode.com/
Technovation
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Be a Project Judge and offer feedback on projects submitted to the Technovation and/or AI Family programs. Encourage and support participants remotely, through Technovation's online judging platform. And help families and girls refine their ideas and encourage them to keep building.
About the Organization: Technovation is a global tech education nonprofit that empowers girls and families to become leaders, creators and problem-solvers.
https://technovationchallenge.org/
Code Path
Social Impact/Volunteering
Zero/Low Cost
Learning & Development
Become a tech mentor and provide students with the advice, feedback, and encouragement they need to start successful careers in tech.
About the Organization: CodePath is preparing the next generation of underrepresented talent for careers in the tech industry.
https://codepath.chronus.com/
Escape Quest 🕵️
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Welcome to Escape Quest, an exciting virtual experience that combines the best elements of an online escape room and a scavenger hunt. This unique fusion is specifically designed to enhance virtual team building and problem-solving skills, creating an immersive adventure for all participants.
Computer (No Mobile or Tablet) Supported Browser Network Access to External Sites Access to Google Drive Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/e4yrYg
Taboo
Zero/Low Cost
Hybrid Friendly
Team Meeting Additions
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Can your team guess the word? Get ready for a thrilling virtual word-guessing adventure with our captivating online Taboo game. Can you guide your team to guess the hidden word before the clock runs out? It's time to find out!
Computer Supported Browser Network Access to External Sites Access to Google Drive Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/4PrDvo
Resin Art Class 🎨
Kid Friendly
New
Get crafty with your team and learn how to make your own geode inspired resin coaster in a virtual art class. Our live art instructor will guide participants through creating their own DIY resin coaster in a step-by-step demonstration.
Clean and Level Workspace Mailing Addresses Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/1rDLvm
BYO Jam Making Class 🍇
New
Kid Friendly
Culinary
Learn how to make homemade strawberry jam in this berry-delicious 30-minute team-building experience.
Ingredients & Supplies Stove Clean Workspace Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
Virtual Barre Class 🤸
Hybrid Friendly
Wellness
Raise the barre! Unleash your team's inner dancer with our virtual barre class! Learn simple barre techniques and exercises set to energetic music for the ultimate team building workout.
Cameras On Chair or Table Space to Move Yoga Mat or Towel Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/QyNr73
Couchella 🎶
Kid Friendly
New
Large Scale
Gather your whole team for a virtual music festival, including breakout rooms with live music, collaborative songwriting, and more.
Computer Ability to Use Zoom Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/anxmER
Plug and Play Mixer 🤝
New
Team Meeting Additions
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Encourage your team to unplug from the workday and plug into some getting-to-know-you fun! Our social mixer includes fast-paced, hosted micro games that will get your team bonding, using technology in unique ways, and learning about each other on a deeper level.
Computer Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/0Z9xYP
Fortune Cookie Making Class 🥠
New
Kid Friendly
Culinary
Learn how to make fortune cookies from scratch while learning about their origins from Chinese American culture.
Additional Ingredients & Supplies Pen or Pencil Stove Clean Workspace Mailing Addresses Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/QyNrko
Customer Water Cooler 👥
New
Zero/Low Cost
New Hire/Onboarding Events
Team Meeting Additions
We bring the fun, you bring the focus in this Custom Water Cooler game! Inspired by our unique prompts, create a personalized icebreaker experience with questions specific to your company and your team.
Completed Submission Form Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/75GrZg
Mexican Cooking Class 🌮
Kid Friendly
Culinary
Immerse yourself in Mexican cuisine and culture while sizzling up delicious tacos, churros, or chilaquiles.
Stove Additional Ingredients and Supplies Kitchen Table Space Mailing Addresses Ability to Use Zoom (Free) Access to Zoom Chat
https://confetti.pxf.io/k0a3mL
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