Digital Event Icebreakers
Use the Virtual Event Icebreakers Template to host a fun and engaging digital session with your distributed or remote team.
Spice up your event program with 2 ice breakers that are meant to build connections, spark conversations, and even challenge your drawing skills.
Let’s connect:
At a virtual event, it’s challenging to connect with your peers and get to know each other. Not anymore! Use a Miro Map to share where you’re dialing in from, leave a comment with a little bit about yourself, and discover how diverse the group is.
Let’s draw:
While you wait for attendees to trickle in, start your session with a fun drawing challenge. Using the pen tool, draw your favorite fruit and play a round of pictionary.
How do you play an icebreaker virtually?
Using Miro’s template, virtual icebreakers are easy to manage. Everyone joins a video call from their remote location — then they’ll follow your lead based on whatever digital icebreaker you’ve created. As the event leader, navigating what happens and when is up to you. You’ll need to clearly state the order you’ll be doing things and make sure people know when they can talk and share information about what they’ve written or drawn. Having someone lead the conversation also helps participants feel more comfortable (and it avoids awkward silence, which is a bonus).
How long should icebreakers last?
Most virtual team-building games last around 5 minutes and ideally no longer than 20 minutes. Of course, this depends on the size of your remote team. If you have a larger team, you’ll be looking at closer to 20 minutes. With a small remote team, you can keep it closer to 5 minutes. The important thing to remember is that if the icebreaker is too long, virtual teams might lose interest — especially because it’s an online meeting, which already makes it harder for them to focus. Keep it short, sweet, and engaging.
What do you say during an ice breaker?
It depends on the type of icebreaker and the team you’re working with. Most people will first introduce themselves and their role at the company and maybe answer a fun trivia question about themselves. As the host, you’ll be in charge of navigating that conversation and making sure everyone has a chance to speak.
How do you end an icebreaker?
When everyone in the remote team has participated, and you’ve had time to talk as a group, you can move on to the rest of the virtual meeting. Usually, it comes to a natural close, and the host moves things along — but make sure things don’t veer off on a tangent too much. You want to keep it under 20 minutes, so be clear about when the icebreaker will finish and move things along when the time comes.
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