How To Plan And Execute A Virtual Team Building Event

You’re starting to put a team together to help you get more done in a day. You’ve hired a writer, a graphic designer, a tech person and someone to help with customer service and various administrative tasks. In other words, you’re putting the team together, but they’re not quite a true team yet. They don’t know each other and don’t have any type of relationship. That’s ok, you’re just starting out and some of that will come with time. But if you’re ready to speed things up and grow your team, I have just the thing for you. Consider holding a virtual team building event. It’s a great way to get everyone “together” and give them a chance to get to know each other. Why would you bother? Because of something called the “Water Cooler Effect”. The idea is that by interacting around the water cooler you forge social connections with your coworkers. That in turn results in higher job satisfaction and increased productivity. In a physical office, this happens around the water cooler, in the bre