Motivating and Connecting Your Community Virtually

Virtual Icebreakers:

  1. Mood barometer
  2. Show and tell
  3. Team trivia
  4. Fika coffee time
  5. Rose, thorn, bud
  6. Most unique scavenger hunt
  7. Two truths and a lie
  8. Scattergories
  9. Never have I ever
  10. To tell the truth
  11. Pictionary 
  12. Anywhere in the world
  13. Shabbat Shabam
  14. The wind is blowing
  15. Codenames
  16. Family portrait
  17. Link with cameras
  18. Squad squabble
  19. Failure friday
  20. Virtual tour guide
  21. Image charades
  22. Six word memoirs
  23. Human bingo
  24. Take a quiz
  25. Escape the zoom

Ways to motivate your team

  1. Check-in without an agenda
  2. Show your trust
  3. Recognize small achievements
  4. Set attainable goals
  5. Quality not quantity
  6. Help with time management
  7. Use your advisor
  8. Spend time on bonding
  9. Prioritize self-care
  10. Utilize Hillel resources
  11. Connect with other groups
  12. Bring back surprises
  13. Emphasize group culture
  14. Widen your tunnel
  15. Make room for confidential feedback
  16. Give public props
  17. Invest in team development
  18. Play a game
  19. Send letters
  20. Develop individual relationships
  21. Allow for experiments
  22. Take breaks
  23. Empower new leaders
  24. Remember your reasons
  25. Unmuted, video on. Always.