Here is our guide to online vision boards.
We put this guide together after running years of end-of-year and January team socials and professional development workshops for remote groups.
Online vision board activities involve creating digital collages of goals using virtual platforms. By engaging in this activity as a team, participants can gain insight into each other’s dreams and motivations. This exercise fosters a deeper sense of connection and understanding among team members. Online vision board sessions encourage creativity and collaboration and provide a valuable opportunity for teammates to align their visions.
Ideal group size:
4 to 12 participants
Activity duration:
60 to 90 minutes
Cost:
Free to $20
What you’ll need:
- Online collaboration platforms, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet
- Digital design tools or software like Canva, PicMonkey, or Adobe Spark
- Access to image libraries or stock photo websites for visual inspiration
How to do it:
Step 1: Introduce the Activity
You can start by explaining the concept of creating a vision board virtually to the participants, emphasizing its purpose in setting personal or team goals and aspirations.
Step 2: Share Inspiration
Next, encourage participants to gather images, quotes, and symbols representing their individual or collective visions and goals. Visions can relate to work, personal growth, or team success.
Step 3: Choose a Digital Tool
Next, recommend or provide instructions on using a digital design tool or online platform. Participants can create their vision boards collaboratively on sites like Canva or Google Slides.
Step 4: Set Time Limit
Before getting started, establish a timeframe for creating the vision boards. The timeframe allows enough time for thoughtful reflection and creativity without feeling rushed. Typically, 30 to 45 minutes is sufficient.
Step 5: Create Vision Boards
Participants can start designing their vision boards and arranging images and text to visually represent their goals and aspirations. If needed, offer tips on layout and design.
Step 6: Foster Collaboration
As team members work on their vision boards, facilitate discussion and collaboration. You can encourage participants to share ideas and provide feedback to each other.
Step 7: Review and Finalize
Participants can review their vision boards and make any final adjustments before the end of the designated time period. The team should focus on clarity and alignment with their goals.
Step 8: Present and Discuss
After teams finish their boards, invite participants to present them to the group. Colleagues can explain the meaning behind their chosen images and symbols. You can also facilitate a discussion on common themes and goals that emerge.
Step 9: Reflect and Set Intentions
Finally, have a reflection session where participants share their insights from the activity and discuss how they can take action on their visions and goals moving forward. Coworkers can set intentions and support each other in achieving them.
Examples of games or activities:
1. Travel Adventures Vision Board
Participants create vision boards depicting their dream travel destinations, experiences, and adventures.
- Encourage participants to gather images, quotes, and symbols representing places they want to visit and activities they want to do while traveling.
- Provide time for participants to explore travel websites, magazines, and personal photos to find inspiration for their vision boards.
- Guide participants in arranging their chosen elements on their vision boards, focusing on creating a visual narrative of their ideal travel experiences.
- Invite participants to share their vision boards with the group, discussing the destinations and experiences that inspire them the most.
This theme encourages participants to indulge their wanderlust and share their travel aspirations with each other, fostering a sense of excitement and adventure within the team.
2. Wellness and Self-Care Vision Board
Participants create vision boards centered around their physical, mental, and emotional well-being goals.
- Encourage participants to reflect on areas of their lives where they want to prioritize self-care, such as exercise, mindfulness, hobbies, or relationships.
- Provide prompts or guiding questions to help participants identify specific wellness goals and aspirations.
- Guide participants in selecting images, quotes, and symbols that represent their desired state of well-being and the activities that support it.
- Facilitate a discussion where participants share their vision boards and discuss the self-care practices and habits they want to cultivate.
This theme promotes personal reflection and empowers participants to prioritize their health and happiness, both individually and as a team.
3. Professional Growth and Development Vision Board
Participants create vision boards outlining their career goals, skills development aspirations, and professional milestones.
- Encourage participants to reflect on their career paths, including their long-term goals, desired skills and competencies, and aspirations for advancement.
- Provide resources or prompts to help participants identify areas for growth and development in their careers.
- Guide participants in selecting images, quotes, and symbols representing their career aspirations and the steps they need to take to achieve them.
- Facilitate a discussion where participants share their vision boards and discuss their career goals and strategies for professional growth.
This theme encourages participants to take ownership of their career development and fosters a supportive environment for sharing aspirations and learning from each other.
4. Community and Social Impact Vision Board
Participants create vision boards illustrating their goals and aspirations for making a positive impact in their communities and society.
- Encourage participants to reflect on the social issues and causes that are important to them and on the ways they want to contribute to positive change.
- Provide prompts or resources to help participants identify specific focus areas for their community and social impact goals.
- Guide participants in selecting images, quotes, and symbols representing their values, passions, and aspirations for social change.
- Facilitate a discussion where participants share their vision boards and discuss the causes and initiatives they are passionate about supporting.
This theme encourages participants to think beyond themselves and consider how they can use their skills and resources to make a difference in the world around them.
Tips:
- Encourage participants to gather a variety of images, quotes, and symbols that resonate with their goals and aspirations.
- Provide clear instructions on using the chosen digital design tool or platform for creating vision boards.
- Set a reasonable time limit for creating the vision boards to maintain focus and momentum.
- Foster collaboration and discussion among participants to spark creativity and exchange ideas.
- Emphasize the importance of authenticity and personal connection when selecting elements for the vision boards.
- Encourage participants to reflect on the meaning behind their chosen images and symbols as they design their vision boards.
- Offer guidance and support to participants who may be less familiar with digital design tools or platforms.
- Create a positive and supportive atmosphere where participants feel comfortable sharing their goals and aspirations.
- Provide opportunities for participants to present their vision boards to the group and discuss their inspiration and goals.
- Encourage participants to keep their vision boards visible as a daily reminder of their aspirations and motivations.
Final Thoughts
These experiences foster creativity and goal-setting and strengthen bonds among team members, even across virtual distances. Online vision boards inspire, motivate, and unite colleagues toward shared aspirations. Together, teams can craft countless visions of success, growth, and fulfillment.
Want more ideas? Check out our post on remote team meeting ideas.
