Virtual Team Building in Ventura County: A 50-Minute Game Plan for Your Team
Team building for Ventura County teams on Zoom: a free 50-minute game plan, plus a live-hosted hour with K-LITE's Scott Topper. From $300.
By Scott Topper · October 13, 2026 · 6 min read
Ventura County teams are often a few people in Thousand Oaks, Oxnard, or Ventura working with colleagues in other states. Flying everyone in for a team day is rarely on the table. A good hour on Zoom is.
Below is a 50-minute game plan you can run yourself. When you would rather not plan or host, the Virtual Office Shenanigans Game is a live-hosted hour with me, Scott Topper. You may know my voice from afternoons on K-LITE 101.7 FM.
- Live on Zoom, joined from the office or from home
- 60 minutes, weekdays 7am to 7pm Pacific
- 10 to 50 people, and everyone gets a turn
- $300 for up to 10 people, plus $25 per additional person
- Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 4,819 reviews
A 50-Minute Game Plan You Can Run Yourself
Plan for 6 to 16 people, everyone on their own camera. Run the three rounds in order: the first one gets everyone talking, which makes the next two easier.
Round 1: Get Everyone Talking (10 minutes)
- Big Voice, Small Voice (4 minutes): everyone says “The quarterly report is attached” at the same time, first in a whisper, then normally, then like a stadium announcer. Then as a sports announcer, a nature documentary narrator, and a pirate. Nobody is singled out because everyone speaks at once.
- Stretch and Name (6 minutes): go around by name. Each person does a stretch with a sound and the whole group copies it. Everyone leads once.
Round 2: Pass It Along (20 minutes)
- Last Word, First Word (8 minutes): one person says a sentence about their week. The next person starts with the last word of that sentence. You have to hear the whole thing to play.
- Repeat Before You Reply (12 minutes): in pairs in breakout rooms for six minutes, one person describes a small workday annoyance for a minute. The partner sums it up in one sentence before saying anything else. Swap, then come back and compare how often the first summary landed.
Round 3: Build Something Silly (15 minutes)
- Yes, And Product (10 minutes): the group invents one product. Each person adds a feature starting with “yes, and.” After two rounds, try one round of “yes, but” and notice the energy drop.
- Group Pitch (5 minutes): three volunteers pitch the product, one sentence each in rotation, for about a minute. No prep.
Wrap (5 minutes)
Ask one question, out loud or in chat: “Where in our real week does ‘yes, but’ happen?”
If some of your people are camera-shy, our guide on how to get a shy team to participate virtually has more ideas.
Built for How Ventura County Teams Work
- Biotech and life sciences in Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, and the Conejo Valley, where research, quality, and commercial groups rarely share a room
- Agriculture and food teams in Oxnard and Camarillo whose plans shift with the weather and the harvest
- Outdoor brands and retail in Ventura that run frequent brainstorms
- Hospitality and tourism along the coast, where front-of-house leaders are rarely free at the same time
- Small local offices that are part of a bigger team in other states, so a Zoom game puts everyone on the same screen
We host teams across Santa Barbara, Goleta, Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Carpinteria, Montecito, Westlake Village, and Simi Valley.
Four Ways a Team Game Falls Flat
- Skipping the warm-up: quieter people freeze if you jump to the building round. Run Round 1 first.
- Rounds that run long: stop each game while people still want more.
- Praising one person: it makes everyone else feel graded. Praise the group.
- Over-explaining: a ten-second demo beats a two-minute explanation.
What the Hosted Hour Adds
The plan above is a solid DIY hour. The hosted game takes the planning and the hosting off your plate. I run the whole session, from the Vocal Warm-Up through Whoosh, Bang, Pow and Slow Motion Fast Ball to the celebration wrap. Before the event I check in to learn about your team and any topics to avoid.
As Efrat put it after her team’s event:
“Great for team events. We had a great time, filled with laughter. Everyone felt included.”
Questions From Ventura County Teams
Is this an in-person event in Ventura County? No. Sessions run live on Zoom, so your Thousand Oaks office and your out-of-state colleagues join the same call.
Is Scott really on K-LITE? Yes. I host afternoon drive on K-LITE 101.7 FM.
What does it cost? $300 for up to 10 people, plus $25 per additional person up to 50, with no setup or platform fees.
Book a Session for Your Ventura County Team
For scheduling across time zones, read our guide to team building in Santa Barbara. If better meetings are the goal, see communication skills training in Santa Barbara. When you are ready, visit the Santa Barbara and Ventura page and choose a date and time.