In an increasingly digital world, employers are seeking new and innovative ways to keep employees focused on their well-being and engaged in their work. With many organizations continuing to adopt hybrid or fully-remote work models, it’s more important than ever to create opportunities for employees to connect with one another and foster a positive company culture.

Organizations can leverage virtual events to boost morale, promote healthy habits and lifestyle choices, and increase productivity. Virtual wellness events are versatile and engaging for employees who have settled into remote work, as well as those who struggle with it. Continue on to learn more about virtual wellness for online employee populations.

5 Virtual Wellness Events to Keep Employees Engaged

In this post:

1. Virtual Health Talks

2. Virtual Stress Management Classes

3. Virtual Fitness Classes

4. Virtual Healthy Cooking Demos

5. Virtual Health Fairs

6. Strive Virtual Wellness Programs

Virtual Health Talks

When it comes to virtual wellness event ideas, educational health talks are an excellent starting point. Health talks equip employees to make informed decisions about their health and lifestyle choices, which helps reduce hurdles like absenteeism and illness. Hosted by professionals such as dieticians, therapists, or mental health clinicians, health talks can be arranged on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis and cover a wide range of foundational or trending wellness topics. Popular examples include:

Gut Health & Detox
Eating to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Integrating Mind and Body Techniques for Total Wellness and Stress Reduction
How to Construct a Workout Plan for Different Goals and Schedules
Improving Sleep for a More Energetic Life

Clients who work with Strive don’t need to do any administrative lifting to coordinate virtual health talks for their employees. Our team hires the specialist to curate content specifically for your workforce, manages sign-ups and digital invitations, and provides a recording of the session for long-term value.

Virtual Stress Management Classes

Stress management is crucial for remote employees as they may struggle with feelings of isolation and disconnectedness in addition to typical workplace stressors. With stress often being a root cause of physical and mental illness, organizations have a responsibility to provide employees with tools and resources to recognize and manage it in order to enjoy a better quality of life.

Some examples of virtual stress management classes include:

Health talk
Stretch and de-stress
Mindfulness meditation
Breathwork
Yoga/chair yoga

Virtual wellness classes that relieve pressure and teach resilience appeal to all types of workforces, and especially those in high stress environments or functions. They’re most effective on a weekly recurring basis and don’t require employees to have prior experience or equipment; just an open mind and willingness to learn.

Virtual Fitness Classes

Virtual fitness classes are a fun way to break up the work day, connect with colleagues, and embrace opportunities for regular movement. Exercise improves cardiovascular health, reduces the risk of chronic diseases, and enhances memory, attention, and decision-making skills. It also releases mood-boosting endorphins to help create a happier, emotionally resilient workforce.

Virtual fitness classes include, but aren’t limited to:

Strength & Conditioning
Pilates
Zumba
Fun Bootcamp
Cardio Hip Hop

While on-demand options exist for virtual fitness classes, Strive chooses to provide live, interactive classes exclusive to each client’s group. A large benefit of a wellness offering such as this is to provide time for employees to form connections outside of their working relationships. Learn more about on-demand vs. live fitness classes.

Virtual Healthy Cooking Demos

Healthy cooking demos are a popular wellness event for onsite and remote employee populations alike. Hosting the event virtually is more cost-effective, it allows colleagues to get a glimpse of one another in their own element, and enables families to participate. Helmed by professional chefs or nutritionists, healthy cooking demos promote social connections while teaching long-lasting, healthy habits. Everyone cooks along with the healthy chef in their own kitchens.

Clients working with Strive simply provide a recipe, cuisine, theme, or dietary preference and we coordinate all the details from the shopping list to the technology.

Virtual Health Fairs

Once entirely onsite operations, health fairs have become an almost exclusively virtual event. They provide an opportunity for employees to interact with benefits vendors like healthcare professionals, products, or services, and renew their perspective on the state of their well-being.

For example, Strive provides and facilitates the technology to organize a virtual health fair for up to ten vendors of the client’s choosing. We supplement vendors with classes and events to bolster employee engagement and provide attendance data to reward, recognize, or incentivize participants.

Learn all about How to Plan a Health Fair.

Strive Virtual Wellness Programs

Strive’s proprietary technology platform makes administering a virtual wellness program seamless. Our team’s time-tested systems and processes are designed to maximize employee engagement and minimize administration for the client.

All Strive specialists undergo a thorough QA/QC process and all virtual sessions are monitored for ongoing quality. Our wraparound delivery model includes: