# Getting to know your remote teammates

DevFeed: [Getting to know your remote teammates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/getting-to-know-your-remote-teammates-9133.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://slack.design/articles/getting-to-know-your-remote-teammates/>)

Author: mlivingstone

Published: 2021-11-02T22:10:21Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Slack Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/slack-design.md>)

Topics: [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [Emoji](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emoji.md>)

Tags: [chat](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chat.md>), [how-we-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-we-work.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

A guide for people leaders on helping remote teammates build stronger connections through interactive icebreakers, interest-sharing, team activities, and short virtual coffee chats or individual check-ins.

## Source excerpt

Fostering a sense of connection with your team is probably the hardest part of working remotely. When you work in an office together, you can walk by someone's desk and give them a friendly "hello," ask if they want to grab coffee later, and even share a joke with another colleague when you realize you [...] The post Getting to know your remote teammates appeared first on Slack Design.