120+ Topics That Can Be Discussed in Breakout Rooms During Webinars

Breakout rooms have always been a vital component of virtual engagement strategies. These sessions offer a dynamic platform for attendees to connect, collaborate, & exchange valuable insights. 

From light-hearted conversations and intimate discussions, to focused brainstorming sessions and engaging fun activities, a webinar breakout session can easily be personalized to suit & compliment your event’s theme and other requirements. 

To simplify your planning, we have curated a list of over a hundred topics, based on diverse webinar breakout session themes & ideas. 

120+ Topics That Can Create Amazing Webinar Breakout Rooms Discussions

Breakout room topics can vary based on the webinar theme & main subject, aim of discussion, intention, and desired outcome. It can be a group discussion, networking, or just a casual interaction.

In this section, we’ll explore a variety of topics based on popular breakout room themes & ideas to make your next webinar breakout session more interesting than ever.

Breakout Rooms Topics for Networking 

Speed networking

1. Get to know your peers/colleagues/industry leaders
2. Share your one crucial career-defining moment 
3. 2 emerging industry trends that excites you the most
4. Exchange perceptions: Share one career advice 

Lightning talks & discussions

5. How do you define a project’s success or failure 
6. Hybrid is the future. Why?
7. Automation everywhere: 3 popular examples

Virtual coffee/ Virtual lunch

8. What’s your go-to coffee/meal option?
9. Habits die hard: Your best & worst habit

Roundtables & Social networking cafe

10. Expert corner: Identify a problem & find innovative solutions 
11. Establish sustainability with 3 simple steps
12. Client/Customer interactions you can’t forget and Why?

Breakout Rooms Topics for Team & Group Discussions 

Brainstorming sessions

13. Make a list of growing competitors in our industry
14. Onboarding initiatives for employees & customers: Explore the areas that can be improved
15. Identify effective cost-cutting suggestions without impacting the current workforce

Debate

16. Fully remote or hybrid: Work culture that will shape the future of corporates
17. Micromanagement: Beneficial or Disaster
18. Artificial Intelligence (AI): Replacing jobs or refreshing approaches

Case study discussions

19. Uncover how [Company Name] leveraged influencer marketing to boost demand generation
20. Customer loyalty programs in action: How [Company Name] capitalizes on CLP to improve retention & engagement

Three-minute thesis (3MT)

21. Top 3 $1 billion companies: Reasons that led to their success
22. AR & VR in [Industry Name]: Innovating the future of event experiences
23. [Project Name]: State why this can/cannot be a success

Demo/showcase

24. How does [Company Name]’s new [Product Name] improve customer experience
25. [Product Name] is live: Discuss features, benefits, & improvements
26. The future of [Field Name]: 5 AI products & tools to transform your strategies

Goal setting worksheets

27. Develop 5 SMART goals for next quarter
28. 2025 Risk assessment frameworks
29. Departmental KPIs & metrics: Establish clear performance indicators for accurate assessment
30. Business projects & collaborations: Internal & external targets

Workshop & Training Breakout Room Topics 

Educational & skill-building

31. Uncover how blockchain is transforming [Industry Name]
32. Data visualization tricks for immersive presentation 
33. Public speaking & digital communication: Must-haves to level-up

Mentorship

34. Learn [Industry Name] cybersecurity essentials 
35. AI & machine learning: Everyday applications you need to know
36. 5 strategies to build & expand your professional network
37. Career development & progression opportunities in [Industry Name]

Skill sharing & Peer learning

38. Advanced Excel: Uncover techniques for business analytics
39. Eliminate language barriers: Learn audience communication hacks from your peers
40. Personal branding techniques for personal & professional development
41. [Department Name] innovations: Ideas to implement to drive better results  
42. Workplace wellness: Initiatives companies took over the years

Teach me something new

43. Video editing techniques you need to know
44. Stress management tips to manage work & life
    45. 7 things to know about work-life-balance concept 
45. Keyboard shortcuts: Save hours & increase self-productivity

Breakout Rooms Topics for Large Webinars/Large Groups

Subject-specific 

47. Future trends in [Field/Industry] 
48. Innovations & advancements in AI over the years
49. Why content is important for [Department Name] initiatives
50. Top digital tools & sustainable solutions introduced in [Industry Name]
51. How [Webinar’s main focus] is affecting [Target audience category] 

Personality tests

52. What’s your MBTI* or Find your personality trait with MBTI
53. Preferred working style & designation preferences
54. If your friends have to describe you in one word, what it would be 

Try & test-product discussions

55. Beta features: Test & feedback session
56. Trial run: Live user experience & accessibility test
57. [Feature Name] trial period: User feedback, competitor comparison, & improvement suggestions

Cross-departmental sessions

58. Sales <> Marketing: Steps taken to boost lead generation & conversions
59. HR <> [Department Name]: Ideas to drive quality performance
60. IT-Operations: Areas of improvements
    61. Customer Service <> Product Development: Client’s requirement, experience, & implementation timeline

Team’s wants & needs exchange worksheet

62. [Upcoming Initiative/Event Name & Date]: Funds, staff, & resource requirement, allocation, & exchange
63. Bulk hiring: Interview, onboarding, training, & task allotment roadmap
64. Customer/Employee education: Current gaps, potential solutions, & action items

Virtual Ask me anything (V-AMA)

65. Spotlight sessions: Live on-stage Q&As with industry experts 
66. Deep-dive session by [Team Name]: Everything about [Initiative/Product Name]
67. Future possibilities: Live Q&A session with the Leadership

Breakout Rooms Ideas & Topics for Small Webinars/Small Groups

Poll-based topics selection

Direction: Give 4 options: a,b,c, & d. Select a topic based on maximum votes & begin the discussion.

68. Remote working challenges 
69. [Webinar main idea]: Why is it important
70. Most popular & widely implemented [Trend/Technology] in [Your Industry Name]

2-min icebreaker games

71. Choose one: Tea/Coffee/Juice/or Just water
72. Name your 2 favorite sports & 2 favorite athletes 
73. Are you a night owl or an early bird
74. Your one unique talent

Team quizzes

Direction: Keep questions between 5-7 with a 15-20 seconds time limit for each question.

Give 4 options: a,b,c, & d for every quiz question. 

75. Which of these companies have recently become Unicorn
76. Select the latest innovation in [Your Industry]
77. When was [Your Company Name] founded
78. What does [Abbreviation] stand for
79. How many members are there in [Department Name]

One-on-one sessions 

Note: For small webinars, keep the maximum duration for interaction 2-3 minutes. Make sure you notify attendees 40-60 seconds prior.

80. Know your colleague
81. Talk to host/leader/speaker
82. Rapid round: One unforgettable career advice 

Book discussion

83. Name 2 latest industry publications & their authors
84. Recent read: Fictional or Non-fictional & [Book Name]
85. Top 3 books every [working professional/job seeker/student] should read

Two truths, one lie

86. About professional or personal achievements
87. About the things that you have or haven’t done (like athletic sports, extreme adventures, etc.)
88. About languages you know or you don’t
89. About places you have or haven’t traveled to (like countries, cities, landmarks, etc.)

Top three

90. Top 3 places you want to visit
91. Top 3 people (alive or dead) you’d like to meet
92. Top 3 superpowers you’d like to possess
93. Quarterly initiatives: Top 3 upcoming campaigns 

This or that

94. Preferred working culture: Remote or Hybrid
95. Your Pick: Call or text message
96. Morning or evening: Your preferred working slot 

Breakout Rooms Topics for Casual & Fun Activities

Silent disco

Direction: Have your headphones/earphones ready. In the silent disco, the music will not be played out loud, instead every breakout room participant will have to listen to the music using headphones/earphones. 

97. Contribution & creation: Enjoy your team anthem or collaboratively create a playlist
98. Music exchange: Share & listen to songs from different cultures  

Virtual meditation sessions

99. Morning routine: 5 stress-relief & breathing exercises 
100. Focus-building visualization yoga 

Walking tour

101. Workplace showcase: Home office or in-office space 
102. Your go-to-[landmark or cafe]: A virtual tour of favorite local spot

Virtual photo booth

103. Office buddy/buddies portrait corner
104. Company yearbook: Click & compile teams snapshots & frames 

Spelling bee

Direction: The breakout room participants can be divided into 2 groups. One member from each group spells the word aloud. You will get 20-seconds to think & spell the word. 

1 chance will be given to spell it and another chance to re-spell the word if you spell it wrong. 

However, if it is misspelled the second time, the member will be out of the round. 

105. Remember & Spell: The longest [Movie/Song/Actor/Actress/Place Name]
106. Spell the synonyms of [Word]

Creative activity

107. Team space: Click/Paint a Portrait or Landscape
108. Script-based roleplay: A virtual play/mimicry on [Play Name]

Guess the song

109. Song that starts with letter [State the Letter]
110. Songs in action: Mimic, identify, & sing the song

Mic drop moments

111. Share 2 unbelievable moments of your life
112. Your 1 unique milestone that no one knows about 

Listen & find

Direction: The virtual participants will have to solely focus on the audio played to find the instructions & hints.

113. Verbal challenges & problem-solving session: Focus on audio to find instructions,  directional guidelines, & hints
114. Recognize your teammate by their voice 

Show & tell

Direction: Showing half of the image and asking the participant to identify or guess the picture with the available info/image. You can share a few hints depending on the difficulty level.

115. Half & the other half: Identify the picture 
116. Whose office is this: Find the workspace
117. What is this place: Identify and state the name 

Share a photo

118. Company archives: Find your team
119. Solve the puzzle based on the given visuals
120. Follow the snapshots: Match before and after

Draw with whiteboard 

Direction: Draw some elements which are directly related to the concept, whether it is a movie or song. You can draw up to 7 elements to help your team figure out the topic of interest.

121. Which movie is this
122. Identify the idioms 
123. This is your colleague/teammate

Conclusion

Whether you’re planning a webinar, virtual conference, or hybrid event breakout session, these themes and topics are suited for all. It can be further categorized into specifically employee-based, audience-based, and customer-based breakout sessions. 

It is also crucial to understand that the selected themes and specific topics of breakout sessions or any engagement activity contributes significantly towards attendees active participation and involvement rate throughout the activity. 

If the aim is small group discussions or team-building activities, the topics would be tailored to align with respective objectives.

To ensure that your attendees remain excited about the breakout sessions, tailor every topic, use different ideas suited to target group and audience size.