Sessions your team will actually want to attend!

Rethink your next ERG session with our highly immersive and engaging sessions. For our Pride programming, we have:

  • 100+ thrilled clients
  • led 150+ training sessions
  • trained over 5,000 + employees
  • 2 Pride Month-themed events

For your team’s training sessions, you can expect:

  • Friendly and knowledgeable facilitators
  • Interactive storytelling that delves into important and unflinching history, culture, and concepts
  • Impactful topics that embed core learner concepts within each experience
  • Live, on-location guides at historic and cultural locations
  • Interactive questions throughout the event to teach those concepts
  • Experiences designed by historians and educators
  • Optional Celebration Boxes shipped to your team members
  • Marketing materials to provide to your company
  • Resource guide provided after the event with discussion questions provided to continue the learning and team building

"Our team loved the pride virtual event! So interactive, fun, knowledgeable and what a team. Jason, Dean, Emily and Chris were fantastic. We will do more with Unexpected again. Bravo!"

Alexandria Hunter-WhalenMK3 Creative| Pride| 20 attendees

"Our company arranged a program for us during pride month, and we loved it! This filled so many gaps in US history for me. The presenters were engaging and entertaining, and the education we received in a fun virtual environment was second to none!"

Nicolette PachecoLantheus | Pride | 70+ Attendees

"Dean, Bekah, Joy and Emily were incredible hosts! Love learning about the history of Pride in the US and all of the hosts did a great job of keeping things fun, engaging and educational. 5 stars all around and I will definitely do another one of these virtual tours."

Michaela OlsonTeikametrics | Pride | 20+ Attendees

Hundreds of companies trust us for their ERG Heritage Month programming.

In fact, we save your ERG leads hundreds of hours and pain points by providing turn-key experiences. For example, chezie reports that ERG leads often spend 15 hours per week planning programming for their groups right before Heritage Months.

Sessions & Experiences for Pride

Unique virtual tours loved by teams at Google, The Home Depot, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor, and more!

Pride: Origins Virtual Tour

Pride: Origins

Available Year Round

Virtual Team Building

Trace how LGBTQIA+ individuals have always been an important part of our American history, with live-streaming from a historic gay neighborhood in New York City.

Core Learner Concept:
Unity Strengths Impact; Representation Matters

3

Guides

60

Minutes
Pride: Origins Details
Pride: Queer Science Virtual Tour

Pride: Queer Science

Available Year Round

Virtual Team Building

Discover how intrepid LGBTQIA+ innovators changed Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, with live-streaming from a historic gay neighborhood in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco.

Core Learner Concepts:
Innovate Courageously, Celebrate Differences

3

Guides

60

Minutes
Queer Science Details
DEI Subscription Package

Subscription Package Available

Discounts available for multiple events

Virtual Team Building

Plan your calendar, Heritage Month, and inclusive events in advance for large groups with a discount! Groups receive priority scheduling, free recording access, and a 15% discount. Available for medium group size flat fee pricing tiers and above.

15 +

Events to Choose From

15%

Discount
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Why Choose Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training?

Why Choose Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training
  • #1-rated training events featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and The Guardian.
  • Research-backed training, built using the latest industry-class research on leadership training and effectiveness.
  • Engaging and immersive sessions with knowledgeable facilitators.
  • Certified Woman-Owned Small Business.
  • Certified Minority Business Enterprise by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.
  • 400+ hours of research and development for a 1-hour program.
  • 8+ years of team building & training excellence.
  • 3 published historians on staff with 50 years combined research experience, specializing in underrepresented communities.
  • Intentionally inclusive, anti-racist corporate values.
Trusted By the World’s Leading Companies

What Type of Training are the Virtual Tours?

Cultural competence training (sometimes called cultural consciousness training) centers on the history, culture, triumphs, and challenges of a representative group.

At Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training, we’re honored to offer a variety of cultural competence training programs. Our programs delve into the successes and the roadblocks faced by historically marginalized groups using interactive, data-backed learning approaches with a focus on fun and historical accuracy. Tying historical lessons to pop culture trivia, artistic challenges, live-streamed virtual field trips, and other engaging activities can help boost engagement and further reinforce key concepts.

Next Steps for Your Virtual Pride Month Celebration

After learning about the Pride Month events we offer, we hope you feel confident and equipped to move forward in including Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training in your company’s Pride Month Celebrations.

To plan your event, simply fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch to plan your team’s Pride Virtual Tour!

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FAQs

About Pride Virtual Events

Which Pride Month Virtual Event should my company do?

In short, both of them!

Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training has two amazing options to celebrate Pride for a reason- there are so many ways to celebrate queer achievement! From inspiring stories of the first gay marriage in the US to exploring scientific achievements that changed history, we are confident that no matter which virtual Pride Month team-building event your company decides on, your team will be uplifted and inspired.

Visit each page to learn more about each Pride team-building event.

How does your team write the history for the Pride Month events?

Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training has three full-time historians on our staff. Our historians focus on:

  • food history
  • the histories of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) people in America
  • LGBTQIA+ history
  • music history
  • race and social justice

As such, we never use Wikipedia research. Instead, our historians use original source documents.

In fact, it takes our historians over 150 hours to research a 1-hour virtual team-building experience!

What's the pricing for the events?

Pricing starts at $56 per person for 1-60 attendees. We have a minimum rate of the price for 25 attendees, or $1,400.

For groups over 60 attendees, we have group rates available to bring the price per person down. Pricing can get as low as $5/pp depending on group size!

Fill out the form above to get a pricing chart.

We offer discounts to schools and non-profits.

Can we do a Pride Month virtual tour when it's not June?

Absolutely, yes! Pride is year-round, and we offer both Pride events any time of year, subject to the availability of our on-location guides. Please inquire year-round for either of our Pride Virtual Tours!

What Can I Expect From a Pride Month Virtual Tour with Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training?

What do I get with my Pride Month experience?

First, you’ll receive marketing materials like a Save the Date and a promo video to send to your team to get them excited about the event.

Second, you’ll get a guide with free videos and resources to augment your Pride Month Virtual Tour.

Third, we provide a resource guide after the event with discussion questions to keep the team building going and enhance the stories that we didn’t have time for during the event.

Ultimately, you get a Pride Month Celebration that your team won’t be able to stop talking about.

Are these diversity events "boring" or "preachy?"

Definitely not! We are sure your team will have a great time.

First, each experience highlights incredible history. And, each experience fosters an inclusive workplace.

Plus, we include games and trivia to keep your team engaged and interacting throughout the event. There’s a reason we have more than 2,000 five-star Google reviews from attendees- they love our events!

Are the Pride Month events only appropriate for members of the LGBTQIA+ community? Should we open our event to all employees?

Depending on how your team or ERG is organizing your Pride Month events, we encourage you to invite all employees to your team-building celebration. Queer history is American history, and attendees regularly tell us how much they learned and enjoyed the Pride virtual tours, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Do we need the Treat Boxes?

No, your team does not need the Treat Boxes. They are optional add-ons that teams include if they fit into the budget. All the box contents are from LGBTQ+ owned businesses.

If your company does not have the budget for everyone to receive a box, many companies choose to “raffle off” a few pre-ordered boxes to attendees after the event to encourage participation and give extra incentive for engaging!

Do the Treat Boxes differ for each event?

No, the Treat Boxes for Pride: Origins and Pride: Queer Science are the generally the same, with slight variations possible due to availability of some products. The box contents are subject to change without notice.

Can we have a company sponsor do opening remarks?

Absolutely! In fact, we encourage a lead ERG member or company executive to give short opening remarks. We provide a short video upon booking for suggestions for the opening remarks if you need help with what to say.

Pride Month Training Resources

Browse our library of blog topics for more resources, ideas, and best practices! From virtual diversity and inclusion activities to posts on the importance of diversity in the workplace and how to create fun training programs – we’ve got you covered!