Why look past Cvent gamification?
Points and leaderboards don't always translate into real conversations.
Cvent's gamification module is solid for what it does. Attendees earn points for checking into sessions, visiting booths, and filling out surveys, and a leaderboard tracks who's winning.
The catch is that most of that activity happens on a phone screen, alone. Someone can top the leaderboard without talking to a single new person the entire event.
If the actual goal is networking gamification, getting strangers to talk to each other, not just tap a badge scanner, you need something built for that specifically. Here are 7 options worth trying.
1. What does Whova offer?
An all in one event app with light gamification baked in.
Whova is best known as an event app, but it has a leaderboard and badge system layered on top. Attendees earn points for messaging other attendees, posting in the community feed, and attending sessions.
It nudges people toward the in-app attendee directory, which is a step in the right direction, but the conversations mostly stay inside the app instead of happening face to face.
2. What is GooseChase?
A scavenger hunt app that turns venues into a mission.
GooseChase runs team based scavenger hunts where groups complete photo and video missions around a venue. It works well for team building days and campus events.
The tradeoff is that it's built around small pre-assigned teams. People bond with their team, but it doesn't push anyone to meet someone outside of it.
3. Interactive networking for 100+ people?
Jam Bingo. Encourage mingling with a very large group.
Jam Bingo is especially for large groups of 100+ people.
It is a simple way to make networking interactive, incentivizing people from different organizations, departments, cities, etc., to get to know others outside of their usual circles.
4. What about QuizBreaker?
Trivia focused on getting to know coworkers.
QuizBreaker runs recurring trivia quizzes about coworkers, asking questions like who on the team has run a marathon, and letting people guess. It's popular for remote and hybrid teams.
It's a fun way to surface fun facts, but it's mostly asynchronous and works best for teams who already know each other, not a room full of strangers.
5. Is Slido a gamification tool?
Not exactly, but its polls add a competitive layer.
Slido is built for live Q&A and polling during sessions, but word cloud polls and rating questions give the room a light sense of participation and competition.
It's great during the session itself. It doesn't do much for the mingling time before or after, when most real networking actually happens.
6. Why consider a live trivia platform?
Kahoot style games bring energy to a keynote break.
Tools like Kahoot bring the classic live trivia format to a conference room, with attendees answering on their phones and a leaderboard displayed on the main screen.
It's a great energy boost between sessions. Just know that everyone's looking at their phone and the screen, not at each other, so pair it with something that gets people talking too.
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