Jam Bingo For Sip and Shop: A Holiday Shopping Experience

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find someone who has finished their holiday shopping and ask their secret+
• Find someone who wraps gifts beautifully and ask for one tip+
• Find someone who bakes for the holidays and ask what they always make+
• Find a vendor who makes products by hand and ask how long one takes+
• Find someone shopping for a hard-to-buy-for person and suggest a gift+
• Find someone who brought a non-alumni friend and welcome them+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask a vendor how they started their business after graduating+
• Ask a vendor which product sells out first and why+
• Ask someone about their favorite holiday tradition+
• Ask someone about the best gift they've ever received+
• Ask someone from a different decade what holidays on campus were like+
• Ask someone which local small business they always shop at+
• Ask a vendor what they wish shoppers knew about their work+
• Ask someone what's on their own wish list this year+
• Ask someone about the worst gift they've ever given+
• Ask someone how they'll spend the holidays this year+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask a vendor about the moment they decided to turn their idea into a business+
• Challenge someone to pick the perfect gift for you in under a minute+
• Ask a vendor what being an alumnus has done for their business+
• Ask someone about a holiday tradition they started themselves+
• Challenge someone to find a gift here for under $20 for a person you describe+
• Ask a vendor for one lesson from their first year in business+
• Ask someone about a gift that meant more than it cost+
• Ask someone which tradition they'd pass on to the next generation+
• Challenge two shoppers to swap their best gift idea of the night+
• Ask a vendor what other alumni could do to help small businesses like theirs+
• Ask a vendor how they started their business after graduating+
• Ask a vendor which product sells out first and why+
• Ask someone about their favorite holiday tradition+
• Ask someone about the best gift they've ever received+
• Ask someone from a different decade what holidays on campus were like+
• Ask someone which local small business they always shop at+
• Ask a vendor what they wish shoppers knew about their work+
• Ask someone what's on their own wish list this year+
• Ask someone about the worst gift they've ever given+
• Ask someone how they'll spend the holidays this year+