Benefits of gamification and hybrid events
There are several advantages of these type of events, compared to the traditional Team Building Events:- Flexible and personalized -> The activities can be adapted and customized In terms of duration, group size, budget and format. This makes them ideal for all types and sizes of companies!
- All year round -> Although the high season for gamification and hybrid events is from December to March, they can be organized indoor and outdoor as well, so are possible to do during all year round.
- Elastic formats -> Digital, Physical, Phygital, you name it! Hybrid events and gaming activities can be also organized within other team meetings, for example as an icebreaker to start a meeting, or bringing a collaborative touch to a presentation or speech.
- No geographic limitations -> Activities can be organized with people from all around the world. Tero recently organized an event for 400 people in 8 different hubs along Belgium. On each hub there were different checkpoints and clues to solve, and at the end of the event all the results were put together and shared in a video for all the participants.
- More events, but smaller -> The new trend of smaller events, easier to organize, allows also to do them more often. Several events throughout the year can replace the traditional one or two traditional end of year large team building events. These can be organized following a yearly plan, towards a final team objective or red line. Each event or activity is a small step and checkpoint that is shared and tracked, while it contributes to the final common goal, keeping alive throughout the whole year the motivation and engagement of the team.
- Building the community -> The digital touch allows the participants to share and connect during and after the events, strengthening the community aspect of team building. This is a great asset specially for companies spread around the world, or for teams who don’t share a physical working place.
Top 3 of Gamification and Hybrid activities
There are many options of gamification and hybrid activities, and the ideal choice will depend on the objectives and the composition of the group that will take part. Check below our top 3 picks!1/ VIRTUAL TROPHY
In this game, the participants are like players inside a video game. The city becomes a life-size game board and each team will have to succeed in several challenges helped with geolocalized tablets in order to win the trophy! The objective behind the game is to strengthen the collaboration between team members and get them to know each other. There are different checkpoints and missions to achieve, covering different topics, so different team members will take the lead according to their skills. There’s also a fun and competitive side to it, because teams can share and see during the game the scoring and performance of the rest of the teams.- GROUP SIZE -> From 5 people onwards (no limit)
- PRICE RANGE -> From 35€ per person
- DURATION -> From 1 to 3 hours
2/ ESCAPE BOX
Following the logic of escape rooms, where you have a limited time to get out by solving a global puzzle and several smaller puzzles, in the Escape Box what you have is a backpack that you have to open, layer by layer, enigma after enigma, in the way of a Russian doll. Each riddle is different, and will reveal the capacities of different team members, strengthening in the end team skills such as listening, tasks distribution, leadership, collaboration and group decision-making.- GROUP SIZE -> Up to 200 people
- PRICE RANGE -> From 35€ per person
- DURATION -> 1,5 hours
3/ LA MACHINE INFERNALE
This digital escape game presents a scenario in which a team of 5-6 participants must deactivate one by one the 8 modules of an infernal machine following the indications in a letter, in order to save the world! This game uses image recognition and augmented reality, and requires each team member to give their best in order to solve the challenges together!- GROUP SIZE -> From 15 to 200 people
- PRICE RANGE ->
- DURATION -> 1,5 hours
