Interns incoming! A whole cohort of fresh energy and new faces is about to land, and they're arriving with two things in common: they don't know anybody yet, and they're quietly convinced that one wrong answer will follow them all summer.

Good news: melting that nervousness is the fun part. You just need the right kind of icebreaker! Lean towards activities that run on personality, giving everyone the same starting line, and letting people answer from a device instead of performing for a room. Here are our top activities to make the new interns feel included and excited for the season ahead!

Why intern icebreakers are different 🎓

Zero shared history. No inside jokes, no past projects, no "remember that offsite." Every question has to work for someone on day one of their first job!

The stakes feel enormous. Interns are auditioning for return offers and reading every room. Focus on more inclusive and general activities to let your interns shine!

They're your future teammates. Interns who feel connected come back full-time, and they tell their whole campus exactly what your culture is like. No pressure!

The goal isn't just breaking ice. It's proving, in the first week, that this is a place where people feel togetherness and joy!

Start with questions that run on personality, not tenure ⚡

Would You Rather is the safest opener there is: two options on screen and everyone votes at once from their devices! The vote split does the talking.

The bar for questions: revealing enough to start a conversation, zero work experience required.

• Would you rather earn more or learn more?
• Would you rather have your dream office on a tropical beach or a cozy mountaintop?
• Would you rather always be 10 minutes early or get an extra hour of sleep every night and be 5 minutes late?
• Would you rather relive one perfect day or fast-forward past one terrible week?
• Would you rather be the wisest person in the room or the smartest?

Low-effort, high-impact questions like these get your interns and team talking and getting to know each other!

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Social Bingo: get to know the team better! 🎯

If you run one single activity during intern orientation, this is the one!

Build a bingo card with traits your team has:

• is a twin
• is left-handed
• is a morning person
• has never seen Titanic
• can name every teammate's hometown by Friday

Interns hunt for people who match each square, which hands them the thing they need most: a chance to get to know the team!

Nobody has to invent small talk, because the card is the small talk. By the time someone yells 'BINGO!', the team has met itself!

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Guessmoji: the lowest-pressure laugh! 🦁

Emoji puzzles appear on screen, and everyone races to decode them from their devices. No spotlight, no speaking required, and the wrong answers are funnier than the right ones!

For interns, theme the puzzles as a company crash course: your product names, your office snacks, the CEO's coffee order. They learn the culture while playing, which beats learning every time!

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Company trivia: onboarding disguised as a game 🧠

Answer five questions about your company, climb the live leaderboard, and crown a champion in minutes! The twist for interns: make it stuff they weren't expected to know, then let the answers teach it. Think founding-story details, what the first product looked like, or which office tradition started as an accident.

"Nobody is expected to know these" turns a knowledge test into a treasure hunt, and the leaderboard brings on the competition!

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Give your interns a first week they'll tell their campus about! Browse ready-to-play rooms or build your own at crowdparty.app. Sweeten the deal with 15% off your first month!

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A 90-minute activity is hard to schedule, and harder to get attendance for. A quick game at the beginning of a standup or before an all-hands fits inside meetings your team already has. Your team's energy goes up, and the calendars stay intact!

Why short games beat long sessions 🕐

Attention peaks early. During long team activities, energy fades fast. A 15-minute game ends while people still want more, which is why they show up next time!

Short games fit calendars. No separate invite, no scheduling miracle required! Host your activity or game inside a meeting that already exists.

Frequency beats intensity. A quarterly event builds less connection than a quick game every week or two. Joy compounds through repetition, not duration.

Each game below runs within seconds and works for remote, hybrid, and in-person teams. Players can join from any device via room code, link, or QR scan; No downloads or accounts required! Ditch the scheduling headache. Real joy happens when your team plays together! Here are our top picks:

1. Guessmoji: the fastest warmup in the library

Time: 5 to 10 minutes | Best for: Meeting warmups, Friday wind-downs

Players see a string of emojis and race to decode the word or phrase behind them. A movie title, a company milestone, a team inside joke. Watching a teammate confidently submit the wrong answer is half the fun.

Pro tip: Write 5 to 8 puzzles or pick from CrowdParty's pre-made rooms! Puzzles about your own team land hardest: your product names, your tools, your rituals.

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2. Would You Rather: the conversation starter

Time: 10 minutes | Best for: New teams, icebreakers, cross-team intros

Two options appear. Everyone picks a side. The vote split reveals the room, and the discussion afterward is where the real fun happens!

Try Would You Rather's like:

• Would you rather earn more or learn more?
• Would you rather have your dream office on a tropical beach or a cozy mountaintop?
• Would you rather relive one perfect day or fast-forward past one terrible week?
• Would you rather present with no slides or slides with no notes?

Pro tip: Each question is one round, so host a game with around 5 or 6 rounds for the ultimate Would You Rather experience!

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3. Trivia: test your team's knowledge! 🧠

Time: 10 to 15 minutes | Best for: Weekly team fun, recurring team rituals

Five sharp questions, a live leaderboard after every round, and a champion before the coffee goes cold. Theme it to what your team cares about and rotate who picks the theme each week.

Tracking winners across weeks and crowning a monthly champion turns a one-off game into a ritual with real attendance pull.

Pro tip: Marketing Madness puts your team's business and marketing knowledge to the test. Expect friendly rivalry!

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4. Majority Wins: think like the room 📊

Time: 10 minutes | Best for: Mixed seniority groups, big teams

You don't win by being right. You win by predicting what most people will pick. Test which team member can read the room the best with Majority Wins!

Pro tip: Get creative! Prompts like "What's the greatest ice cream flavour?" or "Are you a morning person or night person?" are a quick read on how well the team actually knows itself!

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5. Pick Who: the superlatives game 🏆

Time: 10 minutes | Best for: Teams that already know each other a little

Ever wondered who's most likely to answer Slack from a beach? Or who would survive longest in a zombie movie?

Every result reveals how the team sees each other, which makes this a strong fit for icebreakers, monthly meetings, and end-of-quarter celebrations!

Pro tip: The wittier your prompts, the louder the laughs. Don't be afraid to get a little silly!

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6. Friendly Fire: hot takes, safely contained 🔥

Time: 10 to 15 minutes | Best for: Teams with established rapport

Players answer prompts about each other, and the results are shared with the room. Roast-adjacent but workplace-safe, and consistently a fan fav!

Pro tip: Friendly Fire shines with teams who already know each other's quirks, but it also works as a hilarious icebreaker that gets new hires laughing with the team from day one!

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7. Social Bingo: get to know your team! 🎯

Time: 15 minutes | Best for: Onboarding cohorts, cross-functional kickoffs

Build a bingo card from team traits instead of numbers:

• Is a twin.
• Is left-handed.
• Is a morning person.

Players hunt for teammates who match each square, and the conversations along the way are the actual game.

Pro tip: Social Bingo is the strongest with groups meeting for the first time: new-hire cohorts, merged teams or cross-department projects.

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8. EasyRaffle: reward your team 🎁

Time: 2 to 5 minutes | Best for: Ending any meeting on a high

Host a raffle in seconds: everyone scans a QR code to enter, and one lucky winner is drawn live in front of the room. Gift cards, an extra day off, the good snacks... whatever the prize, the big reveal is half the fun.

Pro tip: Host a raffle at the end of the quarter and watch attendance climb! Because who doesn't love prizes?

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How to run any of these in 3 steps 🚀

1. Pick a game and add your questions. Use a pre-built room or write your own. Each round is one question, so a 5-round game takes about 5 minutes to set up.
2. Share the QR code, link, or room pin. Players join from any device in seconds. One scan and they are in!
3. Play live with a real-time leaderboard. Works the same for 4 teammates or 1,000.

The awkward silence between speakers. The polite grins with exhausted eyes behind them. The internal chats devoid of genuine conversation. Let’s face it: Your team doesn’t exactly feel like one.

We compiled a list of platforms made for collaboration, team building, and bringing genuine smiles to your team’s faces.

  1. CrowdParty

CrowdParty is a browser-based gaming platform built to bring joy to the workplace. No downloads, no account, no Zoom app approval needed. Just a few clicks away from non-stop fun!

What makes CrowdParty stand out:

• Designed with workplace culture in mind. Simple set-up, quick games, low stress.
• Live or asynchronous games that’ll surely bring smiles and laughs out of your team!
• Compatible with remote, hybrid, and in-office settings.
• Scales from 10 to 1,000 players.
• Icebreakers, trivia, bingo, Guessmoji, and more!
  

Ideal for:

• Icebreakers before a meeting, or a way to wind down after one. (Hint: Give our “Icebreaker Social Bingo” a shot!)
• Corporate events (host virtual raffles with ease)
• Casual standups (offer pre-curated trivia, classic bingo, and more)
• Onboarding and more!
  

While most collaboration tools focus on optimizing workflows, CrowdParty focuses on optimizing connections between people. Take a quick break from the busy day to anywhere, get to know your team better with a variety of game modes, and all without the hectic setup.

Pricing: CrowdParty is free for up to 10 players! Monthly and annual subscriptions start at $18/month.

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  2. Mentimeter

Mentimeter is a service allowing you to create interactive presentations that turn reading from slides into a group collaboration.

Best known for:

• Interactive presentations
• Live quizzes, live surveys and real-time feedback
• Leaderboards and rankings
  

Ideal for:

• Encouraging participation during meetings
• Teams looking for ways to get quick and easy responses.
• Conferences and workshops
  

Mentimeter can help your team become more active participants in discussions and planning, but it’s not ideal for more casual activities.

Pricing: Mentimeter provides a free plan with a limit of 50 participants per month. Subscriptions start at $14/month for businesses.

  3. Halftime

Halftime provides an asynchronous short game for teams to play every day.

Best known for:

• Daily puzzles, arcade games and trivia.
• Automatically planned activities without the need for a host
• Viewable scoreboards
  

Ideal for:

• Creating a flexible team-building ritual.
• Teams that already use software like Slack, Teams and email to communicate.
• Remote and hybrid teams that wish to connect more outside of meetings.
  

Halftime can be great for fostering connections among team members outside the virtual room or office, but it has no functionality for live meetings and events.

Pricing: Monthly and annual subscriptions start at $35/month. A 30-day free trial is available without submitting card information.

  4. FigJam

FigJam, owned by Figma, is an interactive whiteboard your team can use to collaborate on planning and design.

Best known for:

• Figma integration to easily transport designs
• Templates for roadmaps and diagrams
• Audio calls directly within the software
  

Ideal for:

• Teams that are more creative
• Virtual workshops
• Remote brainstorming sessions
  

FigJam allows any team member to express themselves more fully through its tools. It’s a project management software rather than a tool that fosters collaboration beyond work-related tasks.

Pricing: You’ll need a free Figma account to access most of FigJam’s features, including three files with unlimited participants. Monthly and annual subscriptions for more features start at $3/month.

  5. Gatheround

Gatheround takes virtual meetings to the next level with interactive activities and agenda templates.

Best known for:

• Icebreakers and turn-based sharing features
• Ready-made agenda and meeting templates
• YouTube video integration
  

Ideal for:

• Teams that prefer conversation, not competition
• Onboarding sessions and stand-ups
• Remote and hybrid teams looking for more interaction.
  

Gatheround is focused on creating a more engaging and collaborative video call experience. Because of this, it may not be the best option for teams in an in-office setting.

Pricing: Monthly and annual plans are provided, starting at $48/month.

Final Thoughts: Which Collaboration Tool Would You Use?

There are many collaboration tools designed for any scenario your team may find themselves in. The tool that you select should be the one that helps your team become more engaged with not only their work, but with one another.

Want something for your team that’s designed for workplace culture, easy to set up, and will bring much-needed laughs to any workplace? Then CrowdParty might just be the option for you.

🎊 Ready to give your team the joy it needs?

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1. Would you rather: Couple up on Day 1 or Hold out for a bombshell
2. Would you rather: Have Sincere choose you over Sol or Have Sincere choose you over Amora
3. Would you rather: Find your exact 'type on paper' or Find your total opposite who surprises you
4. Would you rather: Get left on night one for a bombshell like Zach did with Kenzie or Get chosen at the very first recoupling like Kenzie did with Corbin
5. Would you rather: Stay loyal to your Day 1 all season like Trinity and Bryce or Follow a Casa Amor spark and never look back
6. Would you rather: Have a slow-burn romance like Serena & Kordell or Have an instant Day 1 spark
7. Would you rather: Get voted back into the villa by America like Amora or Never get dumped in the first place like Melanie
8. Would you rather: Win the $100K and split it with your partner or Open the envelope and keep it all
9. Would you rather: Couple up with Sincere and get a cheesy name pun every single day or Couple up with Gabriel and get flirted with in three languages
10. Would you rather: Recouple every chance you get or Lock in your Day 1 partner all season

11. Would you rather: Get whisked to the hideaway like Kayda and Zach or Keep your whole romance lowkey the entire season
12. Would you rather: Be a beloved fan favorite who never wins or Be the most talked-about winner ever
13. Would you rather: Have Ariana Madix personally deliver the news that you're dumped or Get roasted by Iain Stirling's narration all summer
14. Would you rather: Be the very first one dumped like Sean or Get dumped one night before the finale
15. Would you rather: Get pied off on live TV or Be the one doing the pieing
16. Would you rather: Have Iain Stirling narrate your entire day or Have Ariana Madix host every decision you make
17. Would you rather: Have the most dramatic recoupling of the season or Have the most romantic final date
18. Would you rather: Walk in as the very first bombshell or Walk in as the final-week game-changer
19. Would you rather: Slide into the DMs before the show like Parmida did with Corbin or Walk in cold and let the villa do the matchmaking
20. Would you rather: Stay 100% loyal through Casa Amor or Let your head get turned

21. Would you rather: Date a DJ-slash-handyman like Bryce or Date a surfer who owns a coffee shop like Gal
22. Would you rather: Have your Casa Amor week livestreamed to the nation or Have your texts read out loud at Movie Night
23. Would you rather: Have your group chat read aloud in the villa or Have your villa convos replayed at the reunion

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Picture it: a room packed with people who love games, a live musician and game stations buzzing in every corner, an aerialist spinning on silks overhead, and one wonderfully over-the-top villain, the Bad Vibes Wizard, who has trapped the musician and refuses to let the party start!

That was Toronto Games Week closing night. When CrowdParty had the opportunity to sponsor the event, we couldn't say no!

Here's how we turned a venue full of strangers into one community with a single mission: free the musician and beat the Wizard!

The closing night at a glance

Why we teamed up with Toronto Games Week

CrowdParty is at its best in a room full of people ready to have fun, so this was a natural team-up! TGW brought the community, the vibe, and the venue. We brought the games and the tech to turn that the event into something everyone could have fun with!

How the night played out

Trivia: Name the TGW Event!

We opened with trivia built straight from the events earlier in the week, asking players to name them. Anyone who'd been exploring all week had a head start, but the questions were accessible enough that newcomers could still climb the leaderboard!

Scavenger Hunt: Snap a pic of the Toronto-made Game!

Next we flipped to a scavenger hunt! Players had a grid of tiles, each with a prompt tied to one of the showcased Toronto games, and had to snap the right pics to fill it. It pulled everyone deeper into the floor and got people comparing boards with folks they had met two minutes earlier.

Trivia: Name the Toronto-made Game!

Halfway through, the games on the floor swapped out for a fresh set. Game two used the same format with all new answers based on the games that had just been introduced. It kept the regulars honest and rewarded anyone tracking how the room had changed!

Scavenger Hunt: TGW Organizers!

For the final game, we made it personal! The last scavenger hunt was filled with the names of the Toronto Games Week organizers, and players had to track each one down for a photo to claim the tile. It sent the whole room hunting down the people who built the week, which was equal parts hilarious and sweet!

Finale: EasyRaffle and Bad Vibes Wizard!

We closed with the raffle. Every player who had joined was automatically entered into the EasyRaffle, and because it supports up to 1000 participants, the entire venue was in the running with zero friction. One winner was drawn live on the big screen to take home the grand prize, a Nintendo Switch 2!

But the winner did not just grab a prize and sit down. They got the final quest of the night! Beat the Bad Vibes Wizard in a video game, projected huge for everyone to watch. The whole room had spent the night freeing the musician, and now one of their own had to land the finishing blow with the entire community cheering them on!

There's a special kind of rush right before a moment like that, and an even bigger one in the roar that comes after!

Prizes

The Nintendo Switch 2 stole the show, but the other round winners walked away with plenty too! All night, game winners walked away with Pokémon booster bundles, Amazon gift cards, and lifetime CrowdParty licenses. Some prizes were pure fun, some practical, and the licenses meant organizers left ready to host their own events using CrowdParty!

What it meant for the community

Communities are built on reasons to be in the same room. The closing night gave the Toronto game scene a shared memory to point back to!
It also put real tools straight into the hands of the people who keep this community running. TGW was full of people who host meetups, game nights, and socials on their own, so those lifetime licenses weren't just prizes. They were a bet that this community will keep playing together long after the lights come down!

Why CrowdParty shines at community events

No wizardry here, just a few things CrowdParty is genuinely great at:

• It gets a whole venue playing in seconds. With a single QR-scan the room is playing! No app downloads and accounts make it effortless.
• It runs a whole night from one place. Trivia, scavenger hunts, and a raffle all flowed from the same platform, so the four-game story arc never stalled for setup.
• It puts the joy on the big screen. Leaderboards, reveals, and the live raffle draw all land in real time so the whole room can react together. That's what gets the whole venue cheering!
• It's made to be shared. The same things that make CrowdParty fun at an event are what make people want to host their own.

CrowdParty Features We Used

We didn't just play one game with the crowd. We put together a few CrowdParty formats so the night kept moving and the crowd never sat still! Here's the one's we used:

Picture Trivia

We put the crowd's own world up on the big screen! Upload your images or generate them with AI, then switch on the blur effect so each picture reveals slowly while your group races to guess first! We used it to show off their games, their faces, and a few inside jokes, and the energy was instant.

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Scavenger Hunt

We sent players roaming the venue with custom Scaveger Hunt tiles: find a game station, meet the TGW Organizers, snap the perfect photo! It got total strangers talking and turned the whole room into one big team chasing the same goals.

Start a Scavenger Hunt!

EasyRaffle

We closed the night with a raffle supporting up to 1000 people. Everyone scanned to enter in seconds, no paper tickets required, and we drew the winner live on the host screen to build anticipation right to the final moment!

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Planning your own community event? Steal these tips!

• Give the night a story! The Bad Vibes Wizard storyline gave every game higher stakes than a leaderboard alone ever could.
• Customize the games to the event. Trivia and scavenger boards built from the real stations and real people on the floor got everyone exploring.
• Refresh as the night moves. When the showcased games rotated, the trivia rotated with them, so the energy never dipped.
• Save your best prize for the finale. Everyone has a reason to stay when the grand prize drops last!
• Send people home with the fun! Prizes that let winners host their own events keep the community playing

Want to throw a night like this for your own community? Try CrowdParty free at crowdparty.app and turn your next event into a game everyone plays together.

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1. Would you rather Have a slow-burn romance like Serena & Kordell or Have an instant Day 1 spark
2. Would you rather Have Iain Stirling narrate your entire day or Have Ariana Madix host every decision you make
3. Would you rather Have your group chat read aloud in the villa or Have your villa convos replayed at the reunion
4. Would you rather Stay 100% loyal through Casa Amor or Let your head get turned
5. Would you rather Walk in as the very first bombshell or Walk in as the final-week game-changer
6. Would you rather Win the $100K and split it with your partner or Open the envelope and keep it all
7. Would you rather Have the most dramatic recoupling of the season or Have the most romantic final date
8. Would you rather Be a beloved fan favorite who never wins or Be the most talked-about winner ever
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1. The 2025 spin-off following Season 6 islanders' lives after the villa is called Love Island: ___? Beyond the Villa
2. Who hosts Love Island USA? Ariana Madix
3. What do you call a new islander who enters to shake up existing couples? Bombshell
4. What is it called when a couple or islander is eliminated and must leave the villa? A dumping
5. Who narrates Love Island USA with his signature Scottish wit? Iain Stirling
6. In the finale, the chosen islander opens one of two envelopes. One holds the prize, the other is...? Empty
7. Which streaming service is the current home of Love Island USA? Peacock
8. Season 6 winner Kordell Beckham is the younger brother of which NFL star? Odell Beckham Jr.
9. On Love Island, what does it mean to be 'pied off'? Rejected by someone you're interested in
10. What is a 'recoupling'? A ceremony where islanders pick new or existing partners

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11. What is the name of the Love Island USA after-show that debuted in Season 6, hosted by Maura Higgins? Aftersun
12. Which couple won Love Island USA Season 7? Amaya Espinal & Bryan Arenales
13. The close-knit Season 6 trio of Serena, JaNa, and Leah were affectionately nicknamed what? PPG (the Powerpuff Girls)
14. Which couple won Love Island USA Season 6? Serena Page & Kordell Beckham
15. What is the name of the mid-season twist that splits couples and tempts them with new singles? Casa Amor
16. What is the grand prize on Love Island USA? $100,000
17. What phrase do islanders excitedly shout when news arrives on their phones? I've got a text!
18. Where is the Love Island USA villa located for recent seasons? Fiji

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Kahoot! is a classroom favorite for a reason. It is fast, colorful, and great at turning a quiz into a competition. But the energy that lights up a classroom does not always translate to a Monday standup. Kahoot is trivia-first, education-first, and often priced per host, which can leave workplace teams wanting something built for them.

Here are five Kahoot alternatives worth a look!

1. CrowdParty 🎉

CrowdParty is a browser-based gaming platform built specifically to bring joy to the workplace. No downloads, free up to 10 players, and just a few clicks to instant fun!

Why CrowdParty stands out:

• Live or asynchronous games that bring real smiles to your team!
• Interactive Trivia, Icebreakers, Guessmoji, Friendly Fire, Social Bingo, and more!
• Compatible with remote, hybrid, and in-office teams
• Scales from 1 to 1,000 players
• Designed with workplace culture in mind (easy setup, pre-curated games, low stress)

Ideal for:

• Casual standup meetings (offers classic bingo, pre-curated trivia, and more)
• Corporate events (offers virtual one-click raffles)
• Icebreakers before meetings (Pro tip: give Icebreaker Social Bingo a try!)
• Onboarding and team building

Where Kahoot leans classroom, CrowdParty leans workplace. Same quiz-night thrill, way more round types, and no per-host math to figure out before you press play.

Pricing: CrowdParty is free up to 10 players, and offers a monthly or annual subscription starting at only $18/month.

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2. Slido

Slido is a live polling and Q&A tool (now part of Cisco/Webex) built to make meetings and town halls more interactive.

Best known for:

• Live polls, word clouds, and audience Q&A
• Quizzes with leaderboards
• Easy join via link or QR code, no downloads for participants

Ideal for:

• All-hands meetings and town halls
• Webinars and large presentations
• Teams already living inside Webex, Teams, or PowerPoint

Slido shines for audience feedback and big-room engagement. If you want a steady stream of game formats for team culture rather than polling, it can feel more meeting-tool than party.

Pricing: Slido offers a free Basic tier (up to 100 participants with limited polls per event). Paid plans start at around $12.50/month, billed annually.

3. Mentimeter

Mentimeter turns presentations into interactive sessions with real-time polls, quizzes, and word clouds.

Best known for:

• Interactive presentations and live polls
• Quiz competitions with leaderboards
• Word clouds, rankings, and open-text responses

Ideal for:

• Workshops, trainings, and brainstorms
• Conferences and large events
• Presenters who want their slides to be interactive

Mentimeter is polished and presentation-first. Great if your engagement lives inside a deck, though the free plan caps participants and slides, and pricing is billed per presenter.

Pricing: Mentimeter has a free plan with limits (participant cap and capped question slides). Paid plans start at around $12 to $15/month per presenter, billed annually.

4. AhaSlides

AhaSlides is an affordable, easy-to-use alternative for live polls, quizzes, and interactive slides.

Best known for:

• Live quizzes and polls
• Word clouds, spinner wheels, and Q&A
• Budget-friendly pricing with one-day event options

Ideal for:

• Smaller teams and tighter budgets
• One-off events without a yearly commitment
• Trainings and classroom-style sessions

AhaSlides is essentially a lighter, lower-cost take on the Mentimeter/Slido formula. Friendly on the wallet, but it sits closer to the polling-and-quiz lane than full workplace game variety.

Pricing: AhaSlides offers a free plan for up to 50 participants. Paid plans start at around $7.95/month, with flexible monthly, annual, and single-event options.

5. Quizizz / Wayground

Quizizz (rebranded as Wayground in 2025) is a gamified quiz platform with a "for Work" mode aimed at onboarding and knowledge checks.

Best known for:

• Gamified quizzes and a huge library of ready-made activities
• Live or self-paced (asynchronous) play
• Reports to track participant performance

Ideal for:

• Onboarding and training sessions
• Recurring knowledge checks
• Teams that want a deep quiz library to pull from

Quizizz is the closest swap if trivia is all you need. It is still education-rooted, so the workplace experience can feel more "knowledge check" than team celebration.

Pricing: Quizizz/Wayground has a free Starter plan. Individual paid plans run from around $5 to $12/month, and the team plan (Essentials) is around $50/month for up to 30 users.

Which Kahoot Alternative Makes the Most Sense?

Slido, Mentimeter, AhaSlides, and Quizizz each do live quizzes and trivia well. But most of them were built for classrooms or conference rooms first, with the workplace bolted on after.

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1. Would you rather Have the spirit of Roku or Have the spirit of Kyoshi
2. Would you rather Sneeze uncontrollable airbending blasts or Hiccup tiny fireballs
3. Would you rather Travel everywhere on Appa (and be covered in fur) or Travel everywhere by Fire Nation war balloon (that might crash)
4. Would you rather Train with Toph or Train with Katara
5. Would you rather Have Appa as a pet or Have Momo as a pet
6. Would you rather Drink only Iroh's calming tea for the rest of your life or A swig of Sokka's cactus juice
7. Would you rather Learn from Iroh or Learn from Bumi
8. Would you rather Be forced to talk like Sokka (nonstop puns and sarcasm) or Take a lifelong vow of monk-like silence
9. Would you rather Be stuck glowing in the Avatar State forever or Never be able to bend a single element
10. Would you rather Have Sokka's wit or Have Suki's combat skills

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11. Would you rather Get lost in the Si Wong Desert with no water or Be trapped in the Cave of Two Lovers in total darkness
12. Would you rather Be brainwashed into believing there is no war in Ba Sing Se or Watch the Ember Island Players' play on an endless loop
13. Would you rather Inherit the cabbage merchant's doomed cart or Own a flying bison that's terrified of heights
14. Would you rather Be hunted across the world by Azula or Sit through a six-hour Iroh lecture on destiny
15. Would you rather Fight the whole Fire Nation armed with only a boomerang or Fight the Dai Li with only Momo as backup

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Pride Month is one of the biggest opportunities of the year to show LGBTQ+ employees that they belong! Done thoughtfully, it can deepen trust, strengthen culture, and remind everyone that your workplace is a safe place where people can be themselves.

Here are seven ways to celebrate Pride Month in the workplace!

1. Start With Education, Not Decoration

Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising and the decades of activism... that followed, it's a celebration and a remembrance. Helping employees understand the history behind Pride turns a 5-minute activity into a productive learning moment!

Here are a few easy ways to build awareness:

• Share a short weekly email spotlighting LGBTQ+ history, terminology, or notable figures.
• Curate a reading and watch list (books, documentaries, podcasts) and invite people to discuss.
• Host an activity so people can have fun while learning!

If you want learning to feel like play rather than a lecture, a quick Pride-themed trivia game is a great icebreaker for team meetings to make the history memorable!

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2. Amplify the LGBTQ+ Voices And Let Them Lead!

The most authentic Pride celebrations aren't designed for LGBTQ+ employees; they're shaped by them.

• If they're comfortable doing so, invite the LGBTQ+ members of your team to plan or co-host events.
• Spotlight LGBTQ+ creators, founders, and leaders in your industry.

A crucial note: participation should always be optional. Don't put anyone in the position of speaking for their entire community. The goal is to create a safe space, not pressure!

3. Put Support Behind the Theme

If your company changes their profile picture but does nothing else, employees will see right through it. Back your message with action!

• Make a donation to an LGBTQ+ organization!
• Partner with or buy from LGBTQ+-owned businesses.
• Use the month to review and improve your own policies!

Feel free to tell your team what you're supporting and why. A specific, sincere commitment beats a logo switch!

4. Make Space for Connection and Play

Belonging is built in small, joyful moments where people actually get to know each other. Pride Month is a perfect excuse to bring your team together!

• Host a celebratory team social/happy hour, in person or virtual.
• Run inclusive icebreakers that help people connect across teams.
• Build in lighthearted games that get everyone laughing and participating.

This is where a platform like CrowdParty makes hosting effortless. You can host a Pride-themed game to test your team's knowledge! It's the perfect way to get a your team talking and laughing together! CrowdParty is download-free, and free to play. The point isn't the game itself; it's the connection it creates.

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5. Review Your Policies

A celebration is only as credible as the everyday experience behind it. Use Pride Month as a prompt to review how inclusive your workplace really is:

• Do your benefits cover LGBTQ+ employees and their families?
• Are pronouns welcomed (never required) in email signatures, profiles, and intros?
• Do your forms and systems accommodate chosen names?

Pro tip: Work with your HR department to help review these policies. Although these aren't flashy, it's a great way to reiterate to your team that they are working in a safe space!

6. Include Your Remote and Hybrid Teams

If part of your workforce is remote, an in-person celebration might not be ideal. Design with everyone in mind!

• Host Pride-themed raffles and send digital gift cards!
• Run virtual events that remote employees can join just as easily as in-office folks.
• Use async-friendly activities so people in different time zones can participate on their own schedule.

The best inclusion strategies make sure no one watches the party from the sidelines.

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7. Commit Beyond June

Pride Month is celebrated in June, but belonging is a year-round practice. The companies that employees/communities will remember are the ones still showing up in October.

• Keep diversity themed activities funded and supported all year.
• Continue education and diversity efforts beyond June.
• Carry inclusive policies and practices consistently!

Treat June as a spotlight on the work you're doing every month, but let it be known that June isn't the only month you do it!

Bringing It All Together

Celebrating Pride Month is about creating a culture where every employee feels seen, safe, and celebrated. Lead with education, amplify the voices that matter most, back your words with action, and make room for genuine connection and joy!

At the end of the day, teams that feel like they belong are teams that succeed together.

Looking for an easy, inclusive way to bring your team together this Pride Month? CrowdParty makes it simple to host trivia, icebreakers, and party-style games that work for in-person, hybrid, and fully remote teams — no downloads required. Try CrowdParty free and turn your next team moment into a celebration.

Joyful workplaces don't all look the same. They span from luxury manufacturing in Toronto, enterprise AI in Silicon Valley, remote-first collaboration across two dozen countries, and travel tech in Singapore. Different sectors, different sizes, one shared belief: people come first.

Here are six companies setting the bar in 2026. 🎉

1. Dayforce

Who they are: Dayforce (formerly Ceridian) is a global human capital management (HCM) company using AI-powered tools to handle HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and analytics. Their whole mission is summed up in one phrase: making work life better!

How big are they? Headquartered in Minneapolis, Dayforce employs in the range of 5,000–10,000 people and serves roughly 6,800 customers, with about 7.6 million employees using their platform worldwide!

The culture spotlight: Dayforce has been named a Leader on JUST Capital's JUST Jobs Scorecard for investing in its workforce and creating high-quality, advancement-friendly jobs. Its Canadian operations (as Ceridian) have also been recognized as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers. When a company that builds HR software is itself a recognized place to work, that's a good sign they practice what they sell!

How does CrowdParty fit? A distributed, people-first team like Dayforce is exactly the kind of team values company culture. Turning just 5 minutes of trivia into smiles and laughter helped set the team up for greater happiness in the workplace!

2. Canada Goose

Who they are: Founded in a small Toronto warehouse in 1957, Canada Goose has grown into one of the world's leading makers of performance luxury outerwear, proudly carrying a "Made in Canada" commitment.

How big are they? Canada Goose is a publicly traded company (TSX/NYSE: GOOS) with around 3,900 employees worldwide and roughly CA$1.35 billion in annual revenue, spanning manufacturing, retail, and corporate teams.

The culture spotlight: Canada Goose has been named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers, recognized for benefits like parental leave and student tuition support. What stands out most is their Sewing Training School, which teaches underemployed/underprivileged community members how to sew, opening opportunities into the workforce for unemployed individuals. Canada Goose doesn't just walk the talk internally, they offer an olive branch to the community and support!

How does CrowdParty fit? With teams split across factories and stores,  a shareable moment of joy is an easy way to connect people who rarely sit in the same room.

3. Mural

Who they are: Mural is an AI intelligence company behind popular digital whiteboards/mind maps used by teams to brainstorm, plan, and align, in real time or asynchronously. Their team members proudly call themselves "Muralistas."

How big are they? Mural is a remote-first company of several hundred employees working across 20+ countries! Mural's award-winning platform is used by many of the Fortune 100, including IBM, Microsoft, and SAP.

The culture spotlight: Mural is Great Place To Work-Certified, and their remote-first business model has been thriving for over a decade due to the increase of remote-work in recent years. Mural's motto is simple: what matters isn't where teams work, but how they work together!

How does CrowdParty fit? Remote-first teams need connection that survives the distance, which is exactly what CrowdParty is built for!

4. Box

Who they are: Box is one of the top Intelligent Content Management (ICM) platforms, helping companies safely store, manage, and collaborate their content in the cloud since 2005!

How big are they? Box has roughly 2,800 employees and around $1.18 billion in annual revenue.

The culture spotlight: Box was named a Best Place to Work in 2025 by Glassdoor and earned a spot on Great Place To Work's 100 Best Workplaces in Japan. Away from the office, the Box Impact Fund provides grants to nonprofits focusing on child welfare, crisis response, and environmental protection.

How does CrowdParty fit? A company built on helping teams collaborate is a natural home for a few minutes of playful team-building between working hours.

5. ServiceNow

Who they are: ServiceNow is an enterprise AI and workflow automation company, founded in 2004. Their stated purpose: using AI to work for people, not against them.

How big are they? ServiceNow has a team of almost 30,000 people as of the end of 2025 and crossed $12.8 billion in subscription revenue!

The culture spotlight: ServiceNow's accolade list is significant. They've been recognized by the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies 2025, Forbes' America's Best Employers for Company Culture, and Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies, plus in LinkedIn's Top Company in seven countries. They even offer dedicated "Wellbeing Days" to support employee health.

How does CrowdParty fit? Even at 30,000 people, small team rituals like a quick game keep big organizations feeling tight knit and human.

6. Agoda

Who they are: Agoda is a digital travel platform helping people see the world for less, with deals across 6 million+ properties plus flights and activities!

How big are they? Agoda employs more than 7,000 people representing 90 nationalities across 50+ locations, and 2025 marked the company's 20th birthday.

The culture spotlight: Agoda earned its 2025 Great Place To Work Certification across its Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam offices, recognition based entirely on employee feedback. Their culture leans into "work hard and have fun," with employee resource groups, cultural celebrations, and AgodaFest, a legendary global party that lights up offices around the world every year.

How does CrowdParty fit? A "work hard, have fun" company spanning 90 nationalities is the dream setting for play that brings everyone together!

The takeaway

Joy at work isn't pointless… it's an advantage. Across luxury manufacturing, enterprise software, remote-first SaaS, and global travel, the companies leading in 2026 all understand the same thing: when people feel trusted, included, and genuinely happy to show up, the business wins too.

Teams that play well together, succeed together. Here's to the companies proving it. 💛

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1. This national team won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Argentina
2. This North London club is simply known as "Spurs.". Tottenham Hotspur
3. This club's home is the Camp Nou, one of Europe's largest stadiums. FC Barcelona
4. This national team is nicknamed "The Three Lions.". England
5. "You'll Never Walk Alone" rings out at this club's home, Anfield. Liverpool
6. This Manchester club plays at the Etihad and is nicknamed the "Cityzens.". Manchester City
7. This Bavarian powerhouse plays at the Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich
8. This Spanish club has won more European Cup / Champions League titles than any other. Real Madrid
9. Diego Maradona led this Italian club to two league titles in the late 1980s. Napoli
10. Nicknamed "The Red Devils," this English giant plays at Old Trafford. Manchester United

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11. This country holds the record for the most World Cup titles, with five. Brazil
12. This nation won the 2018 World Cup in Russia. France
13. This nation hosted and won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930. Uruguay
14. Known as "The Old Lady," this Turin club wears black and white stripes. Juventus
15. This French club calls the Parc des Princes home and dominates Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain
16. This national team is nicknamed "Gli Azzurri" (The Blues). Italy
17. This Madrid club is nicknamed "Los Colchoneros" (the Mattress Makers). Atletico Madrid
18. This North London club is nicknamed "The Gunners.". Arsenal
19. This Dutch club pioneered "Total Football" in the 1970s and developed Johan Cruyff. Ajax
20. Wearing red and black stripes, this Italian club is known as "I Rossoneri.". AC Milan

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A great office scavenger hunt is one of the cheapest, fastest, and most genuinely fun ways to break up a week! It gets people moving, encourages conversations across teams, and gives quieter team members a chance to shine! The trick is choosing the right format for your team.

Below are fourteen workplace scavenger hunt ideas that hold up in any environment, plus some framework for planning one!

What Makes a Great Office Scavenger Hunt

Keep it short. Twenty to thirty minutes is the sweet spot! Anything longer and people start checking the time and get restless.

Make it inclusive. No clue should require physical mobility, niche knowledge, or insider references that exclude newer members of the team.

Reward curiosity, not speed. Speed-only hunts will favor the same people every time. Mix in creative tasks (best photo, most clever interpretation) so different personalities can win!

Minimum effort, maximum impact. If it takes you four hours to set up, it is not sustainable. Use templates, digital platforms, or simple printable lists!

5 Office Scavenger Hunt Ideas for In-Person Teams

1. The Cross-Department Connection Hunt

Give players a list of prompts like "Find someone in finance who has lived in three or more countries" or "Track down a teammate whose first job was in food service." The goal is not the answer; it is the conversation!

This one quietly builds the kind of cross-team familiarity that pays off six months later when someone needs to ask a quick favor across departments.

2. Office Time Capsule Hunt

Hide ten objects around the office that each represent a different year of your company's history. A photo from the first office holiday party. A mug with a logo no one remembers. Players have to find each one and guess the year!

It is part history lesson, part team activity, and surprisingly nostalgic and memory-filled for longer term employees!

3. The "Find Someone Who" Social Hunt

A hybrid between bingo and a scavenger hunt. Players get a grid of squares with prompts like "Has hiked a 14er," "Speaks more than two languages," "Owns a vintage console," or "Has the same birthday month as you." First to fill a row wins!

This is a favorite at offsites and onboarding weeks because it forces people to actually talk rather than scan a name tag and move on.

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4. The Photo Mission Hunt

Send teams out with a list of creative photo prompts: a recreation of a famous album cover using only office supplies, a "before and after" shot of the most chaotic desk, the best impression of your CEO's coffee order. Bonus points for creativity.

These photos become memory gold!

5. The Mystery Object Hunt

Hide a small numbered prize (a gift card, a fun trophy, a bag of fancy snacks) and write a series of riddle-style clues that lead from one location to another. Each clue reveals the next location.

It takes more planning than the others on this list, but it is the closest thing to feeling like a kid again that an office can offer!

4 Scavenger Hunt Ideas for Remote and Hybrid Teams

6. The Home Office Show and Tell Hunt

Players have sixty seconds to grab the following items from anywhere in their home: something blue, something older than they are, something that makes them laugh, and something they have never told a coworker about. They return on camera and explain.

It is part scavenger hunt, part icebreaker, and consistently one of the most-easy, fun and joyful ways to get your team talking within a couple minutes!

7. The Emoji Trail Hunt

Send players a series of emoji puzzles that hint at company values, products, inside jokes, or famous quotes. They guess each one in order. Last clue points to a virtual prize or shoutout in your next team meeting.

Works async, works live, and translates beautifully across time zones! CrowdParty's Guessmoji rounds work perfectly for this! Check it out here:

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8. The Coffee Shop Crawl (For Hybrid Teams)

Give your team a small coffee budget and create a list of scavenger hunt prompts: order something you have never tried, find a cafe with the most unusual art on the wall, photograph the best people-watching spot.

This works especially well for hybrid teams scattered across cities! It builds shared experience without anyone needing to be in the same room. Check out Crowdarty's Scavenger Hunt feature to input all your coffee connoisseur prompts!

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9. The Async Photo Hunt

Drop a new weekly Scavenger Hunt in your team Slack channel on Monday morning for the week. "Show us your weirdest mug." "Photograph your view right now." "Send a picture of the snack you are eating today." Players post throughout the week, vote on favorites, and go through the photos as a team to crown a winner Friday!

The async format means nobody has to drop what they are doing! A super fun way to complete daily challenges and see you your photos build up. CrowdParty's Scavenger Hunt Feature would be great for this, you can even download the photos and create a collage for your team!

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10. The National Scavenger Hunt Day Hunt (May 24)

Yes, it is a real holiday! May 24 is National Scavenger Hunt Day, which gives you the excuse to run a scavenger hunt about scavenger hunts. Lean into the meta of it!!

Create a series of small numbered envelopes around the office (or or using a digital platform), each containing a different challenge: take a photo with someone you have not spoken to this week, snap a photo of the oldest item in the supply closet, snap a photo of your office set-up. The player that completes all the challenger first wins!

This is a low-stakes, high-energy event that makes a Friday feel like a Friday again. Drop a pre-built Scavenger Hunt game into Slack the morning of and let people play whenever they have a few free minutes between meetings, or deticate an hour to play!

11. The Pride Month Trailblazers Hunt (June)

Host a scavenger hunt that can celebrate  LGBTQ+ history, contributions, and community!

Build a hunt around prompts that invite genuine learning and conversation. Match the photo to the LGBTQ+ trailblazer in tech, science, sports, or the arts. Find the year a landmark moment in LGBTQ+ history happened. Identify the origin of the rainbow flag's colors. Spot the company in your industry with a publicly recognized inclusive workplace policy.

For an extra layer, invite your ERG or Pride committee to co-build the hunt. They can contribute prompts that feel authentic to your team's culture and highlight stories worth knowing!

Works in-person, remote, or async. The format is light, but the impact lasts well past June!

12. The Onboarding Scavenger Hunt

A scavenger hunt designed to walk new hires through your office (or your virtual onboarding tools) in their first week. Snap a photo of the kitchen, take a photo of the printer, send a message in three different Slack channels, introduce yourself to someone in a different department.

It replaces the usual "wander around looking lost for a week" experience with joy and small wins!

13. The Company Anniversary Hunt

For company milestones, build a hunt around your story so far. Players uncover key moments in your history through clues, photos, and short videos from leadership. Wrap it with a celebration of where you are headed next.

It turns a milestone that would otherwise be a single all-hands slide into a shared experience.

Make It Easier With a Digital Scavenger Hunt Tool

Most of these hunts can be planned with a Google Doc and a little creativity. But if you are running them often, or if your team is split across offices and time zones, a digital tool saves a meaningful amount of time.

Platforms like CrowdParty include a built-in Scavenger Hunt feature you can launch in a browser, no downloads or signups required! You can drop in custom prompts, share a link or QR code, and let teams play live or async on whatever schedule fits. It is the same format as the ideas above, just without the spreadsheet wrangling, and it works for fully remote teams as easily as for an office of fifty.

If you want to try one without building it from scratch, the pre-built rooms for events like National Scavenger Hunt Day, Pride Month and onboarding are a fast way to get something joyful the same day!

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