Employee engagement isn't just about recognition — it's about connection, fun, and giving people real reasons to show up. Motivosity's platform is built for more than sending a shoutout; it's a hub where company culture actually comes to life, especially for remote and distributed teams. These ten ideas show how real customers use Motivosity to build the kind of workplace people actually want to be part of.
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At Motivosity, we're all about employee engagement. We like to see happy people doing their best to move your business forward. We'll talk all day about the benefits of recognizing your employees, but we do more than that, too.
Employee engagement is also fueled by connection, having a friend at work, enjoying your job, and feeling part of the group. Motivosity's platform has some genuinely fun features, especially useful when your employees are remote or spending less face-time together in the office. Here are ten creative ways real customers use Motivosity to spice up their company culture.
When work gets ho-hum, sometimes it helps to have something new to hum to. In search of a new playlist, one Motivosity client used an announcement on Motivosity's platform to gather Spotify playlists from anyone willing to post a link to theirs as a Highlight. The playlist with the most likes after a week received 10 Motivosity bucks.
This can be a fun way to connect with people near or far based on a common interest that typically wouldn't come up in work conversations. You might find a new appreciation for the closest fan of your favorite artist on the team, or throughout the whole organization.
Instead of another company values training or in-person team-building activity, run a Motivosity scavenger hunt. Have teams share their findings as Highlights, or create an award and give it to every team that participates. The questions can be relevant to your company:
Or use the personality profiles on Motivosity as inspiration for questions about both in-person and remote employees. Find an employee (or three) who:
Some people in your company are after more than a participation award. They want to be number one, and we're here for it. The Leaderboard on the Motivosity homepage shows who's giving and receiving the most appreciations each month. Some of our customers have employees giving 200 appreciations in 30 days — and everyone they thank is winning right along with them.
Or maybe a little competition adds the motivation you need. Having trouble getting managers to consistently hold their 1-on-1s? Post a competition: every team with 100% completion of this month's 1-on-1s gets a pizza party, a few Motivosity bucks apiece, or a "1-on-1 champion" award on their profile. Use this for anything teams are struggling with — giving appreciations, logging on, getting to know each other.
Or make it individual — posted before/after home organization photos or personal fitness goals. Reward the people with the most success, the most likes, or the most effort.
Use customized awards to recognize employees who go above and beyond, or to add a little laughter to everyone's day. Some of our customers created a lighthearted award for anyone who couldn't get logged into a video call — again. Others reflect serious achievements: one transportation customer spent hours tracking down a special-needs passenger whose family couldn't locate him, found him five miles away, and the company created a superhero award that clearly applied.
Awards for smaller but meaningful moments work too — most new clients this month, most positive mentions in customer reviews, or best joke of the week. Build awards around whatever behaviors you want to reinforce.
One customer wanted a better way to connect with employees' families. They created a company-branded coloring page, posted it as an announcement, and had employees' kids color it. Finished masterpieces were posted as Highlights — and seeing all those proud, smiling faces boosted morale and togetherness across the company.
If budget allows, send home a craft or science project and have families post pictures of their kids completing it. Or run a themed picture challenge — costumes, favorite dinners, favorite books.
You can probably guess where this one's going. Announce a baby-photo guessing competition. Collect submissions, post them as a Highlight, and let employees comment with their guesses.
The person with the most correct guesses can win a fun award or a few Motivosity bucks. Either way, employees end up thinking about (and laughing with) each other — which is the whole point.
Love of food might be even more universal than love of music. Tap into your employees' backgrounds and skills with a collaborative company cookbook, featuring dishes from around the world, weeknight staples, desserts, or recipes named after coworkers. Give awards for most recipes submitted, let employees vote on favorites, and get as many people involved as possible. A follow-up tasting isn't a bad idea either.
A classic ice-breaker that translates easily to virtual teams. Each employee posts two truths and a lie as a Highlight, and coworkers vote on which statement is false. Add picture proof for extra fun — the harder to believe, the better.
Issue a movie-trailer challenge to build team connection. Post instructions to make a short trailer using any phone's built-in video editor, and get creative with the parameters — a cameo from another team, the company logo and slogan, a specific word, an appearance from everyone on the team. Set a due date, have everyone vote on their favorite, and give the winning team a free lunch and a fun "director" award.
A shared-screen watch party app lets remote teams watch something together from different locations — a good outside-of-work event, especially with a chat window for jokes and reactions along the way. Send the link via a Motivosity announcement, and if budget allows, surprise everyone with food delivered during the party. Post-party, create a fun award in Motivosity for each participant.
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