Community Challenges

understand how organization-based challenges work in the app

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Written by Cody Crawford
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If your company or school is running a challenge you should receive a notification prior to its start. Once the challenge has begun you'll see it appear in the Community tab in the app. You will only be able to participate in the challenge if you have the corresponding goal set. However, the challenge will still appear on your Community page even if you do not have it set, giving you the opportunity to set a goal and join in.

If you click into the challenge, a page will open with details, including:

Challenge Type

We are currently running Sleep and Steps challenges within the app. The type of challenge will be indicated.

Individual Goal

An individual goal will be set for you for the challenge. For a steps challenge, your goal is calculated by taking the average number of steps you've achieved for a period preceding the challenge and increasing it by a relatively small percentage. For example, if your average daily steps total 4,000 per day, a goal of 4,400 per day may be set for you. This number is multiplied by the number of days the challenge will run to get your target goal.

For a sleep challenge, your goal is calculated by taking the number of days you typically hit your sleep goal and increasing it by one. For example, if you manage to hit your personal sleep goal 4 out of 7 days, your goal will be to hit your goal 5 out of 7 days for a week long challenge.

Your progress is depicted and updated as the challenge progresses.

Community Goal

The goal for your entire organization is a sum of all goals of the individuals participating. This appears at the top of the screen along with a progress dial that shows how you're doing collectively as you work toward your individual goals. This goal may shift if more people set up a sleep or steps goal during the challenge.

Duration

The dates that the challenge will run are listed beneath the group goal. Challenges run from midnight to midnight on the dates listed.

Community Progress Board

Labeled "Community Progress", this board is where you can see the progress of people in your community who are participating and how you're personal progress stacking up compared to their individual progress! Toggle the "share name" switch to set your profile public or private. We've numbered the list to help everyone see how many people have hit their goal and how many still need some encouragement.

Prizes

Perhaps the coolest part about how these challenges run is that you're NOT competing for the most steps or sleep, it's that you're encouraged to hit a goal that's just a slight reach for yourself! Top performers and participants may be eligible for gift cards and other prizes! Rewards and prizes are dependent on your organizations BetterYou contract and specific challenge agreements. Some challenges do not have additional rewards or prizes.

In most cases prizes winners are picked by random draw from the members who hit 100% of their individual challenge goal. This may vary depending on the organizations contract or setup.


Please reach out to us directly at help@betteryou.ai with any questions!

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