For your first challenge, we suggest a straight-forward challenge set up with a focus on engagement so participants can learn about the app and get into the habit of syncing their activity frequently.
We also recommend incorporating holistic health resources to round out your challenge experience. You can prompt your users to think about healthy living and increased activity by posting articles and health tips in a content module or by sharing helpful tips and reminders via announcements. With a high focus on engagement, you'll show your employees that you care, and that wellness is easy to incorporate into each day.
Setting realistic challenge goals
Since you won’t have historical activity data for your group to help with setting your first challenge goal, we recommend choosing a modest goal to start. Your goal should be challenging enough to encourage participants to get up and moving, but not too difficult that it discourages lower steppers.
You can reference these common daily averages that we see in our platform if you're not sure of your group’s current activity level:
6,000 steps per day
20 active minutes per day
2.5 miles or 4 km per day
You can also rely on our personalized goal feature to let users choose their own adventure!
Creating your first challenge in Healthy Cities
We’ve found that a successful challenge is a mixture of both activity modules and engagement modules. Check out some suggested options you can use for your first challenge below.
Stick to Wellness
Set up: Stick to It (personalized goal, range: 4K - 15K steps/day), Content, Quote
Suggested duration: 14 days
This challenge incorporates a personalized step goal, letting your participants choose a goal that suits their individual fitness levels. It also includes a content module, which you can use to share content encouraging participants to focus on additional elements of wellbeing, including physical, mental, and emotional.
Lead the Way
Set up: Leaderboard (metric: steps), Streak (personalized goal: 3K-10K steps/day)
Suggested duration: 10 days
Lead the Way is a straight-forward stepping challenge. It incorporates a Leaderboard to get everyone in the competitive spirit plus an individual, personalized Streak goal to engage all participants, regardless of their fitness level.