We are thrilled to unveil a highly anticipated feature that has been widely requested by our valued customers – Badges and Gamification. This dynamic feature opens the door to a world of possibilities, allowing you to reward and recognize your prayer community members in a way that fosters engagement, encourages participation, and strengthens the bonds within your community.

With Badges and Gamification, you can:

Our new Badge System offers an exciting way to engage with your community, celebrate their contributions, and create a vibrant and supportive environment. It's time to unlock the potential of gamification and take your prayer community to new heights. Let's embark on this journey together!

Badges can be considered as achievements that users receive for various activities within the Prayer community. These activities include:

A badge is awarded to a users after they engage in a specified number of activities of a particular type. For example, if they pray for someone 25 times, 50 times, and so on.

When a user is awarded a badge, they are also assigned a tag with the same name.

For your convenience, we have already added ready-made badges and their associated settings for the main types of user activities. You can find them in the "People” - “Settings" section under the "Gamification" tab.

You can modify the existing badges to suit your preferences. Additionally, you can create any number of new badges.

As you may have noticed, separate badges have been created for different quantities of the same actions. When a user is awarded the next badge in sequence based on their activity, the previous badge is automatically removed from their profile (we will explain in detail how this works below).

For example, if a user who received the Prayer Warrior badge after 25 prayers then prays 50 times, this badge will be replaced with Intercessor. And so forth, following the sequence.

To modify an existing badge, click on the "Edit" button located to the right of it.

After that, a pop-up window will open where you can customize all its parameters:

To save the changes you've made, after completing the customization, click "Save" at the bottom of the window to complete the process.

The criteria that determine who will receive this badge and when are based on the options:

In the "Choose an action" list, you can select the type of activity that needs to be completed to receive the badge:

The "Choose user type" option is used to select the types of users who can receive this badge:

To save the changes you've made, after completing the customization, click "Save" at the bottom of the window to complete the process.

During registration, new users may see a checkbox below the form with the label "I’m New", which is pre-selected by default.

If left active, users are automatically labeled with the tag "New," and they are awarded the highlighted "NEW" badge.

Users who are assigned the "NEW" badge receive an additional welcome email titled "A Warm Welcome" from the pastor after registration.

Additionally, posts from these users are highlighted with the "NEW" badge for administrators when they access the admin panel from mobile devices to review and moderate posts. This way they can notice new users and provide a special welcome notes, etc.

Defining & Highlighting New Users functionality can be configured in the “General Prayers Settings”, where you can select any necessary tags.

You can use our badge icons or any other designs created by your designer. To replace the badge icon, simply select the desired badge from the presets on the right and click on it.

You can also upload your own icon in SVG format. To do this, remove the current icon using the "Recycle Bin” button, and you will see the standard interface for adding your icon through drag & drop.

You can also customize the color of the icon and the background of the badge. Next to the badge, you'll find buttons:

Usually, badges are added in a single row below the user's avatar.

However, there is an option to highlight one selected badge. In this case, it will be displayed separately to the right of the avatar. We've added the 'Highlighted Badge' feature to shine a spotlight on specific user types. For instance, highlighting new users can enhance visibility, allowing your team and the entire prayer wall community to extend a warm and tailored welcome to newcomers. This aligns with our strategic growth framework, ensuring that new users receive the special attention and support needed as they become part of our community. This could also be used in case when you need to highlight ministry partners or donors and so on.

To do this, there is an option called "Highlight badge," which is located in the list to the right of each badge.

By default, the "Highlight badge" option is assigned to the service badge "NEW", which is associated with the corresponding type and can be found in the "Types & Tags" tab.

You can make any of the badges you choose highlighted by checking the "Highlight badge" option in the list. For example, for the "Prayer Warrior" badge.

You can also do this from within the open badge window by selecting a similar option.

After doing so, the "NEW" badge becomes a regular one and starts to be displayed below the avatar.

When users are awarded the highlighted badge, in this example "Prayer Warrior," it appears to the right of the avatar.

You can configure the emails that users will receive after being awarded a specific badges.

To do this, enable the option "Set up an email to be sent to the user upon receiving the badge," which is located at the bottom of the badge editing window.

After enabling this option, text fields for customizing the email will appear at the bottom:

For your convenience, we have already set up emails for all ready-made badges.

You can customize them as per your preference. If you require further customization for email designs or any other assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@impactfactors.net. We can implement any custom feature or request.

To create a new badge, open the "People" - "Settings," and navigate to the "Gamification" tab.

Click on the "Add New" button.
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In the window that opened, add the following fields and data for the new badge:

After finishing the badge addition, click "Save" at the bottom of the window to complete the process.
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To ensure dynamic progression of badges, separate badges have been created for different quantities of the same actions.

When a user is awarded the next badge in sequence based on their activity, the previous badge is automatically removed from their profile.

For example, if a user who received the “Prayer Warrior“ badge after 25 prayers then prays 50 times, this badge will be replaced with“Intercessor“. And so forth, following the sequence.

This is achieved through tag funnels, as each badge corresponds to its own tag.

Tag funnels management is located in the "People" section, under "Settings", in tab “Tag funnels”.

Here, for your convenience, we have already added funnels that ensure progression for all pre-made badges.

For instance, the Prayer funnel contains all 8 badges from “Prayer Warrior” to “Devout” in the specified sequence.

This funnel operates in the following manner:

To create a new funnel, in the "Tag funnels" list, click on "Add".

In the window that opens:

After everything is set up, click "Save" at the bottom of the window to complete the process.

Users can see their own badges as well as the badges of other users on the PrayerPlatform™ widget.

Badges introduce an element of gamification to the widget usage process and provide additional information about users that can be easily interpreted visually.

They can also add a competitive element among users, motivating them to engage in more activities.

Users can control how their badges are displayed.

In the user profile, there's a section for “Badges” where all the badges earned by that user are visible.

The “Badges” section appears in the profile once a user receives at least one badge.

This section includes:

Usually, all badges are displayed in a row beneath the user's avatar.

If an administrator has enabled the highlight option for a specific badge, it will appear on the right side of the user's avatar.

To ensure dynamic progression of badges, separate badges have been created for different quantities of the same actions.

When a user is awarded the next badge in sequence based on their activity, the previous badge is automatically removed from their profile.

For example, if a user who received the Prayer Warrior badge after 25 prayers then prays 50 times, this badge will be replaced with Intercessor.

And so forth, in accordance with the sequence set by the administrators.

After receiving each new badge, the user receives an email with congratulations corresponding to that badge.

For feedback, custom requests or support, please reach out to us via support@impactfactors.net

For ideas and suggestions for future enhancements, please post your ideas on our IdeaBoard here https://ideas.prayerwall.app/b/ideas/

For ideas and strategies, please schedule a call with us here https://calendly.com/chadkellogg/prayer_platform_meeting

We greatly appreciate your innovative approach to revitalizing prayers and your valuable contributions to the PrayerPlatform™ community. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey!