Creating Trivia Videos With Your Team
This year has been...well, it’s been challenging. To all the teams out there who’ve been working together to accomplish common goals while adapting to, improvising around, and overcoming the massive obstacle of 2020: hats off to you. It’s kinda like we’re being pinned down in a foxhole together. Except in this case our foxhole is socially distanced and punctuated by conference video & Zoom meetings instead of mortar fire.
If this were any normal year, we’d be looking forward to the annual group-up, town-hall, or even company-wide meeting with our organization. An event that maybe is offsite, out of town, or at a fancy hotel where we can talk shop, network, and celebrate the year with drinks and good food. Events and conferences are part of work, of course, but most of us can agree they’re a well-deserved treat.
And yet, this year – a year when we could all use a treat more than ever – things are not at all normal.
Organizations are having to migrate their team-building experiences to virtual spaces and they’re discovering that a whole lot gets lost in translation. They’re also discovering the challenges of producing engaging digital event video when video production is more of a logistics hurdle than ever.
One ridiculously simple thing we’ve been seeing to solve this video quandary? Trivia. Seriously! And it works.
Day 1: Trivia - Round 1
Right now, most shared experiences via video require a certain suspension of disbelief. Even something as simple as a virtual happy hour, for example, requires that we pretend that we’re sharing cocktails and fluid conversation in the same social space, without our family in the next room or some pressing bit of home business urging our attention.
Trivia, on the other hand, seems tailor-made for fostering community and employee engagement through group video calls. It requires no physical game pieces or downloads, just a curious mind armed with useless information (we all have that) and equally insignificant questions. Furthermore, the more participants, the more enjoyable the experience becomes.
Trivia allows colleagues and community members to share a laugh at our inconsequential stupidity without any hurt feelings. And if you’re actually good at it, you get to show off your well-rounded wealth of random knowledge in an environment that actually rewards being a know-it-all (and there aren’t many of those)!
As a solution for engaging content, especially for digital event video, trivia is time-tested, tried and true. Look no further than the last several decades of late-night TV for proof that putting random people on the spot and watching them struggle is always good for a laugh. When the participants are your friends and coworkers that humor is amplified exponentially. Just check out this example. Or this one here.
Tri-State | General Trivia
And the best part? Producing videos like those isn’t difficult or challenging. With the emergence of digital video tools like Cinebody, it could not be easier or more suited to our current WFH circumstances. Here’s how:
Send your “cast” of filmers – members of your team or brand community – a link to download the app and join your project.
List out your questions in the pre-built shot list, and even control the camera settings of your filmers.
Yeah, that’s pretty much it! The clips your filmers record are automatically uploaded, so there’s no need for footage transfers. Just download the footage and use whatever edit software you’re most comfortable with to assemble the responses.
Even better, trivia is just one example of how to effectively use this technology for your digital events and conferences. Heck, even Hollywood has started doing table reads of famous scripts with all the roles recast as a way to create fun, engaging content with the same pandemic limitations.
We now live in a world where digital events have become the new normal. However, this does not mean that we cannot get creative and infuse them with fun and authentic engagement. In terms of video content, the simplest strategies often yield the most significant benefits. So, let's embrace this opportunity and make the most of it!
In conclusion, creating trivia videos with your team not only provides a refreshing break from the challenges of the year but also fosters a sense of community and engagement. Through simple tools like Cinebody, you can bring your team together virtually, showcase your knowledge, and have a good laugh. So, let's get started and make your next digital event an unforgettable experience!
