Employee Engagement

Employee engagement games for repeatable team rituals

Done-for-you AI-hosted employee engagement games for values refreshers, all-hands openers, recognition campaigns, team rituals, and recurring culture moments. Recurring asset, not a one-off event.

$149 one-time pack includes a branded hosted game, source-grounded questions, AI host voice, share copy, and one revision pass. No demo call required.

Done-for-you pack

Start with one sendable proof asset.

Buy a single done-for-you game pack before committing to a workspace. We turn your brief into a hosted Trivana link with launch copy, then you share it wherever your audience already is.

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Proof game

Team Building Starter

Use this as the first outbound asset. Send the proof page, let buyers try the game, then offer to make a branded version for their audience.

Use-case guide

How this becomes a reusable event asset

Employee engagement programs almost always start with a real intent ("we want people to feel connected to the values") and end up running on autopilot announcements ("reminder: values workshop Friday at 2pm"). The gap between intent and execution is what every People Ops leader fights — and it's not a content gap, it's a format gap. People don't engage with announcements; they engage with shared moments. The Trivana employee engagement pack converts the announcement model into a hosted activity model.

A hosted engagement game isn't trivia for trivia's sake. It's a structured way to surface what the team is supposed to remember (values, principles, recognition moments, team facts) through a competitive, scoreable, shareable format. Instead of asking employees to read a values doc and absorb it passively, the game makes them choose between answer options grounded in actual values content. The active recall is what produces retention. The leaderboard is what produces conversation.

When you buy a pack, you send a brief: the engagement moment (quarterly values refresher, recognition month wrap, all-hands warm-up, new policy rollout, team retro), the audience profile, brand context, and source material we should ground the questions in (values doc, recent team wins, recognition nominations, the actual content you're trying to land). Trivana writes the round around your real content, picks a voice host that matches your culture, and ships a shareable link within 2 business days. The pack is reusable — the same values refresher can run quarterly for 12 months before it needs a refresh.

For recurring engagement programs, the $399 Three-Pack Campaign is the strongest first test. Three themed rounds spanning one quarter — for example: Month 1 (company values quiz), Month 2 (team recognition wrap), Month 3 (product/team-context refresher). Sending one pack per month inside a Slack channel or all-hands meeting produces consistent engagement signal across the quarter, and the rounds compound on each other (the values round from Month 1 informs context for Month 3).

For larger teams running monthly or bi-weekly engagement rituals, Trivana Teams at $99/mo unlocks unlimited self-serve generation with 5 creator seats. The math: at 4 packs per month from the $149 pricing, you're at $596/month for done-for-you. The Teams plan at $99/mo + a People Ops lead generating the rounds in-house (5 min each) is ~6× cheaper at higher volume. Most teams start with $149 or $399 to validate the format, then move to Teams once the cadence proves out.

The async-friendly format is the unlock for distributed teams. Hosted engagement games work across timezones — a values refresher can run async over a 7-day window with the full team competing on the same leaderboard. Compare to scheduled live workshops which require everyone to show up at 2pm Pacific (impossible for global teams) — the async pattern is the difference between 30% participation and 80% participation for a distributed company.

Best fit for the employee engagement pack model: People Ops or HR leads running quarterly engagement programs; internal comms teams shipping recurring campaigns (recognition months, values refreshers, culture surveys); founders at 20-200 person companies building repeatable rituals before they hire a dedicated employee experience role; managers running team rituals (weekly standups, monthly retros, recognition shoutouts); HR consultants white-labeling engagement programs for client teams. If your engagement cadence is monthly or higher, Trivana Teams ($99/mo) is the right tier.

Employee engagement games are also the gateway to the rest of the Trivana stack. Teams that start with an engagement pack often move into adjacent use cases — onboarding trivia (see /use-cases/onboarding-trivia-game), team-building offsites (see /use-cases/team-building-trivia), and virtual event engagement (see /use-cases/virtual-event-trivia). The same delivery process works for all of them; the Trivana Teams plan covers all formats.

Activation plan

Four ways to use the pack

Brief the engagement moment

Pick the specific moment (values refresher, recognition wrap, all-hands warm-up, policy rollout) and send the source material we should ground the questions in. The brief takes 10 minutes; the more specific the source, the more the activity feels like YOUR program.

  • +Engagement moment type (values / recognition / policy / retro)
  • +Audience (full company / team subset / role-specific)
  • +Cadence (one-off / monthly / quarterly / annual)
  • +Source docs (values doc, recognition nominations, policy content)
  • +Sensitivities to avoid (recent layoffs, in-flight changes)

Pack delivery (2 business days for $149, 3-5 for $399)

Trivana writes the round around your source material, validates via cross-model fact-check, picks the voice host, and ships a shareable link with one revision pass.

  • +Questions grounded in your actual values/recognition/content
  • +Voice host pick from 7 personalities
  • +Branded scorecard with your logo
  • +Cross-model fact-check on every question
  • +One revision pass to swap or adjust

Channel drop + cadence

Drop the link in your engagement channel (Slack #culture, Teams general, internal comms newsletter, all-hands invite). For recurring programs, queue the next pack ~2 weeks before the next drop. For async-friendly distributed teams, leave the link open for 7 days.

  • +Slack/Teams: drop with share-prompt + pin for visibility
  • +All-hands: open the meeting with the round as a warm-up
  • +Newsletter: embed in monthly internal comms
  • +Async window: 7-day completion window for distributed teams
  • +Recurring: monthly or quarterly drop cadence

Measure and refresh

Track completion rate, leaderboard activity, and team-level rankings. Refresh the pack as values or content evolves — most teams refresh annually. The pack itself stays reusable across multiple drops within the year.

  • +Completion rate as a culture-health metric
  • +Team-level rankings surface where culture lands strongest
  • +Question-by-question accuracy surfaces handbook gaps
  • +Annual refresh as values/team/product evolves
  • +Compounds across quarters — same pack, multiple drops

Built for

People teams, internal comms leads, employee experience managers, founders, and managers running 10-500 person teams with recurring engagement programs

Paid pack fit

Start with the $149 Async Trivia Pack for a single moment (a values refresher, a recognition month wrap, a specific all-hands moment). The $399 Three-Pack Campaign is the strongest first test for a recurring engagement series — three themed rounds spanning one quarter. Most teams graduate to Trivana Teams at $99/mo once the cadence proves out (3+ engagement moments per quarter — typical for People Ops teams at 50-500 person companies).

Best-fit buyer signals

  • +You run a recurring engagement program (values refreshers, recognition months, all-hands warm-ups) at least quarterly.
  • +Your internal comms get scrolled past after the first two weeks — announcement fatigue is real and measurable.
  • +Your team is distributed across timezones and you need async-friendly engagement formats.
  • +You have engagement budget but it's spent on swag/Doordash credits because there's no measurable activity to budget against.
  • +You're a founder at a 20-200 person company building rituals before you hire a dedicated employee experience role.
  • +You're an HR consultant white-labeling engagement programs for client teams and need a repeatable format.

Why buyers care

  • -Internal comms often get ignored when they're only announcements — slack-bot daily standups, weekly newsletters, and all-hands invites get scrolled past after the first two weeks.
  • -Team rituals need fresh formats without weekly manual prep — the manager organizing the recurring ritual is the one burning out on it.
  • -Employees need low-pressure ways to participate async — global teams can't all show up at the same hour for a values check-in.
  • -Values stay abstract when delivered as slides — "we value transparency" reads on a deck but doesn't compute in the day-to-day until someone makes it concrete.
  • -Recognition campaigns become awkward when there's no structured format — "shout out a teammate in #kudos" works for the first 3 weeks, then dies.
  • -Engagement budgets get spent on swag and Doordash credits because there's no measurable activity to budget against.

What they get

  • +A lightweight engagement ritual that runs monthly or quarterly without weekly manual prep
  • +Values and recognition moments people actually play (vs announcements they scroll past)
  • +Repeatable internal campaign assets — one $149 pack runs across 12 months as a refresher loop
  • +Cross-team participation across distributed offices and time zones via async-friendly link sharing
  • +Measurable engagement signal — completion rates, scoreboard activity, team-level rankings
  • +Async-first delivery so employees play during meetings, between meetings, or after hours

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FAQ

What employee engagement moments fit best?

The strongest fits are quarterly values refreshers, recognition month wraps, all-hands openers, fun Friday rituals, new-policy rollout absorption checks, team retros, and onboarding new-cohort warm-ups. Anything where the goal is "we want the team to remember/internalize this content" instead of "we want the team to read this content" fits the hosted-game format better than slides or PDFs.

Can this be a recurring program?

Yes — recurring is where the format compounds. The $399 Three-Pack Campaign is the strongest first test for a recurring series (3 packs over one quarter). For ongoing monthly or weekly cadence, Trivana Teams at $99/mo unlocks unlimited self-serve generation with 5 creator seats. Most teams start with the three-pack to validate, then graduate to Teams once the cadence proves out.

Does this require a live host or facilitator?

No. The Trivana hosted game format runs from a shareable link with an AI voice host that reads each question with personality, scores in real time, and produces a scoreboard. Employees can play live during a meeting (manager plays alongside, not as host) or async over a 7-day window (recommended for distributed teams).

How is this different from a Donut bot or a Slack engagement bot?

Donut and similar Slack bots run on a fixed pattern (random pairings, weekly icebreaker prompts) with no customization to your team's content. Trivana packs are written around YOUR values, YOUR recognition content, YOUR product context. The difference is between generic engagement filler and a hosted activity that surfaces content the team actually needs to remember.

Can the game use our actual values doc, recognition nominations, or comms content?

Yes — and this is the core of the value. Send URLs, PDFs, values docs, recognition nominations from the past month, comms decks, or Notion pages in the brief. Trivana grounds the question generation in your real source material via cross-model fact-check. Questions reference YOUR three values (not generic ones), YOUR team members being recognized, YOUR product context.

How fast can the first engagement game ship?

2 business days from approved brief for the $149 single Async Trivia Pack. The $399 Three-Pack Campaign ships across 3-5 business days. Rush turnaround (24 hours) is available for single packs. Self-serve generation runs in under 5 minutes for a generic round on the free plan or the Teams plan.

How do you handle confidential content (compensation, performance, in-flight decisions)?

The brief defines what's in-scope. Public-facing values content and recognition that's already shared internally are the most common source materials. Confidential content (compensation, individual performance ratings, in-flight strategic decisions) should stay out of the questions — these belong in 1:1s or executive comms instead. Trivana never invents facts; if it's not in the source material, we won't generate a question about it.

Can this work for distributed or remote-first teams?

Yes — remote-first teams are one of the strongest use patterns. The async-friendly format means a values refresher can run over a 7-day window with the full team competing on the same leaderboard regardless of timezone. Compare to scheduled live engagement workshops (require everyone at 2pm Pacific, impossible for global teams) — the async pattern is the difference between 30% and 80% participation.

How do you measure engagement from a Trivana pack?

Three signals: (1) completion rate (% of eligible employees who played) as a culture-health metric, (2) team-level leaderboard rankings to surface where culture lands strongest, (3) question-by-question accuracy to surface gaps in what employees actually retained. Most People Ops teams track completion rate as the headline metric and use the question-level data to revise the content for the next drop.