Spread holiday joy by launching a fun and engaging quiz calendar to build excitement in your organization. Promote a community feeling during a specific period of time, and connect teams with daily questions and competitions. Motivate repeat visits to your platform with rankings, and reward participation with prizes. This use case will help you focus attention on your intranet or employee app, in a thrilling, gamified way.

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Key Facts | Steps | Measure Success | Best Practices | How a Holiday Quiz Calendar Looks for Users

Problem Statement: Attention can fragment across locations and teams can feel disconnected from shared celebrations.

Business Objective: Create a fun, seasonally relevant moment that brings people back to your app or intranet daily, strengthening a sense of belonging.

Staffbase Features: 

• Quiz Calendar: Run a consecutive‑days quiz (2–40 days), add daily images/text, and optionally show rankings.
• News: Promote your quiz via push notifications to increase participation.

Audience: All employees, especially global frontline teams.

Outcome:  A feeling of connectedness, higher daily platform usage, and friendly competition across locations.

You can use this step-by-step guide to set up this use case in Staffbase.

Create a Holiday Calendar

1. In the Studio, navigate to Content > Quiz Calendar.
2. Click Add Quiz Calendar.
3. Provide a title and define a Space and Visibility.
4. Under Calendar Type, select the Custom Calendar.
5. Enter Start Date and End Date
6. Click Add.

Learn more about setting up a quiz calendar.

Configure Competition Settings

1. In the calendar, and click Settings.
2. Add a Custom Image background.
3. Deselect the Show Correct Answer Immediately After Answering checkbox.
4. Select Show Ranking checkbox to add a ranking tab.
5. Select Hide User Names in Ranking checkbox to keep names private.
6. Click Save.

Learn more about configuring quiz settings.

Add Quiz Content and Questions

1. In the calendar you just created, click on a day.
2. Add a Title, Image, or short Text about the question.
3. Click Add a Question.
4. Provide a question.
5. Add up to four Answer Choices and select the Correct Answer.
6. Click Save.
7. Repeat step 3 to 6 to add more questions for that day.
8. Click Preview to see how the quiz looks on different devices.
9. Click Publish to make the quiz visible for users on the start date.

Promote the Quiz and Draw Prizes Fairly

• Position the quiz calendar prominently in your menu and on popular pages.
  Make sure users naturally discover your quiz calendar.
• Announce with a news post and activate push/email notifications. 
  Mention key details including time frame, how points work, prize overview, and fairness rules.
• Draw your winners, document the results and keep alternates on hand.
  Inform winners privately, then celebrate with a News post.

These are different ways you can track the success of this use case.

Reach & Awareness

• Use the Content Tab in the Analytics dashboard to monitor announcement post opens
• Compare the announcement post opens with calendar views and participation to gauge the effectiveness of your announcement and quiz theme.

Utilize the Quiz Scores CSV Export

• Export the quiz scores to CSV to calculate the unique participants.
• Calculate the number of days each participant answered questions.

Gauge Sentiment

• Create a survey at the end of the holiday calendar to check employee sentiment.
• Add an open-text question to request specific feedback and future ideas.

Staffbase has a few recommendations to ensure the best experience for your users.

 

Start Early and Plan Ahead

• Use the Custom Dates option for inclusivity and match the calendar to cultural seasons, or local observances.
• Plan your competition schedule ahead, keeping in mind that an engaging competition takes time to prepare. Remember that the calendar runs on consecutive days, starting at midnight based on the configured calendar time zone. 

 

Spark Excitement and Keep it Fun

• Add occasional bonus questions to spark buzz and spike participation on surprise Power Days.
• Experiment with different quiz topics that match your organization’s culture.

 

Promote Fairness and Transparency

• Avoid spoilers and reveal correct answers the next day to keep the competition fair.
• Involve your legal team to draft a Prize Draw Terms & Conditions for a fair, fun and transparent competition.

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How a Holiday Quiz Calendar Looks for Users

Additional Helpful Information

• Overview of the Quiz Calendar
• Setting Up a Quiz Calendar
• Configuring the Settings in the Quiz Calendar