Monthly engagement ideas for Hoopla

When to use this

Use this article when you’re looking for fresh ways to keep employees engaged with your Hoopla channels throughout the year. These monthly themes and activities help you build a culture of recognition, celebration, and connection using Hoopla’s features.

Steps

December: Year-end celebration and recognition

1. Highlight year-in-review achievements Create a Metric Step to show annual progress on key goals. Add a Newsflash to celebrate when milestones are hit.

2. Recognize outstanding employees Use a Post Spotlight to feature Employee of the Year, Team of the Year, or other award categories. Include photos and highlight specific contributions.

3. Host a virtual town hall Stream a company-wide meeting via YouTube Live through Hoopla to share year-end results and future plans.

4. Gather employee feedback Add a QR code linking to a Google Form survey in your channel. Display real-time survey results as a leaderboard.

5. Run a holiday countdown Use the Countdown Step to build excitement for holidays and the new year. Include daily messages, fun facts, and activities.

6. Launch health and wellness challenges Share wellness tips, track progress, and celebrate employee achievements through Hoopla posts.

November: Gratitude and seasonal themes

1. Share thankful posts Use Post Spotlight to feature employee or manager photos with messages about what they’re thankful for. This is an ideal time for leadership to thank staff.

2. Organize a potluck signup Create a Google Sheets Data Table for employees to sign up for potluck items. The signup list displays live in your channel.

3. Update backgrounds for the season Change your channel backgrounds to autumn colors or try animated video backgrounds. Changing visuals helps combat habituation—the tendency for the brain to filter out items it sees every day.

4. Celebrate national days Post fun observances like National Sandwich Day (Nov 3), National Nachos Day (Nov 5), or National Take a Hike Day (Nov 17). Add photos from any office celebrations.

5. Encourage kudos through messaging Send recognition messages through Hoopla’s messaging system. Tie engagement to your Points and Rewards platform to drive adoption of the mobile app.

Year-round tactics

1. Showcase professional development Promote upcoming training sessions, resources, and learning opportunities in your channels.

2. Dedicate an appreciation week Use Hoopla to share daily gratitude messages, host virtual events, and recognize employees.

3. Rotate themes by month Customize these ideas based on your company culture and employee preferences. The goal is to create a positive, engaging experience that carries momentum into the next period.

Verify

Check that your engagement activities are working by:

• Monitoring mobile app adoption if you’re using Hoopla messaging
• Reviewing survey response rates when you use QR-code-linked forms
• Watching for increased channel interactions (comments, likes, and kudos)
• Asking for direct feedback during town halls or through follow-up surveys

If it doesn’t work

If employees aren’t engaging with your channels:

• Try changing visual themes. Repetitive content gets filtered out as background noise. Rotate backgrounds, step types, and media formats.
• Combine engagement with rewards. Tie participation to your Points and Rewards platform to incentivize adoption.
• Survey your team. Use a Google Form survey in Hoopla to learn what content employees actually want to see.
• Vary your posting schedule. Daily posts can become noise; weekly features may have more impact.

If you need help setting up specific Hoopla features mentioned in this article, search the knowledge base for step-specific guides (Metric Steps, Newsflashes, Post Spotlights, Data Tables, Countdown Steps).

Related articles

• Turn a survey into a leaderboard Show live survey votes on a team leaderboard by combining a Google Form, Google Sheets, and Hoopla teams.
• November engagement ideas for Hoopla Plan November content for your Hoopla channels with thankful posts, a potluck signup data table, autumn backgrounds, and kudos messages.
• Display data tables from Google Sheets on your screens Show up to four columns from a Google Sheet as a data table in your channel lineup, with display settings and a sync schedule you control.
• Play YouTube videos in Hoopla Show a YouTube video, including live broadcasts, on your channel or segment using a Web Page step with start time, mute, and duration.