Employee engagement
An easy March employee engagement idea: the office Oscars pool
Most culture events need a venue, a budget, and a time that works for everyone. An office Oscars pool needs one link, and the show does the entertaining.
Why it works for busy HR and events teams
Engagement events usually ask a lot of the people running them: a room, food, a time that works across time zones, and someone to host. An Oscars pool asks for one invite link. People join when they have a few minutes, the ballot is ready for them, and the scoring happens on its own.
Built for hybrid and remote teams
Everyone plays on their own phone or laptop, so the person in the office and the person three time zones away are in the same game. Nobody has to sit on a video call on a Sunday evening to take part. They can watch from the couch and still see where they rank.
Ideas to build around the pool
Put the leaderboard on the office TV on Monday and leave it up for the week. Give a small prize to the winner and a joke prize to last place. Open a thread in your team chat for predictions and hot takes. If you have an office, host a lunch the Friday before where people fill out their ballots together.
A simple timeline
Send the invite once the nominees are announced, so people have a few weeks to pick. Post a reminder the week before the show and another the day before picks lock. On Oscar night, share the leaderboard link in your team chat so people can follow along from home. The next morning, announce the winner and share the recap, then leave the final standings up for anyone who missed the show.
Keep it friendly for everyone
Not everyone watches the Oscars, and that's fine. Someone who hasn't seen a single nominee can still win, because a lucky guess counts the same as an expert pick. There's no money involved, which keeps it comfortable for a workplace.
One pool for everyone, or one per office
The simple setup is one party per show for the whole company. If you'd rather have each office or department compete on its own leaderboard, our largest package allows more than one party per show.
Make it a season, not a single night
The Oscars on Sunday, March 14, 2027 are the headline, but a company pool covers every award show on Award Party for 12 months: the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, the Grammys, the Emmys, and more. Each show gets its own party, so the same group can keep a running rivalry going all year.
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