With Beekast, you can create different types of activities to meet the needs of your presentations. Whether for training, an event, a workshop, or a meeting, these activities allow you to add interactivity, encourage participation, and engage your audience more effectively. Beekast offers 15 activities, divided into 4 main categories based on their objective.
What are the 4 categories of Beekast activities?
Activities are divided into four categories, each corresponding to a specific moment in your session.
Ice breakers
Idea generation
Opinion gathering
Evaluation
1. Icebreaker activities
Icebreakers are ideal at the beginning of a session to break the ice, encourage participants to speak, and quickly involve everyone.
Word cloud: allow participants to express themselves on a topic and instantly visualize responses in the form of a word cloud. This simple and quick activity is perfect for starting discussions.
Photo wall: invite participants to share a photo or a selfie to create a collaborative mosaic. Widely used during events, this visual activity makes it easy to capture and share the final result.
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You can also use a poll with an emoji barometer to gauge your audience's mood at the start of the session.
2. Idea generation activities
These activities are ideal for brainstorming, collective reflection, and stimulating collective intelligence.
Board: Collect and organize participants' ideas in a collaborative board. You can create categories, assign colors to ideas, organize a vote, and turn ideas into actions or tasks. This activity is particularly useful for meetings and working workshops.
Speedboat: stimulate reflection using visual analogies such as a car, a boat, a hot air balloon, or a rocket to identify obstacles, drivers, and opportunities.
Whiteboard: co-create freely with participants using drawings, text, and images. An ideal solution for visual and collaborative work.
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The Board and Whiteboard activities are available with premium access.
3. Opinion gathering activities
These activities allow you to collect your audience's opinions and visualize trends quickly.
Dot voting: present several proposals and assign several points to distribute. Participants vote, allowing you to immediately identify the group's priorities.
Poll: ask a question and display the results in real time. Participants can select one or multiple answers.
Survey: create a form with different types of questions to collect feedback, prepare a session, or gather information.
Rating: ask participants to rate a topic and display the average score live.
Matrix: participants evaluate a series of proposals according to two axes and instantly visualize the results in a matrix.
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The Dot voting, Survey, and Matrix activities are available with premium access.
4. Evaluation activities
Evaluation activities help measure participants' understanding and learning outcomes.
Ranking: ask participants to place items in the correct order. A quick and engaging activity to check knowledge.
Quick check: host your session with a quiz including a countdown, a leaderboard, and a podium. Ideal for testing knowledge and energizing the group.
Quiz: participants complete a series of challenges, individually or in teams, to reach the final podium.
Matching: check the understanding of a concept by asking participants to match different elements together.
Pin on image: participants must identify elements on an image by pointing to them correctly.
Good to know
The Ranking and Quiz activities are available with premium access.
In evaluation activities, answers cannot be modified once they have been submitted.
❓FAQ
How many activities does Beekast offer?
Beekast offers 15 activities, divided into 4 main categories based on their objective.
Which activities are reserved for premium access?
The Board, Whiteboard, Dot voting, Survey, Matrix, Ranking, and Quiz activities are available with premium access.
Which activity should I choose to break the ice at the start of a session?
Icebreaker activities like Wordcloud and Photo Wall are ideal for breaking the ice at the start of a session.
Can I edit an answer submitted in an evaluation activity?
No, in evaluation activities, answers cannot be modified once they have been submitted.
Which activity should I use to gauge my audience's mood?
You can use a survey with an emoji barometer to gauge your audience's mood at the start of the session.
