o Organize a launch event to develop excitement about upcoming activities and to develop a social climate that establishes being active as the norm.
o Organize and promote monthly or bi-monthly organization events that are fun and active, e.g., picnics with physical games, staff tournaments and dragon boat racing.
Make certain to encourage families to join in by including all-ages events like relay races, soccer matches, bocce ball and baseball games.
o Begin a swim club at a local pool. Invite groups of workforce to swim the distance of a nearby lake. Convert kilometres to lengths and reward workforce who complete the swim.
Be certain to set up a challenge between staff members and managers to see who covers the greatest distance.
o Post a sign-up board where staff can become a member of group or find a buddy to participate in activities of interest.
o Arrange a organization badminton tournament that lasts several months, with each staff member playing once a week. Post the results as the tournament progresses.
o Organize an office Olympics, World Cup, Wimbledon or Masters Games. Invite teams to compete in a few activities over a month. Reward everybody who participates.
o Create a point system in which one minute of activity equals one point. Be certain to set a target, and post a chart where all staff members can track their points. Reward the first group to reach that target.
o Co-ordinate a stair climb challenge. Post a chart at the top of the stairwell, and encourage workforce to track the number of flights of stairs they climb each workday.
Make certain to set up teams, and award a prize to the first team to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest.
o Post and promote a sign-up board for lunchtime walking groups.
o Organize a walk “across the USA ” Pick a route, find out how many steps it’d take to walk that distance and challenge workforce to do it.
Give or loan pedometers to workforce, and ask them to record the number of steps they take. Or, when you cannot afford pedometers, track the minutes walked. Be certain to set up a challenge between workforce and managers to see who can walk across the U.S. first.
o Co-ordinate a walk to work club. Acknowledge employees who either walk to work or walk to public transit.
o Have a volunteer group leader guide weekly lunchtime power walks.
o Coordinate a million-step challenge. Form groups, challenge each group to walk a combined total of a million steps and reward the winner. Departments or sites could compete with each other and with management.
o Challenge personnel to walk 10,000 steps a day. Buy pedometers for all participating personnel or, if you cannot afford that, make pedometers available at a decreased rate.
Give tips for increasing daily steps, and reward staff who succeed.