- Balloon pop-before filling a balloon with helium, put a note inside with the name of a prize. Employees pay x amount to buy a balloon and pop it to find out what prize they have won. Employees or companies can donate prizes.
- Chili cook-off contest-employees cook their favorite chili recipe and enter it into a cook-off contest. Sell bowls of chili to employees for lunch.
- Executive tricycle race-set a relay course for executives to go through riding a tricycle. Use a stopwatch to time contestants, with the best time winning a prize. Observers can wager on their favorite contestants.
- Peon for a day-top management agrees to be a “slave” to any department for a day based on campaign performance.
- Reverse voting-set up any voting contest. Vote for the winner with dimes, but any other coin deducts from the dime votes. You can vote against a contestant by putting in quarters. Use any denomination of coin you choose for the event. Avoid paper money.
- Work on the roof-top management agrees to work on the roof for a day if a goal is met.