Struggling to spark meaningful engagement in your healthcare community? Community Challenges are a fun way to motivate members, break the ice, and drive ongoing participation. These templates make it easy to launch creative, on-brand challenges that encourage connection, learning, and healthy competition.
Plan your content calendar and auto-post to Skool, Circle, or Mighty Networks
Community Challenges work because they tap into our natural desire to connect, compete, and achieve goals together. By framing tasks as challenges, you invite members to take action in a way that feels playful and motivating, rather than obligatory. Challenges also create moments of shared experience, building camaraderie and a sense of belonging.
In healthcare communities, challenges can drive positive behavior change, encourage healthy habits, and provide valuable education. They lower the barrier to participation, especially for those who may be hesitant to post, and can help surface inspiring stories and tips from a diverse group of members. The result is a more vibrant, supportive, and active community.
Hydration Challenge: Drink 8 glasses of water today and share how you feel by the end.
💡 Example: "Hydration Challenge: Drink 8 glasses of water today and let us know how you feel!"
Step Count Showdown: Track your steps for the next 24 hours. Who can reach the highest number?
💡 Example: "Step Count Showdown: I hit 10,000 steps today. Who can beat that?"
Fruit and Veggie Bingo: Eat 5 different colors of fruits or veggies today and post your list.
💡 Example: "Fruit and Veggie Bingo: Today I had blueberries, carrots, spinach, red peppers, and bananas!"
Share your favorite quick and healthy breakfast. Inspire a fellow member to try it tomorrow.
💡 Example: "My favorite is overnight oats with berries. Who else loves a quick breakfast?"
Mindful Minute: Pause, take 5 deep breaths, and share how it made you feel.
💡 Example: "After 5 deep breaths, I feel calmer and more focused."
Healthy Swap Challenge: Substitute one meal today with a healthier option. What did you swap?
💡 Example: "I swapped chips for sliced cucumber at lunch!"
Sleep Tracker: Aim for 7+ hours tonight. Check in tomorrow with your results.
💡 Example: "I got 7.5 hours and feel so much better this morning."
Gratitude in Healthcare: Share one thing you are grateful for about your health today.
💡 Example: "I am grateful my migraines have been less frequent lately."
Walk and Talk: Take a 10-minute walk and snap a photo of your view to post here.
💡 Example: "Here is my park view from this morning's walk."
Challenge: Try a new healthy recipe this week and share the results or a photo.
💡 Example: "I made a quinoa salad and loved it. Here is a picture!"
Share your best tip for staying active during a busy week. Let others know what works for you.
💡 Example: "I set calendar reminders to stand up and stretch every hour."
Post a photo of your favorite healthy snack and tag a friend to join the challenge.
💡 Example: "Here is my apple with peanut butter! Tagging @Maria to join."
Mental Health Moment: Share one small act of self-care you did today.
💡 Example: "I took a break to listen to calming music this afternoon."
Share a myth about health you used to believe. What changed your mind?
💡 Example: "I thought carbs were always bad. Learning about nutrition changed my view."
Try a new stretching routine and share which move felt best for you.
💡 Example: "The cat-cow stretch helped my back the most today."
Healthy Habit Streak: Commit to one healthy habit for 3 days. Share your progress.
💡 Example: "I am drinking water before every meal for 3 days. Day 1 complete!"
Flossing Challenge: Floss every night this week and share your tips for remembering.
💡 Example: "I leave my floss on my pillow so I never forget."
Share your go-to stress relief activity and explain how it helps you.
💡 Example: "I journal before bed to clear my mind."
Try a new fruit or vegetable this week and let us know what you picked.
💡 Example: "I tried jicama for the first time. It was crunchy and sweet."
Show us your favorite spot to relax and recharge at home or outside.
💡 Example: "My hammock in the backyard is my favorite place to unwind."
Challenge: Set a screen-free hour today and share what you did instead.
💡 Example: "I spent my screen-free hour reading a novel."
Share one small win from your health journey this week.
💡 Example: "I walked up the stairs instead of taking the elevator all week."
Try a 5-minute guided meditation and share your favorite part.
💡 Example: "The visualization part helped me feel peaceful."
Share a healthcare podcast or book you recommend and why.
💡 Example: "I love 'Sleep With Me' for learning about sleep hygiene."
Try standing up and stretching every hour today. Report back on how you feel.
💡 Example: "My back feels less stiff after standing every hour."
Healthy Lunch Swap: Share a photo of your lunch and explain how you made it healthier.
💡 Example: "I made a salad with grilled chicken instead of fried."
Post a motivational quote that keeps you inspired on your health journey.
💡 Example: "Progress, not perfection, keeps me moving forward."
Try a group virtual workout this week and share your experience or a screenshot.
💡 Example: "I joined a yoga livestream and felt connected to the group."
Share a healthy habit you want to start and ask others for tips to get going.
💡 Example: "I want to start meal planning. Any tips?"
Challenge: Swap your afternoon snack for fruit and report your favorite option.
💡 Example: "I swapped my cookie for a peach and loved it."
Take a before-and-after photo of your workspace after making it more ergonomic.
💡 Example: "Here is my desk before and after adjusting my chair and monitor."
Try a new form of exercise and share what you liked or found challenging.
💡 Example: "I tried pilates and found the core work really tough but rewarding."
Share a photo of your favorite water bottle or hydration tool.
💡 Example: "My blue reusable bottle goes everywhere with me."
Challenge: Go caffeine-free for one day and share how you managed the change.
💡 Example: "I drank herbal tea instead of coffee today and felt less jittery."
Start a sleep journal for three days. Share an insight or tip that helped you.
💡 Example: "Not using my phone before bed helped me fall asleep faster."
Share the one health goal you are focusing on this month.
💡 Example: "This month I am focusing on eating more vegetables."
Challenge: Try a meatless meal and share your recipe or review.
💡 Example: "I made veggie chili and it was delicious. Here is the recipe!"
Share a photo of your healthy grocery haul this week.
💡 Example: "Look at all these fresh veggies and whole grains I bought!"
Try a new way to relax today and share what you did and how it made you feel.
💡 Example: "I tried aromatherapy for the first time and felt very calm."
Challenge: Do a random act of kindness for someone and share what you did.
💡 Example: "I brought soup to my neighbor who was feeling sick."
Pick a challenge template that fits your community's goals or current topics. Customize details as needed, such as timeframes, specific tasks, or rewards. Announce the challenge with clear instructions and an enthusiastic tone. Encourage members to share updates, photos, or reflections as they participate. Recognize and celebrate contributions, whether with shoutouts, badges, or simple thank-yous. Rotate or repeat successful challenges to build momentum.
These templates are designed for use across all platforms. On forums or blogs, post challenges as sticky threads or featured articles. On chat apps, use daily or weekly challenge prompts in dedicated channels. In social groups, pair challenges with relevant hashtags or visual content to increase visibility. Always prompt members to share updates in the format that best fits your platform, whether that is comments, photos, or reactions.
To promote knowledge sharing around medication administration errors, create a challenge like 'Medication Safety Week' where nurses post anonymized case studies or tips on how they caught and corrected potential errors. Use real-world scenarios and include prompts such as, 'Share a time you intercepted a near-miss and the system you used.' This not only raises awareness but also strengthens a culture of safety within your healthcare community.
Structure the challenge around a shared patient safety theme, such as 'Fall Prevention Month', where each discipline shares their unique protocols or interventions. Include daily prompts tailored to each role and create collaborative tasks, like 'Design a multidisciplinary fall risk checklist.' Highlight collaborative posts to foster cross-disciplinary learning and engagement.
When designing case-based challenges, instruct participants to use only de-identified information, removing all protected health information (PHI) as defined by HIPAA. Provide clear guidelines on anonymizing age, dates, and unique identifiers. Consider using hypothetical cases or composite scenarios to further reduce risk while still enabling rich clinical discussion.
Focus on healthcare-relevant engagement metrics such as the number of shared patient management strategies (e.g., diabetes care plans), frequency of evidence-based guideline references, peer support interactions, and case discussion depth. Additionally, track participation across different specialties to gauge multidisciplinary involvement in the challenge.
Create challenges centered on wellness topics, such as '7 Days of Self-Care for Clinicians,' with daily prompts about stress reduction techniques, shift handoff strategies, or sharing coping resources. Encourage sharing of institutional wellness programs and evidence-based interventions like mindfulness or peer support groups. Use anonymous posting if possible, to promote open sharing about sensitive topics like burnout.
Develop a challenge such as 'Sepsis Awareness Week' with daily posts prompting members to discuss recent changes to clinical guidelines, share implementation strategies at their facilities, and post success stories or obstacles faced. Include interactive elements like quizzes on guideline updates and encourage posting of resource materials for peer review. Recognize top contributors who provide actionable insights.
Skool · Circle · Mighty Networks