Increase awareness of physical activity levels and provide positive encouragement to be more active with a Get Active Victoria Teams event.
What you get with Teams
Ease of use
- Easy to set up
- Choose any length event
- Connect teams and see results on a leaderboard
- Everyone can be active the way they want
Free resources
- Mobile app makes recording time easy
- Event ideas
- Fact sheets and sample communications to help you get started
- Challenges and workouts for inspiration to be more active
Plan your event
Work out what you want to achieve
Knowing what you want to achieve will help you design your event. To get as many as possible participating, design an event that people with all sorts of fitness levels can join. Get Active Victoria tracks time being active not steps, so everyone can participate in a way that suits them. Have a look at some event ideas for inspiration.
Setting an activity goal can be good as it gives participants something to aim for, but if you want widespread participation, consider where people are starting from and keep the goal realistic. Perhaps you simply want people to be more active than they are now rather than target a specific level of activity. Goals can be incremental too. A collective goal for your organisation is another option.
Make the event positive, supportive and enjoyable. If physical activity is enjoyable, then people are more likely to stick with it.
Choose the event length and timing
Decide how long the event will run. You can choose any length event with Get Active Victoria’s Teams. Think about what will suit your participants, and any holidays or activities that may interrupt the event. Keep in mind that the longer the event, the harder it is to maintain enthusiasm.
Create some guidelines
Set the guidelines for the event, including:
- How people join the event
- When they need to sign up
- How many people should be in a team
- How you are going to record everyone’s activity.
Set up your event
(with Get Active Victoria Teams)
Create a Link ID
If you connect teams using a Link ID, you can have as many teams as you want. Read How to set up an event for more information about using a Link ID.
Create teams
Encourage your organisation to get together and create teams. There is no limit on the number of people who can join a team. Read How to create a team.
Connect teams
Make sure all your teams have connected to your Link ID so you can view all teams on a leaderboard.
Promote and encourage
Spread the word
Let everyone know about your event and give them enough time to open a Get Active Victoria account and create teams.
Get started and download sample communications.
Encourage participants
Send out regular reminders to record activity, particularly if you are running an event over more than one week. Get Active Victoria makes it easy to record activity and track progress.
Host sessions to support participants to be active, like lunchtime walks, stretching or yoga sessions. The free Get Active Victoria workouts are a great resource.
Resources to get you started
Step by step guides to set up an event and create teams.
Communications that you can customise for your event.
Monitor how your event is going
Track how everyone is going during the event. Event participants can use the Get Active Victoria Activity Tracker to record activity and everyone’s results are available on a leaderboard.
The Activity Tracker is also available on the mobile app plus there is a timer that makes recording activity on the go easy.
Celebrate and Evaluate!
A little healthy competition is great for those that enjoy it but it’s not for everyone. Find ways to celebrate activity that can include everyone rather than just the most active individuals or teams. Here’s a few ideas:
- Encourage participants to photograph where they are getting active and create a photo board.
- Highlight participants or teams that are most improved.
- Encourage participants to share stories of their progress and how they are benefitting from the event.
- Recognise participants who are active every day of the event no matter how much activity they do.
- Maintain momentum with updates and announcements throughout the event.
Once your event is over, look at how it went and what you would change for a future event.
Get started with Teams
Open a free Get Active Victoria account to create or join a team.
