Have members hunt for information on the computer system. Teach the new members skills necessary to operate the system correctly. Then, have members seek information that requires them to utilize the skills they have just learned. With scavenger hunts that focus on the mastery of technical tools, facilitators can lock out different parts of the computers and only unlock them when members complete certain tasks. This keeps them from getting confused and wasting time searching through the wrong areas of the computer.
Give members prizes for successfully finding everything on their list. Make these prizes fun and enjoyable to the employees, such as gift certificates to nearby restaurants. Prizes are simply one of many ways to increase engagement. Organizations can also make the objects that members search for interesting in themselves.
Have the scavenger hunt take members to different parts of the organization’s facility, allowing them to learn where all the resources are located. Have a scavenger hunt take new employees to the company cafeteria or students to the library. Place objects in each of these facilities that new members must locate. For added educational benefit, these objects can provide information about the organization, such as a T-shirt with the organization’s website on it, helping the members remember the organization’s website.
Give members specific information they must discover. For example, mention a famous researcher the school was named after and have students find information relating to the researcher. Place a journal containing the researcher’s bio somewhere in the recreation center as part of the scavenger hunt's information-gathering exercise.
Scavenger hunts can help members become used to seeking out people responsible for helping them. For example, if members are supposed to contact a technical support department when they run into a problem with the computer system, the new members can be sent out to search for these specific members. As part of the scavenger hunt, have new members retrieve a password to access their computer accounts by contacting the organization’s personal technical support team.