Keynote warm-up games and energisers for a big hall

The picks, ranked

1. 

   Would You Rather · Would You Rather — keynote warm-up

   Office-life dilemmas, a live split bar, five minutes, any crowd size.

   • When: While the hall fills.
   • How many: 6+ guests, up to 1,000
   • How long: 5–15 min
   • Energy: Lively

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2. 

   Draw It Before AI Gets It · Keynote warm-up: Draw vs AI

   Draw vs AI: volunteers sketch, the AI guesses live, 300 delegates race it.

   • When: A keynote warm-up, after lunch at an offsite, a fest or a booth game.
   • How many: 4+ guests, up to 300
   • How long: 10–20 min
   • Energy: High energy

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3. 🎭

   Say It or Act It — Beat the AI · Keynote warm-up: Tech Taboo vs AI

   Tech Taboo vs AI: volunteers explain jargon without the obvious words while an AI listens.

   • When: After lunch at an offsite, a sangeet side-vs-side round, a keynote warm-up, a fest stage.
   • How many: One performer at a time, room plays along
   • How long: 15–30 min
   • Energy: High energy

   Guided demo: uses the microphone.

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4. 

   Caption Clash · Caption the Town Hall

   One picture, sixty seconds, the AI ranks the lines with reasons, the room votes.

   • When: Between sessions at a conference, throwback photos at a wedding, a tagline contest at a booth.
   • How many: 10+ guests, up to 5,000
   • How long: 5–15 min
   • Energy: Lively

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   Quiz Arena · AI Quiz Show — industry edition

   Predict the Crowd: opinion questions where the AI predicts the room’s answer first; Room vs AI on the screen.

   • When: After dinner, between sessions, or as the main game of a sangeet or quiz night.
   • How many: 6+ guests, up to 1,000
   • How long: 10–20 min
   • Energy: Lively

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6. 

   Janta Ki Awaaz · The Room Says: Sales vs Tech

   The Room Says warms up a hall: every phone answers one prompt and two sides guess the board before the keynote.

   • When: The family-vs-family round of a sangeet, a conference warm-up, an offsite department face-off.
   • How many: 4+ guests, up to 1,000
   • How long: 15–30 min
   • Energy: Lively

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Side by side

Timing

Start the warm-up while doors are open, so latecomers join mid-round. Keep it under ten minutes and end on a laugh, not a leaderboard: the speaker should walk on while the room is still smiling.

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