# Keynote warm-up games and energisers for a big hall A warm-up has five to ten minutes to wake a hall of hundreds, without anyone needing to stand. One-tap dilemmas, a drawing race against an AI and a caption battle do it: everyone plays on the phone, the stage screen shows the result instantly, and the room laughs together before the speaker walks on. Written for planners and agencies choosing for a client: what to run, when, for how many. 6 games, each playable in your browser from this page. [See the 6 picks](#picks)[Send me this list](#plan) ## The picks, ranked 1. ![Would You Rather on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/would-you-rather-640.webp) ### [Would You Rather](https://sociana.in/play/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 [Try it Would You Rather](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=would-you-rather&occasion=conference)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/would-you-rather/) 2. ![Draw It Before AI Gets It on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/sketch-guess-640.webp) ### [Draw It Before AI Gets It](https://sociana.in/play/sketch-guess/) · 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 [Try it Draw It Before AI Gets It](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=sketch-guess&occasion=conference)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/sketch-guess/) 3. 🎭 ### [Say It or Act It — Beat the AI](https://sociana.in/play/stage-guess/) · 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. [How it works](https://sociana.in/play/stage-guess/) 4. ![Caption Clash on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/caption-clash-640.webp) ### [Caption Clash](https://sociana.in/play/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 [Try it Caption Clash](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=caption-clash&occasion=conference)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/caption-clash/) 5. ![Quiz Arena on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/quiz-arena-640.webp) ### [Quiz Arena](https://sociana.in/play/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 [Try it Quiz Arena](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=quiz-arena&occasion=conference)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/quiz-arena/) 6. ![Janta Ki Awaaz on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/family-feud-640.webp) ### [Janta Ki Awaaz](https://sociana.in/play/family-feud/) · 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 [Try it Janta Ki Awaaz](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=family-feud&occasion=conference)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/family-feud/) ## Side by side | Game | Best moment | How many | How long | Energy | Needs | Try it | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------- | | [Would You Rather](https://sociana.in/play/would-you-rather/) | While the hall fills. | 6+ guests, up to 1,000 | 5–15 min | Lively | Phones, big screen | Free trial | | [Draw It Before AI Gets It](https://sociana.in/play/sketch-guess/) | A keynote warm-up, after lunch at an offsite, a fest or a booth game. | 4+ guests, up to 300 | 10–20 min | High energy | Phones, big screen | Free trial | | [Say It or Act It — Beat the AI](https://sociana.in/play/stage-guess/) | After lunch at an offsite, a sangeet side-vs-side round, a keynote warm-up, a fest stage. | One performer at a time, room plays along | 15–30 min | High energy | Phones, big screen, microphone, camera | Guided demo | | [Caption Clash](https://sociana.in/play/caption-clash/) | Between sessions at a conference, throwback photos at a wedding, a tagline contest at a booth. | 10+ guests, up to 5,000 | 5–15 min | Lively | Phones, big screen | Free trial | | [Quiz Arena](https://sociana.in/play/quiz-arena/) | After dinner, between sessions, or as the main game of a sangeet or quiz night. | 6+ guests, up to 1,000 | 10–20 min | Lively | Phones, big screen | Free trial | | [Janta Ki Awaaz](https://sociana.in/play/family-feud/) | The family-vs-family round of a sangeet, a conference warm-up, an offsite department face-off. | 4+ guests, up to 1,000 | 15–30 min | Lively | Phones, big screen | Free trial | ## 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. ## Sociana beyond the games: conferences The event app and platform around the games, and customer events we have delivered. Labels say what is delivered, live or still being built. - [Delivered · Mumbai · 30 Sep 2026APMI Annual Conference 2026Members booked and paid for meeting-room slots inside the conference app, alongside agenda, polls and networking.](https://sociana.in/case-studies/apmi-annual-conference-2026/) - [Delivered · Chennai · eemagine, 7–9 Aug 2026EEMA ConnectOne app for every EEMA occasion: hospitality, exhibitors, sponsor zones, awards and AI session summaries.](https://sociana.in/case-studies/eema-connect/) - [Delivered · Jaipur · 9–11 Oct 2026GCOO Conclave 2026Senior delegates across two Jaipur hotels found their stay, journey and help desk first, before the agenda.](https://sociana.in/case-studies/gcoo-conclave-2026/) - [Event appThe Sociana app for conferencesThe event app around the games: guest lists, schedules, check-in and updates in one place.](https://sociana.in/event-types/conferences/) - [Partly liveQR & face check-inGate scanning, opt-in face lane](https://sociana.in/platform/check-in/) ## Questions people ask How long should a conference energiser be? Five to ten minutes. Would You Rather and Caption Clash both fit; drawing games take a little longer per round. Does a warm-up need volunteers? Would You Rather and Caption Clash need none. Draw vs AI and Tech Taboo need one volunteer per round, picked fairly by the game. ## More lists - [Conference engagement ideas that work in a full hall12 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/conference-engagement-ideas/) - [Town hall engagement ideas beyond the Q&A mic7 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/town-hall-engagement-ideas/) - [Conference networking ideas that people actually use5 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/conference-networking-ideas/) - [Audience engagement games for large events7 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/audience-engagement-games/) [All game idea lists](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/) · [Find games with filters](https://sociana.in/play/) ## Shortlist sent A person on our team will reply within one working day with setup notes and an itemised quote. 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