{"id":8778,"date":"2025-08-01T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=8778"},"modified":"2025-08-01T01:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:04:39","password":"","slug":"custom-break-challenges-how-to-set-up-and-run","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/knowledge\/custom-break-challenges-how-to-set-up-and-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Break Challenges: How to Set up and Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is a Custom Break Challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Custom Break Challenges allow for Champions and Advocates to run a challenge inviting participants to complete different wellness activities apart from live and on-demand break and step participation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Champions and Advocates can define custom breaks (activities), assign a point value for each with limit per day, and participants can self-report their completion of each custom break via the leaderboard once the challenge begins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set up individual and team Custom Break Challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f3e0aa\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This is the very first version and we plan on making improvements based on your feedback! <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f3e0aa\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/form.typeform.com\/to\/KZtraZUq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Please provide feedback about Custom Break Challenges here.<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is a Custom Break?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A custom break is anything you define for your participants to complete and log to earn points in the challenge such as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Water drinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reading<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting outside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/knowledge\/custom-break-examples-for-custom-break-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See more examples here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benefits of Custom Break Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broader engagement of your organization to capture those who are less likely to participate in live and on-demand breaks and\/or step challenges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More precise alignment of your organizations&#8217; wellness themes goals by guiding members to do activities you determine, ie Reading, drinking water, getting outside <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agility to adapt to engagement your organization members are asking for with no limitations on what type of custom breaks you can define <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to set up a Custom Break Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Head to the challenges tab of your Champion Portal, Click &#8216;New Challenge&#8217; and select the &#8216;Custom Break Challenge&#8217; template. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After selecting the challenge dates, editing the title and description (you can always come back to this before publishing) Click &#8216;Create New Custom Break&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define your Custom Break by giving it a title, use a verb like Meditate or Drink Water. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you would like to assign a value to the custom break, such as duration or quantity, check the box beside &#8216;Require a value&#8217; and populate the &#8216;Unit&#8217; field that appears. Use the singular form of the value, keeping in mind participants will earn 1 point for every value they accomplish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determine how many times per day they can log this activity to earn 1 point during the challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of a custom break where participants can earn one point per litre consumed up to three points per day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM-1024x598.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM-1536x898.png 1536w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM-1280x748.png 1280w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.08.23-PM.png 1694w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/knowledge\/custom-break-examples-for-custom-break-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get ideas for more custom breaks here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Once you create a Custom Break, it will be available for future Custom Break challenges to use and can be accessed by clicking &#8216;Choose from Existing Breaks&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the challenge is published and it begins, participants can click &#8220;Log a Break&#8221; on the challenge leaderboard to self-report what they&#8217;ve completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of how a participant would log a Drink Water custom break: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-1536x643.png 1536w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-2048x857.png 2048w, https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-07-31-at-5.35.03-PM-1280x536.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Continue to create as many custom breaks as you like, follow the rest of the steps to complete setting up your challenge as found in <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.brightbreaks.com\/learn\/knowledge\/how-to-set-up-an-internal-challenge-or-quest\/#7-toc-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Set Up a Quest or Challenge here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions? Reach out to support@brightbreaks.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f3e0aa\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This is the very first version and we plan on making improvements based on your feedback! <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#f3e0aa\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/form.typeform.com\/to\/KZtraZUq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Please provide feedback about Custom Break Challenges here.<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Custom Break Challenge? 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