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Corporate event entertainment: original ideas and a photo booth with no equipment

Published on · By the IA&Pixels team

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To ensure successful corporate party entertainment, you need to surprise your colleagues without complicating your logistics. Participatory activities and digital solutions help build connections quickly whilst avoiding bulky equipment. Here are practical ideas to easily energise your corporate event.

The criteria for great corporate party entertainment

Organising a team event takes time and energy. The choice of activities often sets the overall tone of the evening. Successful entertainment should meet three simple criteria:

  • Immediate accessibility: your team shouldn't have to spend ten minutes understanding the rules or queuing up.
  • Spontaneity: the activity should encourage natural interaction, without putting more reserved colleagues on the spot.
  • Minimal technical hassle: the fewer cables, flight cases, and complex connections you have, the more you can enjoy the party.

Group entertainment ideas that are easy to set up

You can create memorable highlights with very few props. The key is to showcase your team's talents and foster good spirits.

Interactive smartphone quiz

Each participant uses their phone to answer questions projected onto the venue's screen. You can alternate between general knowledge, inside jokes about different departments, and light-hearted trivia about office life. This format works just as well for a small group as it does for a large gathering.

Collaborative mural and flash challenges

A large canvas, a few markers, or short writing workshops allow everyone to leave their mark. You can also launch small team challenges throughout the evening, such as finding a colleague using an unusual clue or improvising a short, humorous toast.

Hardware-free photobooths: event photography reinvented

Traditional photo booths often come with drawbacks: cumbersome delivery, printer breakdowns, paper jams, and queues that clear out the dance floor. Today, it is possible to offer a complete photo experience without any physical kiosk.

It simply relies on your guests' smartphones and a straightforward QR code placed on tables or the buffet. Everyone scans the code directly in their browser, without downloading an app. Your team takes a selfie, solo or in small groups, and discovers their portrait transformed according to various visual themes.

Discover the possibilities of an AI photobooth for your corporate gatherings. The generated portraits can be projected live onto the venue's screen, entertaining guests throughout the evening while sparking shared excitement.

The IA&Pixels solution for your corporate events

At IA&Pixels, a French creative studio, we offer a seamless solution for your company events. Image processing is carried out in France on our own servers, ensuring that no photos leave the country or are sent to third-party platforms. Each guest provides explicit consent before generation.

To suit the scale of your event, three packages are available:

  • Essentiel (€149): up to 500 photos, QR code with personalised A5 poster, 25 creative themes (solo or groups of up to 4 people), live photo wall with mobile moderation, full gallery, and photos stored for 30 days.
  • Premium (€219): up to 1,000 photos, your logo integrated onto every image, guestbook with messages and print-ready PDF album, keepsake mosaic forming a composite poster, stored for 90 days.
  • Prestige (€299): up to 1,500 photos, a bespoke theme tailored to your event (created from your brief and a reference image), and a one-minute highlight film compiling the best images.

To kick off your evening or showcase your annual review on stage, you can also dress your screens with 3D motion design. A short branded video instantly elevates your company's image in front of teams and partners.

Frequently asked questions

What technical equipment is needed for this type of photobooth?

No specific equipment is required. Your guests simply use their phones with a 4G, 5G, or Wi-Fi connection. If you wish to project photos live, you only need to connect a TV or projector equipped with a web browser to display the live gallery wall.

How many people can appear in the same portrait?

Participants can pose solo or in groups of up to 4 people in a single photo. Everyone can then choose their favourite visual style from the 25 themes available, such as the Roaring Twenties, Vikings, pop art, or superheroes.

How are employee data and photos protected?

Portraits are processed in France on our own servers, without being sent to third-party AI tools. Each participant confirms their consent before taking a photo and chooses whether or not to appear on the public wall. Files are automatically deleted at the end of the retention period.

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