You can break the ice easily by setting up a question that new members will see immediately after joining your Mighty Network. Your Icebreaker Question is the very first thing people see after joining. And it’s our most popular way to get folks contributing right out of the gate!
How to Create Your Icebreaker Question
To create an Icebreaker Question, you need to first upgrade to the Community Plan or the Business Plan so that your Mighty Network has Polls and Questions enabled. Then, go to Network Settings > Premium Features > Icebreaker Question to create your question.
Once you create and save your Icebreaker Question, you can see how it looks to other members by clicking on View Answers.
Your question can be drop dead simple, to the point, and totally obvious. The magic is that an Icebreaker Question gets your members contributing as soon as they join. With their new answers, new notifications go out, which in turn brings people back for a second visit.
Here are a few of our favorite icebreakers we've spotted in the wild:
- What's one thing you want to get from a community of peers?
- What is your #1 goal for this year?
- Where do you want to be in five years?
- What's one new thing you tried today? How'd it go?
We've also got a running list of our icebreaker questions right here in Mighty Hosts if you're looking for more ideas!
How to Edit or Change Your Icebreaker Question
You can change the Icebreaker Question anytime by clicking on the button that says "Ask a Different Question." Or, you can remove it altogether by turning off this feature.
The new Icebreaker Question you create will then be visible to new members as part of the onboarding process when they first join.
This question is also open for existing members to answer if they see it in their feed, or if they can find it via search! It exists exactly like a regular Question within your Mighty Network.