Holiday Party Bingo iPhone and Facebook Apps

OfficeMax launched a great app with holiday parties in mind called Holiday Party Bingo. This app is available for the iPhone and can be used by itself or in conjunction with the Holiday Party App on Facebook to give holiday party-goers the opportunity to connect around upcoming events, nominate friends or coworkers for playful categories, and share party photos in real-time. Holiday Party Bingo is both a free iPhone application available from the App Store as well as a game on Facebook.

I love that the iPhone Holiday Party Bingo app is a bit different than your regular traditional bingo. For each square you take a picture of that it describes, then you can upload the pics to Facebook into the Facebook app. You can even create a calendar for 2011 with your pictures you take.

To start, users create their event at Holiday Party Bingo on Facebook, invite friends or coworkers, and customize their Holiday Party Bingo board by selecting twelve categories. Categories range from “Last Man Standing” to “Most Elftastic,” “Appetizer King,” and “World’s Wildest Dancer.” Those who are invited by the host are directed to a special event page on Facebook where they can make predictions about the holiday party by nominating friends or coworkers for a category on the Holiday Party Bingo board. Party-goers who visit the Facebook page also receive a special code giving them access to the Holiday Party Bingo board on their iPhones. During the live event, guests can view their custom party board, take photos and upload photos to Facebook. After the event, party-goers have the chance to view and tag party photos in a special Facebook slideshow and view the winners for each Holiday Party Bingo category. Guests can also order a keepsake 2011 calendar through OfficeMax ImPress^® featuring the photos and categories to keep the holiday party laughter going year-round.

“It’s a tradition at OfficeMax to spread cheer during the holiday season, and this year, we’re bringing cheer and delight to party-goers across the country with the launch of our new Holiday Party Bingo mobile application,” said Bob Thacker, SVP of marketing and advertising for OfficeMax. “Through this application, we hope to offer party-goers an innovative and new way to interact around holiday events, share experiences, and keep the holiday fun going before and after each event.”