The 2012 corporate event season has been ticking along but it will really get busy after Easter. There's always a lull over the Bank Holiday and then for a few days as people get up to speed and then the events start to flow through. If there's some good weather around that time it always helps it to pick up, along with good or at least not bad economic conditions. That's had a huge effect over the last few years.
So, how will 2012 look for corporate events and team building? The big event during the year will be the Olympics. Luckily it runs from late July through August, which is generally a fairly quiet time for corporate events because it's the holiday season. However, there will be a lof of resources being used in the build up, not least staff and iot may have a knock on effect to the main September month. We just don't know, it's a new set of circumstances.
So, the 2012 season is almost underway. It's going to be an interesting year.
Showing posts with label team building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label team building. Show all posts
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Corporate Event Season
It's been a busy year. I've been working on events with The Team Building Company and I've found myself specialising more in Treasure Hunts, while doing the occasional Murder Mystery.
The other interesting area for me is facilitated team building. This is working with tools such as Belbin and Myers-Briggs and it would take me more into the role of facilitator rather than event manager.
However, you can't be everything. I'll have to see what the winter brings.
The other interesting area for me is facilitated team building. This is working with tools such as Belbin and Myers-Briggs and it would take me more into the role of facilitator rather than event manager.
However, you can't be everything. I'll have to see what the winter brings.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Embedding company values
Film making is a very effective way of embedd
ing company values. Many employees are unfamiliar with the company values that are published in annual reports and on the corporate website. The words and concepts seem remote and unfamiliar.
Using a film making team building event to make people more familiar with their corporate values is effective and makes a fun experience out of an important business objective.
On a recent event teams were given two out of their company's four stated values and they had to create a film from which the other teams could guess which values they were representing. They couldn't say the word or write it down, it had to be clear from the film.
There were four teams in total and all eight values were covered. The result was interesting and fun and working with the company values for a day helped everyone in the group to become familiar with not just the words but the behaviour behind them. The result was much more powerful and authentic that learning by rote.
ing company values. Many employees are unfamiliar with the company values that are published in annual reports and on the corporate website. The words and concepts seem remote and unfamiliar.Using a film making team building event to make people more familiar with their corporate values is effective and makes a fun experience out of an important business objective.
On a recent event teams were given two out of their company's four stated values and they had to create a film from which the other teams could guess which values they were representing. They couldn't say the word or write it down, it had to be clear from the film.
There were four teams in total and all eight values were covered. The result was interesting and fun and working with the company values for a day helped everyone in the group to become familiar with not just the words but the behaviour behind them. The result was much more powerful and authentic that learning by rote.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Coming last
Corporate events are naturally competitive. Many clients try to tone down the competition element because they want the outcome to be team building and not demoralising. However, humans are naturally competitive and they want to know how they've done and how that compares to the other participants.
Often there is a debrief at the event of the event, perhaps with presentation of prizes. Most of the time people don't take this too seriously but it remains that if there are, say, ten teams it's going to be disappointing to be the team who comes last.
So, what's the best way to deal with coming last?
Often there is a debrief at the event of the event, perhaps with presentation of prizes. Most of the time people don't take this too seriously but it remains that if there are, say, ten teams it's going to be disappointing to be the team who comes last.
So, what's the best way to deal with coming last?
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