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Team Building Word Cloud January 27, 2012

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A word cloud featuring the benefits of team building.

The Benefits Of Team Building

Here’s a word cloud that we put together showing some of the benefits of team building. All of our events are great fun and the team will take away some great shared memories.

There are also business benefits; hard and soft concepts, some measurable but mostly anecdotal. This word cloud captures some of those benefits.

Trial By Jury Team Building January 20, 2012

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A clipping from a newspaper as evidence in a Trial By Jury event.

Evidence

Trial By Jury is an event which takes place over dinner. Each table acts as both a prosecutor and jury member at the end of the case. A snooker player has been murdered, his rival is the defendant and his wife, mistress and a pub landlord appear as witnesses.

A Judge oversees this court room simulation event and guides the process, keeping the court room in order. Witnesses take the stand between courses of the meal and are cross examined by a representative from each table, often fulfilling the fantasy of acting as a barrister. At the end of the evening each table delivers a guilty or not guilty verdict and the defendant is judged on the balance.

How does it usually end? That would be telling, however we are always impressed by the questions asked and how seriously the jurors take their responsibility. But more than anything, it’s great fun!

Good Cause Team Building Events January 17, 2012

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A sleeping lion cub touches its keeper with a paw.

A lion with a keeper

When a client decided that they wanted to do something worthwhile for a good cause on their team building event we connected them with a wildlife park that needed some lions rehoused. Their current facilities were inadequate and our client bought materials and sent a team of fifty to spend a day building a new enclosure for them. With such a large group a huge amount was accomplished and the day ended with the lions being let into their new living space.

Everyone who participated enjoyed contributing to something worthwhile. We took photos of the day and captured this lovely moment of contentment between a young cub and one of the keepers. Follow this link for more photographs from this good cause team building day.

Team Building: Make A Chinese Dragon January 16, 2012

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Chinese New Year is on Monday 23rd January 2012 and making a Chinese Dragon and dancing with it is a great idea for a team building activity. First of all I apologise for the quality of this video. It was taken a few years ago and I’m hoping to do this event again so that we can get a better film because it was colourful and great fun. In fact, it was event better than I thought it would be; the quality of the six dragons was superb and they were all different.

Dragon Dancing as a team building event? I recommend it.

Family Fun Days January 14, 2012

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Children participate in duck herding on a family fun day.

Children duck herding

Corporate family fun days are a very effective way of rewarding employees and their families. They give the families of employees a chance to meet the company where their family member works in a positive environment.

A large field at a hotel or country house will be hired for the day and activities and catering arranged. Usually the catering is a high end barbecue and marquees and event dressing are set up. Activities can range from a full fun fair to a selection of activities such as laser clays, archery and driving activities.

In the picture a group of children take part in duck herding. This is something they may have seen at a country show but having it at a private events means they can really get involved.

There are excellent locations for this sort of event around the country and we also have large spaces in major cities available.

Film Making Corporate Event January 10, 2012

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This is a video from our old stock but we still really like it. Film making is a great team building event and the final cut is always something that people want to keep as a memory of their day together.

We send experts to help out with using the camera and editing. Team building with film making is another activity where people learn really useful things that they can take with them and use when they next make films for themselves.

Team Building With Sushi January 9, 2012

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Sushi with some chopsticks and the caption 'Sumptuous Sushi'.

Sushi Team Building

Sumptuous Sushi is our latest team building event based on preparing and eating a delicious sushi meal. Cookery has been a popular theme for team building in recent years. The task is genuinely bonding for a team and, at the end, they eat what they have created giving a real sense of purpose. Traditionally a feast is how teams celebrate winning.

Our Sumptuous Sushi event is lead by an experienced sushi chef who will teach participants how to create this very popular food. The skills learned can be taken home, so participants will be able to prepare delicious sushi for their friends and family.

Car Crushed By Tank January 8, 2012

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A flattened car which has just been crushed by the tank in the background.

Car Crushed By Tank

Tank driving fits into the social team bonding end of the team building event spectrum. The benefit is derived from sharing an entertaining and memorable positive experience together away from the usual stresses and strains of the office.

The team spends the day getting to know a selection of tanks and everyone who wants to has a change to spend time at the controls. The grand finale involves crushing a car by driving over it with a tank. Memorable? We think so!

I think that used to be a Ford Mondeo…

The Parmesan Job Video January 7, 2012

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The Parmesan Job is a high level treasure hunt themed on the nearly eponymous film. Teams travel around in Minis solving puzzles and following a route in an adventure to find missing gold.

Formula 1 Team Building January 6, 2012

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The wheel and side of an F1 racing car with 'The F1 Challenge' logo.

The F1 Challenge

There’s a lot of excitement about the launch of our new F1 themed team building event. Participants form their own Formula 1 teams, attract sponsorship and finish with a head to head virtual race. Along the way they must also practice vital skills such as changing the wheels of their car to make sure that they beat the other teams when the pressure of the race is on.

It’s a very exciting new event. We put a page ‘live’ on the website just before Christmas and the first enquiries are already in. It promises to be a hot event in 2012.

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