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Team Building
Favors If you’re a fan of The Apprentice
television show, you’ll love this event. “You’re Hired!” focuses
on real business skills-- creative thinking, teamwork,
communication and working under pressure. Unlike The Apprentice,
there is no “firing,” but there is competition. Each team is a
group of “consultants” trying to prove that they have the
business acumen to be “hired” by a wealthy client. |
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competitions that will test their abilities. “You’re Hired!”
offers great flexibility, because you can choose challenges that
will fill 2 hours of time or two days of time. These can be done
indoors or outdoors, and there are a variety of challenges that
will appeal to everyone.
The Great Race
This is an exciting activity for competitive, adventurous groups.
Though it won’t take you around the world, it has all the
excitement and difficulties of navigating to different parts of a
city using public transportation. Each team starts at a different
location in order to pick up initial instructions and a map of
the area covered by the activity. It is up to the team members to
figure out how to get to a number of locations in the fastest
time possible. At each location there is a mental or physical
challenge that they must perform successfully in order to receive
additional information to help them get to the next site. The
first team to complete the entire course wins. It takes planning,
communication, resourcefulness and comfortable walking shoes!
Fast Talkin' Improvin'
When you want a fun, entertaining event that can be done
anywhere, even in the most limited space, this non-threatening
Improv activity is a great choice. It’s a great way to break the
ice and to start the team building process. Participants will
learn how their team members think and communicate. Though some
people can be pretty shy about “performing,” the way our
facilitators structure this is not intimidating. We start out in
small teams with simple, fun exercises to get everyone
comfortable; everyone is talking at the same time. Finally, team
choose from a wide variety of improvisation topics and a range of
difficulties. The teams select these based upon their comfort
level. The energy level is high, and everyone has a great time. |
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Corporate Survivors! This
event is loosely based upon the popular TV series, "Survivor."
However, the objective is to keep your team together, not
eliminate teammates. It provides unique group problem solving
opportunities and fun team challenges in the context of a group
that is trying to "survive." Teams rotate through four or five
stations; between the stations there are "immunity challenges."
These events stress team survival, incorporate the features of
any outdoor setting, and require communication, cooperation and
teamwork. For each activity, a team is asked to select a
different "captain" giving many people on the team a chance to
communicate and lead the team. The challenges for this event are
updated consistently to reflect the challenges seen in the TV
show. |
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Photo Scavenger Hunt
This is a fabulous event
that relies on communication, teamwork and creativity. It also
allows participants to discover points of interest in the area
covered by the hunt. Each team gets a 'hunt booklet', a Polaroid
camera, and a pack of film. The booklet contains a list of about
30- 40 tasks that can be completed in exchange for (play) money.
Teams can also answer questions and take 'physical or mental
challenges' to get 'bonus dollars.' Lots of fun twists! |
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The Ad Biz
Each team must create and film a 60-second television
commercial. These commercials must be about their own company and
be as creative, persuasive and entertaining as possible. Costumes
and props are available for the participants. At the end of the
creative period (1.5- 2 hours), each team shows its commercial,
and the entire group votes for Best Commercial. Creative and
entertaining! |
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BuildingBridges
(ConstructionGame)
Our most popular "group problem
solving game." It teaches people to communicate with each other
AND their customers and ask questions in order to provide better
service, better products, and even help develop new products. The
activity starts with each team being told that they are a design-
engineering firm and that they are competing against each other
to win a contract to build a bridge for a growing city. The teams
are given minimal information, but they can talk to
representatives of the city and state if they choose. These are
people located in three different places. In the end, the teams
must actually build a model of their bridge (that holds the
weight of people standing on it) and give a sales presentation to
"government officials." The models are out of cardboard, tape and
string. If teams take the time to communicate and ask the right
questions, they'll be able to come up with an appropriate model
and a solid sales pitch. The resulting models are unbelievable! |
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Par For The Course
An incredibly creative
and fun team event, in which each team is challenged with
building a hole for a miniature golf course. The real lesson to
be learned is the vital importance of all teams communicating in
order to build an entire course together. The competition for the
most creative hole as well as the best golf score can get
intense! Great for indoors or outdoors, and you don't need to
know how to golf in order to participate. |
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It’s a Mystery
Introducing an exciting, new team challenge that will have
everyone thoroughly entertained. “It’s a Mystery” assigns each
team a group of costumes and props and a video camera with which
to film a short mystery. Aside from writing the story and acting
it out, the real challenges are the additional requirements that
each mystery must contain:
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The
team must invent a new communication device that is used in the
plot.
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The
solution to the mystery must involve using a scientific
principle.
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They
must use all of the props and costumes they are given.
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The
entire mystery must be less than 10 minutes in length.
You can imagine just how
creative and funny these mystery stories are. |
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CGI Crime Scene
Investigation (NEW)
This intriguing murder mystery
relies on teamwork, communication and problem solving skills.
Teams are divided into "crime scene teams."
A "fatality" or "incident"
takes place. It is up to each of the crime scene units to respond
and gather evidence. Participants must collect clues from the
crime scene as well as find out information from "Top
Investigators." Teams also receive copies of interviews with
witnesses and associates of the victim. Each team will present
its solution to a “jury” who will determine the best CGI team.
This is a great activity for the “Investigator” in all of us! |
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Catacombs
This is a
fast, "shifting" giant board game that is played by four teams.
The object of the activity is to work with your team members to
collect "artifacts" that are inside a giant maze. To do this,
they must navigate their token along clear passageways to reach
the items. Teams manipulate the walls and passageways by shifting
the tiles that make up the maze each time it is their turn. Two
teams move at the same time, which makes this a high pressure,
quick group-decision game. |
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Surviving The Outback
Each team is given a game board and challenged to devise a
strategy through the "Australian Outback." The teams will
encounter natural disasters and will have limited resources at
their disposal. This game illustrates the necessity of planning,
communication, and utilization of resources in order to achieve
success. This is a great event for managers and executives to
understand calculated risk in a fun non-threatening environment. |
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The Insider An intriguing
mystery requiring everyone’s powers of observation and keen
instincts. This event has similarities to one of the reality TV
shows—without being divisive. A person from the group is randomly
selected to be The Insider. All other players must try to figure
out who is The Insider as they embark upon a series of fun, team
challenges. These challenges require creative thinking,
resourcefulness, and good communication skills. Every participant
tries to support the team effort, while The Insider secretly and
subtly does what s/he can to undermine the team. In the end the
person(s) who succeed at uncovering The Insider’s identity wins.
Real money is at stake! |
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The Outrageous
Frog Catapulting Contest
A spirited
competition in which teams must design and build catapult devices
that will fling bean bag frogs 70 feet toward a target. Catapults
are built out of PVC pipe and surgical tubing. Testing, trial and
error, brainstorming are all part of this fun event. Teams can
even "perform surgery" on their frogs to make them more
aerodynamic. Another fun variation on this event is "Egg
Catapulting"--using real eggs. |
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The Great Auto Race
This event
is fabulous for groups of as small as 25 or large as 150. Each
team of 10 people puts together a "car" that will carry two
people, provide steering and braking. The construction requires
creativity, group problem solving and "buying" parts to make the
car. At the end of the construction phase (about 2.5 - 3 hours),
there is a race. Two to four cars take the track simultaneously;
each is powered by two team members who can push the car a
limited distance before letting go. Each car is timed. Helmets,
pads, and straw bales are provided. The team with the highest
combined score for spirit, design and fastest driving time wins. |
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Team Orienteering
The sport
of Orienteering gets a new twist. We can set up an Orienteering
course at any site of your choice. Plus, depending upon the
fitness level of your group, it can be as leisurely or athletic
as you would like. Our unique brand of Orienteering requires map
reading, group decision- making and risk taking, as teams attempt
to "navigate" their way to a number of control points. Depending
upon the route they select, they will earn a number of points.
Time is important but not as critical as good planning. |
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Traders of the Lost Art
Challenges
"archaeological teams" to find buried artifacts. These artifacts
are worth "money," and fortunes can be amassed when teams take
the artifacts to any one of a number of "Traders." These Traders
pay "money" for the artifacts based on a team's ability to
correctly answer questions. A lot of little twists make the
adventure a lot of fun and keep people working together on
strategy and planning. |
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Mission Impossible
Is a spy
mission, in which teams must locate certain places and take
specific types of Polaroid pictures. In exchange for taking the
pictures, teams can collect puzzle pieces from "spies and
informants"-- who are located throughout the area. These puzzle
pieces will form a secret message. The final idea behind this
activity is that teams discover that they can work together
instead of compete against each other. Each team's puzzle
connects to all the other puzzles to form one gigantic company
message. |
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Fog!
"Fog"
combines the freedom of a scavenger hunt activity with the fun of
team games. Each team starts at a different location and has a
map to several other sites, which they must get to within a
specific period of time. At each site, the team has a physical
challenge that they must perform in order to earn clues. These
challenges are mental as well as physical, but do not require
athletic ability or being in shape. The clues allow team members
to figure out the objective of the game and how to "win."
Communication, strategy, and planning are essential. |
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Teaming with Rhythm
This is
fun, energizing event which has everyone "moving to the beat" in
the end. Every team makes a percussion instrument-- enough for
each team member. A band of three musicians divides up the teams
and teaches each one a different rhythm. The teams practice
separately-- and then finally altogether. The coordinated rhythms
sound great together. The debriefing includes discussions about
diversity, utilization of resources, awareness of other teams,
and the importance of good listening skills. Everyone is a
winner, and comes away feeling great--- even if they can't keep a
beat! |
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No Ropes Course
Our fun,
go anywhere "course"" is low in risk and high in fun. It consists
of 8 different events that help people learn about trust,
practice, communication, perseverance, total participation, and
the value of fun. These events can be done in a competitive way
or non-competitive, depending upon your objectives and group
size. Does not require athletic ability or strength. |
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Puzzling Team Challenge
Each team
of 10-12 people has a 63 to 100 piece jigsaw puzzle that they
must try to complete-- before any other team completes theirs.
Another goal for each team is to "find the hidden message" on the
back of their completed puzzle. There are a couple of factors
that make this seemingly easy task more difficult, and force them
to really organize and communicate including these: |
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The
puzzle pieces they start with come from all the other puzzles
as well as their own.
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All
teams will be told to get up and shift tables at two different
times during the exercise-- so each team is working on a
different puzzle, and has "inherited" someone else's "problem."
(In real life, we all are required to drop what we're doing and
"shift gears" at some point. This is a test of how the teams
handle this.)
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The
"hidden message" is on the back of each puzzle, and actually,
it is one big message, that can only be read when all teams
have flipped over their finished puzzles and placed them side
by side (the proverbial "Big Picture"). There is a full
debriefing on the meaning of the activity.
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Lost at Sea
Was
designed to support the Time Management section of Stephen
Covey's book, "Seven Principles of Highly Effective People." In
this activity, teams are each on a "life raft" and leaving a
"sinking ship." They must decide what to take (there is a weight
limit) and what to do during their first day adrift at sea. The
day, of course, is riddled with events and crises. The team that
is most effective at planning and working together can avoid
"crisis management" and is "saved" first. |
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Towering Objectives
A fabulous
group problem solving game that was designed to accommodate
meetings that had only 60-90 minutes for an effective team
building/experiential learning event. The activity challenges
teams of 8 people to design and construct a tower out of cards
and tape-- that will hold the weight of up to 40 oz. of water
resting on top of it. There are many pieces of information and
specifications that need to be communicated and translated into
tangible product. A debriefing session really helps crystallize
the importance of the business skills that are being utilized. |
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Sand Castle Wars
A new
twist on building sand castles. It relies on creativity,
resourcefulness and strategy. Each team of 6-8 people is given a
number of building implements and some play money. Their
challenge is to build a strong sand castle that will withstand
assault by a variety of weapons. With the money, teams must make
purchasing decisions about building materials and weapons for the
war (for the final battle). There is a time limit, so planning
and execution are of utmost importance. |
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Boat
Building and Racing (or "Escape From Alcatraz")
This is a
great outdoor event in which teams must build boats out of
cardboard, tape and plastic-- that will actually carry two people
and stay afloat. It is a fabulous team event that we can tie to
any number of business lessons-- including communications, group
consensus, teamwork, and quality. We supply the basic blueprints
for the boats, but teams can modify these in any way they choose.
Because there is a real boat race in the end (with life jackets),
it is a particularly exciting event. |
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Hover Craft Races
Each team
designs a spacecraft model, which will run on a magnetic track.
They are provided with materials and tools to do this, plus items
that will help propel their ships (balloons, rubber bands, etc).
The models "hover" above the magnetic track, because the magnets
on the bottom of each model are placed so that they repel the
magnets on the track. After all models are finished, there are a
series of races to determine the fastest hovercraft. |
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Walking on Eggs
One of
our most entertaining events! Teams are challenged with designing
and making shoes that will actually walk on real eggs! There are
a lot of decisions that need to be made as a group, including
which eggs to walk on and what materials they can purchase or
bargain for. A final relay race, where all team members must take
turn wearing their shoe designs and walk on eggs caps off this
fantastic event. The cheering can be deafening! |
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Express Yourself!
We offer
groups a great way to express themselves, both in teams as well
as individually. A customized program allows you to choose from
drawing, painting, sculpting, photography and more. Or, you can
experience wonderful arts and crafts from making unusual picture
frames to unique ways of dying clothing and accessories. We offer
a very wide variety of media and projects to choose from. |
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Artistic
Endeavors ... |
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Dancing on Broadway
Ever wish
you could have been in that hot opening number from “Chicago?”
This is a great team builder for small groups that love music and
dance. Easy steps are taught in small teams. You choose from a
variety of Broadway numbers. Costumes are selected and there is
plenty of rehearsing before we video tape the final
performance—for you to keep. An experience you and your team will
never forget. You can also choose Line Dancing or any other form
of dance (including Ballroom). |
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Fashion Experts
If you
love “Project Runway,” you’ll love this fun chance to be a
fashion designer and model. Each team gets a number of items with
which to design and make a fabulous outfit based on a given theme
or objective. They are also allowed to scavenge and use unusual
materials—tree leaves? Tissue paper? There is never a right
answer in fashion, and the final show is always surprising and
entertaining. |
