Team Building Events

We've been extremely busy with our team building events in 2011. It was a long Summer with some remarkable weather in October, at times it was almost tropical. The sunshine certainly made people want to be outdoors enjoying each other's company.

Popular events this year have been The Parmesan Job, Crystal Challenge and we've seen an increase in Hostage events. The latter are great fun and highly memorable!

We now move into the realms of indoor team building and we have a full range of events so that team building doesn't have to stop just because the weather is more challenging.

Visit our indoor section on the team building website to explore the options in detail.

Team Building Activities

What makes an activity team building as opposed to just an activity? Some activities are individual, others require a team to make it happen.

Social team bonding is at the core of the team building activity. Groups have a positive shared experience and this bonds them into a team. The best events have a lasting effect, with recalled memories and photos to remind people of the fun that they had.

Some activities, for example bungee jumping and even high ropes, can be divisive - splitting the team into those who enjoy heights and those who don't. A good team building activity will appeal to as many in the team as possible. There are plenty of activities that will appeal to everyone.

Team Go Team Building

Our own team decided to head off for a bit of team building so we turned to Solent Events to organise a day of sailing with a RIB support boat to take us out for some high speed blasting.

It was a great day out on The Solent. We had a bit of extreme weather in the morning and then after lunch the sun came out. It was like two different days, as is so often the case on The Solent.

When we got back to land we hoisted poor Hannah up the mast to take this picture of all of us!

Olympic Themed Events

The Olympics is a hot theme as 2012 rapidly approaches and companies are looking to reflect that in their conferences and events.

Various events are suitable for an international sporting contest theme. It's A Knockout is an obvious choice with a variety of games that can each be themed to a different country.

Care must be taken not to infringe any copyrights, but events can still feel suited if well planned.

The Generation Game

Our Generation Game evening team building event is as good as it has ever been. There are four different activities and the audience gets really involved, with some hilarious results. The challenges include:-

Catwalk Capers - A volunteer steps forward and the rest of the team create an elaborate costume using a variety of materials. We then have display the results on the catwalk with all the style and sophistication of a real designer show but with two significant differences; the style and sophistication.

We also have The Hakka or Morris Dancing and the evergreen Cake Decorating. The Generation Game is great fun and getting excellent feedback.

Edinburgh Treasure Hunt

Just back from a fabulous Treasure Hunt in Edinburgh. It's a great city for a Treasure Hunt because there's so much to do in such an accessible area. We finished up in The Caves in Old Niddry Street which is a great venue and perfect for the end of an event. We flew from Southampton and it took one and a half hours, with a half hour bus trip to get into the city centre. It's almost as close as London.

Team Building For 2011

Our Hustle event seems to be very popular at the moment. Teams play against our casino to try to tip the odds in their favour using techniques that our hustlers teach them.

The Parmesan Job continues to attract a lot of attention and we've followed this up with The Parmesan Job II, which brings speedboats into the plot. Very exciting and the ultimate sequel.

The trend for short notice events continues, we're often contacted one or two weeks before the event date. Some people in the industry say that budgets remain low but we think that if you have the right product you can still get the higher budget events.

Essentially if you believe that budgets are low and you reduce your offering to a lower budget level what result will you get? Low budgets.

It's important to keep the ideas big and exciting.