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Team Building Activities to Foster Healthy Work Relationships

9/26/2022

What is a corporate recipe for success when it comes to building healthy and successful professional (workplace) relationships? A sprinkling of a positive company culture that promotes interaction and connection between coworkers.

How do employers promote these connections? Easily through team-building activities and exercises. Team building exercises or activities are games, meetings, experiences and events that are designed to motivate group members to get to know and respect each other - often times on a different level that what they are used to in the office.

While often silly or far from “work-related”, team-building exercises are activities that are thoughtfully designed to encourage teamwork. They produce a variety of benefits, including - thoughtful communication between participants (coworkers), motivation to try new approaches to problem solving, creative thinking, and building trust.

The 5 main types of corporate team-building

Ultimately, the activities you choose to focus on depend on your goals. Some experiences are strictly designed to foster relationship building, while others focus more on developing specific skills.

There are 5 main types of team-building:

Icebreakers
Communication
Problem-solving
Creative Thinking
Employee Bonding

Icebreakers
Quick games and icebreaker activities are a great way to kick-off a professional gathering. They are often used to motivate employees to participate. Some easy meeting icebreakers are:

The Human Knot: In this activity a group stands in a circle and grabs the hands of someone across from them. Once everyone is connected they must work together to untangle without letting go of their hands.
Two truths and a lie: Each group member van share two facts and one lie about themselves. The rest of the group must guess the lie.

Communication
Activities that focus on healthy and thoughtful communication patterns are a great way to develop strong communication skills in a low-risk environment.

Team Scavenger Hunt: Teams can be on the hunt for a predetermined list of objects or locations to find.

My Big Day Marketing & Events has developed a variety of scavenger hunts for corporate clients – some focusing on the communication part, some focusing on fun.

Escape Rooms:

Escape rooms are the ultimate exercise in healthy communication! Teams must work together to solve clues and complete challenges before their time in the room runs out. Groups that focus on good listening and transparent communication usually find success!

Take a Cooking Class together: Divide into pairs or teams for some culinary fun! A successful and tasty dish will require open communication!

Problem Solving
Activities that focus on creative problem solving often lead to better results in the workplace. Escape Rooms could again be used to hone these skills, but here are a few other activities that will help your group find creative solutions to challenges:

Board Games: Games that require bartering or trading are great for boosting problem solving and communication skills. Think Settlers of Catan and the like.
Water Balloon Toss: In this activity, employees are divided into pairs. These pairs must toss a water balloon back and forth, taking a step further back between each toss. Sometimes this can be done with two pairs of employees who catch and throw the balloon using a beach towel.

Creative Thinking
Encouraging creativity in play often translates to success in the board room!

Pictionary: Another party/board game, this one really gets the creativity flowing. Divide into teams. Ask the teams to draw a series of random objects, people, events, or phrases for their teammates to guess. The team with the most correct guesses wins.

Employee Bonding
Happy people produce good work! You can encourage relationship building outside of the office with these suggestions:

Group volunteering experiences: Find a cause that aligns with your organization and gather your group together to help out.
Karaoke night: A great and fun out-of-office experience. Who knows - you might have a singing superstar on staff

My Big Day Marketing and Events has a team of professional planners and facilitators who can help you plan engaging activities for your team. We can develop an itinerary that will help you reach your team-bonding goals, which in turn will help you find success - both in and out of the office!

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Planning a Business Retreat with My Big Day

9/15/2022

Company retreats are often the easiest way to bring team members together and focused on a specific cause. They are also often the best way to strengthen team bonding.

Well-planned and organized company or board retreats can help boost camaraderie and communication between members, and they often provide an increase in productivity.

The My Big Day Marketing & Events team can help you plan and execute the perfect retreat or team-building experience from beginning to end!

How My Big Day Can Help Your Team Connect

As your retreat planning partner, My Big Day can help with everything from venue location to itinerary planning. Here is what we can offer:

Our team knows the best hotels and venue locations in Northern Colorado from top to bottom. We will help you find the perfect location to fit your needs. We will work with the onsite coordinators to ensure that all of your requirements are met. While we pride ourselves on having the most extensive list of venues and contacts in Northern Colorado, we are versatile enough to also help you find locations anywhere in the United States, should your team want a destination retreat.
We can also assist with travel logistics. We can acquire car service for your team and help with estimating your flight costs if you are traveling from outside of Northern Colorado.
We will work with your chosen location to find the best options for catering and meeting room stocking. My Big Day partners with many restaurants and catering companies in Northern Colorado, and can help find the best dining options for your team. If you want dining experiences, we can offer a list of the best and most popular restaurants for you to choose from.
Our team will serve as retreat concierges for your group. Whether you’re looking to go white water rafting along the Poudre River or want to enjoy an evening at the dinner theater, our team of event planning professionals will help you create the perfect entertainment experiences and itinerary that will allow your team to bond while having fun!

We have trained business and life coaches on staff who can help facilitate team break-out sessions.
We can assist with budgeting and expense tracking.
You can relax with the knowledge that there will always be a dedicated My Big Day team member available to help with any questions or issues that may arise during your event.
We design a custom experience with all the little details that makes your time feel extra special.

There is a lot that goes into planning a successful company retreat - logistics, travel, transportation, activities, and itinerary. Let our team help you build lasting relationships and success. We will help you with all of the details so you can focus on the purpose of your gathering and what your company is trying to achieve by bringing people together.

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Company Retreat & Team Building in Colorado

8/10/2022

My Big Day was ecstatic to be enlisted as the 'fun makers' for Slate360, an event company based out of Nevada/Boston. The team at Slate360 asked us to plan a packed itinerary filled with experiences and excursions in Colorado.

From booking car services to/from the hotel and out and about, to meals, to team-building activities, we had a blast putting together tons of fun for this client!

Our new friends know how to make all of their team members feel welcome. Fantastic lodging at The Elizabeth Hotel in Old Town Fort Collins, a custom candy bar, packed fridge, every supply that could make one feel comfortable when traveling, and monogramed gifts for all!