OUTDOOR ACTION AND ENGAGEMENT

from Teambuilding Ideas

by Jacob Palmqvist

GPS CHALLENGE

Key Benefits

 Fun & Motivation

 Playing To Strengths

 Group Cohesion

 Team Motivation

 Strategy & Communication

 Health & Wellbeing

Alternative Olympiad that promotes diversity and inclusion

2-4 Hours 24 – Unlimited Outdoors

Activity Overview

o The group divides into 2 opposing tribes and numerous subteams within each o First, teams create their own bespoke tribal regalia o Dressed to impress, each team then rotates through a circuit of ‘quests’, competing head-to-head with teams from the opposing tribe o Points accumulated by the teams contribute to their tribe’s total score o In the closing ceremony teams face off for a Haka showdown and the winning tribe announced o Strategy is key to success as the rules enable teams to play to their strengths, resting chosen players during some challenges in order to reserve strength for their preferred quests

Two tribes is a celebration of indigenous games from all corners of the world

A fast, fun and inclusive musical activity to energise and unify your team

Key Benefits

 Fun and motivating

 Breaks the ice

 Energises a conference

 Shared experience

 One Vision

A high-tech visual interface guides players in collaborating to generate an upbeat symphony of music

Get Ready Yellows! BOOM!

Cascading coloured bars indicate when to strike your notes

15 – 30 mins 16 –

Activity Overview

o Participants create unified music with a lightweight, hollow, colour-coded plastic tube called a Boomwhacker, which are tuned to musical pitches by length o Striking their tubes creates musical notes when a coloured block hits a key in the visual interface o As the event progresses, the pace and complexity grow; blocks move faster, and teams respond more vigorously to keep the rhythm building to an uplifting crescendo o Requiring involvement from all individuals and collaboration as a group, this team building activity nurtures openness and teamwork

Boom Time has proven success worldwide in igniting conferences and generating a sense of excitement and unity in a team

To be successful you'll need to adapt with agility and intelligence.

Key Benefits

• Communication skills

• Lateral thinking

• Time management

• Win-win mentality

“Life is like a game, there are many players. If you don’t play with them, they’ll play with you.”

An exciting challenge proving that unity ALWAYS beats division.

Indoor/Outdoor

12 – unlimited

2-3 hours

Activity Overview

o The activity consists of 3 parts:

1. First a common start for all,

2. Then you’ll work in teams - the tasks are found on each teams' tablet

3. Finally, there is a joint finale o The outcome for each challenge is always binary and absolute; you can either succeed or fail. o Success in a round earns players points. o Fail and you lose points, but it doesn't mean elimination. o The winning Squad will be the team with the most points at the end of the game. o They will be the ones that managed to leverage each other’s strengths best.

Teams collaborate and communicate to create an enormous interconnected multi-canvas artwork reflecting your team’s goals & values

Key Benefits

 Cross Functional Cooperation

 Inclusive Gameplay

 Project Management

 Break Down Silo Mentality

 Communicate Vision

 Connect Your Team

Engage your team in learning how collaboration, networking and a big picture focus can lead to outstanding results!

Indoors 60 – 120 minutes 12 – Unlimited

Activity Overview

o Prior to the event, a painting is designed that reflects your key values o Each team has a blank canvas, a part of the whole painting o Working with design information each team paints their canvas o They soon realise that they must collaborate with the teams on all sides of their canvas in order for the final artwork to have continuity o Once time is up, participants move to a separate area while the big canvas is constructed o With a countdown from participants, The Big Picture is revealed to thunderous applause and delight