Protea Hotel Clarens - Bloemfontein - Clarens
Searching for accommodation in Bloemfontein then search no more ... location for conferences, corporate functions and team building exercises alike. Activities ... . This artists’ haven is a tapestry steeped in history and rich in legend.This retreat is at the foothills [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 17:28:02
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The Peace Table
I’ve been to a few corporate team-building exercises where they try to get adults to learn to work together harmoniously ... table and two chairs that is set in a quiet part of the classroom. In the middle of the table should [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 10:07:42
Fencing as a corporate team building event.
So, you’re thinking of a company event that would be out of the ordinary? Why not invite your colleagues for an afternoon of modern swordplay! ... . Team based warm-up, coordination and stretching exercises. Basic technique Dynamic footwork ... and concentration - qualities crucial for any company or business. And yet, it’s great fun, good exercise [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 21:40:27
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Can't We All Just Get Along? So the bill that everyone was eagerly awaiting.. ... . us. Someone needs to send all these politicians on one of those lame corporate retreats where you do trust falls and team building exercises...where you learn to cooperate and work together [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 16:15:38
Themed Nautical Nights
Fancy having a parley with your mates?Want to re-enact South Pacific? ... increasingly popular for corporate hospitality or motivational exercises as well as private parties.They’re especially useful for team building because “dressing up” tends to break down reservations – it’ [more...]
Date: 2009-02-15 08:31:48
Themed Events With A Nautical Twist
Fancy having a parley with your pals?Want to re-enact South Pacific? ... increasingly popular for corporate hospitality or motivational exercises as well as private parties.They’re especially useful for team building because “dressing up” tends to break down departmental barriers [more...]
Date: 2009-02-14 00:10:52
Pontificating on the Subject of Paradigms
*From an e-mail to a friend* I spent the morning in corporate mandated team building, more specifically, a class entitled “Adapting to Change”. A facilitator came in to teach the class. We did exercises to illustrate various points on the subject; I built the first story of a house of cards while wearing a blindfold. I’d recommend [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 04:36:51
Inhale vs. Exhale. The metal vocal wars rage on as old men like me look on.
Sergeant D presenting during the Metal Inquisition corporate retreat. That's our administrative assistant Pearl to his left ... forum. During this yearly retreat, we partake in the usual team building exercises, review possible ... weekend, the annual Metal Inquistion retreat took place in an undisclosed rural location [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 05:02:00
Congressional Team Building
Will Obama succeed at redefining how Washington works? ... of the administration's governance efforts. Obama ran the summit like a corporate brainstorming exercise ... . (The exercise in forcing Democrats and Republicans to talk with each other is like going to school [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 11:20:56
Team Work CRM
I thought it was like Team Building software where there are group activities and exercises to improve and strengthen relationships within an ... development which means that all the corporate data are gathered in one place for an easy access among [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 07:54:00
The hotel industry comprises one of Hong Kong's economic pillar
Dissertation submitted to in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. CONTENTS [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 02:55:04
Corporate Blogs Aren’t Trusted: Forrester Research
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of a crowd of marketers, strategists, consultants, PR flacks and “social media gurus” scrambling for cover ... : building trust in their own blog by shilling for their members. Well done. Max Kalehoff ... classifieds, message boards, even direct mail. Dead last. More people would trust a random stranger [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 09:54:23
press conference with Sir David Tweedie on Monday was fun. I actually asked him if I could have a transcript of only his jokes and stories. But I know better. A Scotsman never writes them down. After that briefing on Monday, the reporters introduced themselves and some of us talked about the differences between being a blogger and a [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 14:20:00
Casual Day, 2007
Something like a neutered cross between Dan Pita's bituminous satire on dysfunctional leadership, Orienteering , ... for an overnight team building retreat in the country dubbed as "casual day" where neckties are shed ... of team building exercises that serve only to reinforce institutionalized power structures [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 19:50:35
Daily Briefs: Sumo wrestling with Team Plog
By CHRIS PACKHAM Well, here we are, a day after the New York Post's Page Six was forced to angrily retract a fake story based on a bad tip that ... , plus the results of this year's Plog corporate retreat. Click here, or on this team-building clip art Faysal included as part of his team-building PowerPoint presentation: clipart.gif [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 00:05:25
“Retreat to Move Forward” - Episode 309
Here’s where we start with this week’s synopsis of “Retreat to Move Forward”: an explanation of Six Sigma, please ... is delivering a keynote address at NBC’s Six Sigma corporate retreat and he is apprehensive about how ... himself as a motor vehicle.As Tracy mulls over his options, Jack and Liz have arrived at the retreat [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 01:18:50
Wickedfood – the answer to team building companies’ dreams
This is the time of years when team building companies are out searching for new activities in which to put their staff through their paces. Wickedfood have come up with a new team building idea that many companies have tried and both ... of positive feedback from the many top corporate companies who have participated in these exercises. Contact [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 11:02:41
The Sweet Success Of Team Building
. . Successful team building is a delicate balancing act between organizational psychology and fun, and if it's done correctly, ... can tasks in team building events be transferred back into the workplace. It seems implausible ... printer cartridges is a plus point. The magic that is hidden within team building exercises [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 17:48:00
Cables, dispatches and memoranda
A brief world news roundup for 27 October 2008. United States & the Americas White House - President Bush Participates in Signing Ceremony with NATO Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer for NATO Accession Protocols for Albania and Croatia WCBS - A shadowy ex-convict who secretly recorded five men charged with [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 05:51:22
Multimedia as Composition: Research, Writing, and Creativity
Introduction: Multimedia in the Classroom Over a period of three years, I taught three courses that integrated multimedia with literature, film, history, and American studies. I did not want multimedia to simply be added on to my courses as some technological addition, like bringing a TV into a classroom [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 14:30:44
DrumBeat: September 18, 2008
Refilling fuel tanks after Ike to take weeks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil refiners and producers on Thursday rushed to restore Gulf of Mexico production following Hurricane Ike, but energy traders and analysts warned it will take several more weeks to refill U.S. fuel inventories, increasing the risk of shortages [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 13:19:59
Part II of Redrawing the Conservative Roadmap: the GOP's Image Problem
Before beginning Part II, a short recap of Part I should help focus the discussion. Last week, I proposed John Hawkins' "GOP brand promise" as an organizing set of principles: * Limited government. * Fiscal responsibility. * Low taxes. * Traditional values. * Law and order. * Clean government. * Personal responsibility [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 01:47:44
Climbin’ the wall at Rock Ventures, Rochester NY
If you’re climbing the walls waiting for winter to end, then the perfect place for you is Rock Ventures in Rochester, NY! ... leadership training advice of “taking risks” and went for his dream of building a world class climbing ... with an Introductory Course that teaches you 10 climbing skills, belay training and that recommends improvement [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 13:00:57
Launching at TechCrunch50? Don’t Fire Your PR Just Yet
Note, This is the uncut, unedited version of my TechCrunch post, "The Big Conference Launch: How to Stand Out from the Crowd." I'm also running this version to provide a deeper understanding of how to rise above the noise with at least 124 other tech companies/products competing for mind share at TechCrunch50 and DEMOfall [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 03:54:56
The Dreaded Circle of Trust
"Close your eyes," says Lisa. She is smiling. Her face is flushed with the excitement of sharing this experience with us ... . Letting my body fall into their outstretched hands is unthinkable. I hate these trust exercises ... telling me that I can trust them. "Close your eyes and let yourself fall," repeats lisa. I blink [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 03:44:00
Prof. Ricky Lim's Interview at Pagalguy.com
Prof. Ricky Lim , Associate Dean of AIM's W. SyCip Graduate School of Business, recently had an interview published at Pagalguy.com ... not interfere in this choice, nor are there pushed to do a corporate internship . Instead we ask ... sense of the world. That describes the day of an AIM student: a continuous building and creative [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 10:54:00
Command Capitalism
China remains a one party state, not unlike Alberta, and the command economy has transformed into command capitalism. China's model of capitalism is an alternative to American style capitalism, and to prove its model to the world it is expanding its own form of Free Trade agreements with newly emerging capitalist economies [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 12:04:00
1st Corporate Running Clinic (Part 2)
A week after the Team Bald Runner speakers conducted a lecture on the “Whys” of running among the staff and personnel of Reinier Pacific last January ... members of the team Bald Runner. The exercises started at 3:30 PM last Thursday, 15 January ... the drills, the coaches divided the participants into three (3) groups for them to do a “team building” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 01:34:26
Chirp. Chirp.
All through the house not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. No one should be stirring! It was 2:30 am. Chirp. Chirp? ... team building exercises. Without the corporation. Go team Nirvana! Get to the top of the 2 story ceiling and replace that nine volt battery in the complaining smoke detector and learn to trust [more...]
Date: 2009-02-02 14:58:23
What is Crisis Management?
Crises can strike any company at any time. Microsoft, ValueJet, Chrysler, Pepsi and the tobacco industry are some of the most recent companies that can attest to this fact, but they are not the only ones. Crises do not discriminate based on a company’s size or notoriety, and they can hit when a company least expects them [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 20:01:31
Exclusive: Russia on the Move – Putin Comes Up with an Alternative to NATO
by Dr. Robin McFee “All warfare is based on deception” – Sun Tzu THE “CSTO” Can this messiah stand up to this devil? This messiah is an amateur! Last week, Russia and six ex-satellite nations – former Soviet States – agreed to jointly (translation – Mother Russia rules) [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 18:45:53
OCTO Mountain Getaway Cost Taxpayers $23K
Reprinted from this week’s Loose Lips column Two weeks ago, ... an $85 billion bailout. And LL doesn’t begrudge an organization—even a government agency—“team-building ... One Judiciary Square—you know, the building where most of OCTO’s staff is housed? Nearly 50 bureaucrats [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 18:13:52
Boulder CTO January Lunch with Sanjiv Bhargava
The Boulder CTO Lunch meets once a month with a guest speaker and covers topics and questions that startup CTOs should find interesting ... . As a small startup, you don’t have time for team building exercises, if you need those at this level ... the leader builds that team. The first hire to a small team has a huge impact on corporate culture [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 21:24:37
Wickedfood for team building in Johannesburg
When you put two or more teams up against each other in a fun-filled kitchen on a team building exercise, there’s going to be laughter, ... building exercises in Johannesburg are just exercises in leadership, and each team has at least ... a mess. Wickedfood Cooking Schools have started these corporate team building events in two [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 11:25:06
Continuity of Government (COG) Already Superseded Constitution as Higher Authority in 2001 before 9/11
Secret Bush Administration Plan to Suspend US Constitution “Continuity of Government” (COG) Provisions activated in 2001 Ten months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld approved an updated version of the U.S. Army’s secret operational Continuity of Government (COG) plans [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 01:53:05
THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FORUM
AN OFFERING BY KEN WESSEL The Leadership Development Forum (LDF) ... tune in to a more effective leadership presence) Brings added spirit and cohesiveness to our team ... and expectation of discovery. To prepare for change by building potential for it to occur [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 23:08:47
Economic crisis Pt 3: Thieves fall out
Posted by n3wday on October 28, 2008 This article was written by Eddy Laing for the Kasama Project and is the third part in a series. For part 1 and part 2 click the links. Economic Crisis, Part 3: Thieves fall out — Growing Imperialist Contention. By Eddy Laing “The development of capitalism has arrived at a stage when, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 13:17:07
SAILING INTO THE CARIBBEAN chapta 4
Pictures first…story at the end COLON COLON COLON COLON MARINA…CARIBBEAN SIDE OF PANAMA CANAL PORTOBELLO….the once greatestSpanish Port in the Americas Portobello Rasta’s home a third of the world’s gold once went through this building… [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 01:05:49
Take It and Run Thursday. Take a few minutes to jot down your strength training tips and drop them off in the Lounge Strength Training section or as ... and she’ll follow up. The project’s ace publicity team, lead by Betsy, scored some big coverage [more...]
Date: 2009-02-12 07:26:00
Team building activity
Team building is defined as a group cooperative learning to try and solve a challenge. Team building is structured in such a way that everyone in the group succeeds and so that nobody ... in team building are to pay group sports. Soccer, volleyball, or cricket can help children to work [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 17:04:22
Wickedfood for great team building ideas
You wouldn’t have thought that a cooking school would have much in common with leadership exercises, ... in. If you are a corporate manager contemplating team building ideas with a difference, take a look at the Wickedfood ... but Wickedfood have come up with a brilliant new concept in team building ideas, and the great [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 09:59:08
How the Best Onboarding Programs Work
In slow times, onboarding takes on new importance. It’s the best way to ensure that those people you have spent so much time attracting and wooing ... a result came about, they are also conveying the cultural values of the organization. By building roots [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 09:38:07
Brand Portfolio Strategy: Creating Relevance, Differentiation, Energy, Leverage, and Clarity: David A. Aaker
... on such perceptual niceties, Aaker, a consultant, professor and author of Building Strong Brands ... to think of their brands as members of a football team, each with a well-defined role to play, and offers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 00:04:46
“Then I went off to fight some battle…”
“Then I went off to fight some battle…” On Saturday, I’ll be sitting on a panel at “Going Freelance,” a workshop sponsored by AIW and the Johns Hopkins writing program. Tilt your head and you can see the medievalist traces in this event if, like me, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 03:00:53
Friday Digest - Vol. 09 No. 08
Friday Digest Vol. 09 No. 08 27 February 2009 THE FOUNDATION "Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 16:23:00
ObamaNation — The USSA
Digest - Vol. 09 No. 08 THE FOUNDATION “Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 05:13:56
This festive season, resorts woo stressed executives
This festive season, resorts woo stressed executives 17 Oct 2008, Himanshi Dhawan,TNN NEW DELHI: This holiday season, ... up with innovative techniques for the stressed corporate executive. Hotels are using traditional Indian techniques like ayurveda, yoga and organic food combined with out of the box ideas for team building [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 01:36:55
What is your view of the West Midlands’ music industry?
What is your view of the West Midlands’ music industry? In particular, what are our strengths and weaknesses?Here’s something I wrote in 2007, if anyone would like to take the title of this blog post and write their own version then please do, the more thoughts and opinions the better [more...]
Date: 2009-02-03 17:36:27
IIMA Confluence concludes: A diary of enthusiastic participant
IIMA Confluence concludes: A diary of enthusiastic participant Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 24 November, 2008 Inauguration: Day One Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad kicked off the tenth edition of its annual business summit- Confluence 2008 with the formal inauguration ceremony today evening [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 19:22:48
Friday Digest - Vol. 08 No. 50
Friday Digest - Vol. 08 No. 50 Friday Digest Vol. 08 No. 50 12 December 2008 Team Obamavich PERSPECTIVE By Mark Alexander This has been a bad week for Team Obama. Since Election Day, these characters have been desperately trying to recast themselves [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 03:42:56
