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COLUMBIA CITY COUNCIL GOES ON TWO-DAY, $3,000 ‘TEAM-BUILDING RETREAT’ What’s the best thing to do when a city is literally falling to pieces ... seminar focused on team-building. With the city reserves depleted by $39 million over the past seven ... leadership”? Why, spends thousands of dollars to go on a “ team-building retreat ,” of course [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 15:41:25

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Time to Move On -- Ive Submitted My Resignation to EDS. . . (Updated 3/7)

All,January 17th, 1997 was my first day of the EDS Experience. March 20th, 2009 (4,445 days later) will be my last ... . Such team building efforts build loyalty, promote growth and maintain effective team cohesiveness ... . My acceptance was submitted with a single caveat – being that I’d be able to give my current team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 20:00:00

Our 1,000th post

Okay, so where's the cake? One-thousand posts is quite an accomplishment. A huge accomplishment, actually. Nearly as huge as .. ... that once or twice a year we get together to spend a day working on being a team. We started the day with one of those insipid "team-building ice-breakers." Everyone groaned when the papers were handed [more...]

Date: 2009-02-02 15:03:07

Corporate Team Events

Corporate Team Events Grand Adventures provides a huge range of activity days suitable for group or corporate events, team building days and stag or hen parties, at locations across the UK. Through our vast network of suppliers we are able to source and arrange almost any event to suit your budget. Monain66 posted [more...]

Date: 2009-02-10 14:46:24

Social Media Games Are Not For the Office? Says Who?

Shel Holtz has commented recently on yet another report which negates the popular belief that employees can’t be trusted to use social media in ... to think of the overseas conference. Or the team-building day. Or the company dinners, events or Friday drinks. Many employers see these as useful learning and team building exercises. In fact, a lot [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 13:40:33

Building Championship Teams

The past two days, I’ve been in a closed-door, turn-off-your-cell phone, all-hands-on-deck team building retreat ... of it explained “how we humans work” and, of course how to perform as a part of a championship team ... to me recently.I won’t quote material directly from the workshop, since I had to sign a “confidentiality [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 04:09:39

“The Game of Life” Start your own coaching

Have you ever been a coach to a neighborhood team? I know how it feels the first time I’ve coached a team of seven-year-old soccer kids and how much ... . There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about Corporate Team Building. There are many, many options ... into a team worthy of belonging. A little later I will give you some ideas of where [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 01:45:10

Leaving on a jet plane

We're on our way to Plettenberg Bay from Cape Town to spend two days on team building and retreat with the Global Day of Prayer team. Please spare a prayer for us. We have a lot of critical planning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:24:59

Coaching and Experience

There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about Corporate Team Building ... -breakers, etc. Management can also purchase videos, books, and seminar packages to assist them in building ... of where you can go for information on these team-building tools. . Experience is the best thing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 23:52:12

Green Mom: Calling for Back Up

I got sick this week — a stomach bug. I woke up at 4:00 a.m. with that tell tale queasy feeling and knew my family was in for a long day ... . You know the kind; all-day meetings, team building dinners, meetings that are planned months ... that does the scheduling was just walking in the door, she took a minute to review the classroom rosters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 13:00:00

A Very Penang "Sweet Escape"

At all retreats, you're allowed to kick off your 9 to 5 shoes and feel the earth once more... We went parasailing ... for all of us! We couldn't stop raving about this little miracle! Right after our team building game. We buried ... everyone and planning the itinerary but our spontaneity colored our 3 day team building trip [more...]

Date: 2007-07-22 11:41:00

Orientation Week part 1

On Friday, we had this Fun-Day thing where we all get to play sporting activities or team building activities. I chose team building activities as I was quite tired from the Monash Dash in the morning ... my cameraphone's panaroma feature. =p The indoor swimming pool, cheap, but small. =) On Friday itself [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 13:15:00

Life coaching

Life coaching 1:12 am    ”The Game of Life” Start your own coaching: 7 days program Have you ever been a coach to a neighborhood team? ... . 1. There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about Corporate Team Building. There are many, many options: vacation packages, rope courses, on-going office games, ice-breakers, etc. Management can also purchase [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 01:12:28

D'House: A Company Affair

DiGi was closed last Friday to make way for an extraordinary event, called "Dare IT, Do IT, DG2IT" ... an urgent role in maintaining DiGi's day to day business. Its more of a team building activity, where ... at Shah Alam. We had outdoor dinner, specially prepared by Tony Roma's. Roughly there were about 200o [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 00:26:00

The Need For Team Building to Help Survive the Recession

By Steve Larkins WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH....SHOULD WE NOT BE MOTIVATING OUR STAFF? ... in corporate fun days, themed parties, meeting icebreakers and team building events. Kaleidoscope ... by management in these turbulent times and a simple company or departmental meeting with some fun element [more...]

Date: 2009-02-04 22:22:59

Bukit Larut

14 September 2008 @ Bukit Larut, Perak It was the second last day of our HSBB Induction Course and it was another team building day ... , we talked to other participants. Took photo with members from my treasure hunt group. After ... of Bukit Larut that we reached Red Team Rox Everyone that made it there... except HanChin who chose [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 16:09:12

It’s in the eyes

I’m a big fan of FIRST Robotics . From the programs like FIRST Lego League for middle school students to the FIRST Tech Challenge and up to the ... their involvement with “ my team .” I haven’t been involved in the day to day of a team in a number of years. My current job takes me away form the area a lot during the prime building season. But I still [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 18:10:00

Start your own coaching 7 days program

movies Start your own coaching 7 days program Have you ever been a coach to a neighborhood team? ... . 1. There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about Corporate Team Building. There are many, many options: vacation packages, rope courses, on-going office games, ice-breakers, etc. Management can also purchase [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 15:59:16

Fund the Runway: Porter’s Points

Now that we’ve reviewed all five funding possibilities for entrepreneurs , we’ll get Rich’s closing thoughts on the matter ... , other vital parts of the business were ignored. The executive team spent countless hours building pro ... .   One day he walked into my office, and instantly I knew what had happened. Emotionally bloodied [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:16:30

Disaster: Day of Crisis is just Time Crisis in the rain

There’s a bit of internal discussion going down in the Infendo HQ today regarding Disaster: Day of Crisis ... -style units that you deployed to various points around a compromised embassy building. One team was a sniper team, and took out shadowy figures in the building windows. Another team would repel down [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 16:04:29

T-shirts

by reklicomMost Tshirt companies have websites where customers can browse through the catalogue of available Tshirt styles, colors, sizes, ... activities such as concerts, family fun day, fellowship, team building or parties a company can use ... , Tshirts with logos of prominent designers became popular, especially with teens and young adults [more...]

Date: 2009-02-08 13:13:35

Conference partners to present leadership forum

slffebforum8a.jpg “Leadership is the art of inspiring others to want to work toward a shared vision” was the framing quote for the day long ... , planning and building a strong team. The modules focused on the nature of the call to serve, exploring ... within our team was most valuable for us. As leaders, we too often meet for ‘business’ without [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 18:39:02

i'm leaving...

Just for a couple of days. It's work-related... a "staff retreat." This is where you and many of your co-workers go away for several days ... . You do team-building exercises. And have free time to just play. With... the people from work. I feel ... ? So our staff retreat is supposedly being held at some condos right on the beach. That's starting to look [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 23:54:12

cooking and leadership

Corporate team building sometimes happens in the kitchen these days. I often hear about the team cooking as an alternative to paintballing, go-carting, rock climbing ... of heightened stress and activity. At such times it doesn’t hurt to go back to tried and true, more formulated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 20:28:43

School of Theology Retreat

Prayer, Bible study, planning, discussion, imaging, kayaking, canoeing, cornhole competing, encouraging, eating, calendaring, fellowshiping, ... lakeside cabin on Lake Cumberland.  Two days of team & community building for our school’s faculty ... s heart. This retreat was such a blessing!  Retreats are needed in our day and time.  Our busy lives [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 02:26:26

Connecting basketball and business to build a better organization

As Jason Quick writes , Larry Miller, president of the Blazers , "is known for his humility, and style ... management has been a key to the team's turnaround. Quick traces the turnaround to a four-day team-building retreat in Arizona that Miller arranged for 14 members of his staff, including Coach McMillan [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 13:58:00

VisualsSpeak Teambuilding Training

Do you need to get people aligned? Ever wonder why sometimes even the most talented group of people can’t come together to realize their goals? ... . Consistently. Receive 3 Free Gifts ($100.00 Value!) when you attend this VisualsSpeak training! When you attend our 1-Day Team Building training you will learn a simple, effective approach [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 23:51:02

Education and Reform: Personal Reflections on the Duncan Pick

In my time as a high school teacher, I worked for two distinctly different principals ... to attend a four-day “team-building” retreat cooked up by Human Resources evil-doers. Well-dressed twenty-something corporate trainers barraged us with platitudes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:19:00

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

Whisper whisper whisper

What's with the whispers you say? Well, it's because I've lost my voice. It sure seems that I've been getting sick quite often lately doesn't it? ... of days back, my office held a team building session at Guoman, Port Dickson and it was absolutely awesome! We did all sorts of indoor and outdoor activities. The indoor stuff was your usual getting [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 12:51:00

I’m Scared of Heights!

We just got back from our Cross Point fall staff retreat. I’m very blessed these days to serve along side  19 of the best people I know ... Retreat staff led us through. Here’s a little video of our team building time… I would love to hear ... on vision, team building and the calendar for 2009. We’re finding that planning a yearly calendar [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 14:16:40

Pioneer Projects

These photos are projects made by classes of homeschoolers participating in an experiential learning class, ... American skills, primitive skills in general, pioneering skills and team-building games ... than the one day workshops this same program offers which don't allow for friendship-building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 14:17:41

Angel of Africa Day Spa, Strubensvalley, Johannesburg

Searching for Health spa’s in Gauteng? Your search will be over once you find the Angel of Africa Day Spa, situated in Strubensvalley, ... with team building events, pamper parties or to treat someone you absolutely love! Romantic Couples ... everything crashing down. Its at times like this that Angel of Africa becomes an essential retreat; a place [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 15:46:04

Chuck D helps SellaBand launch in the US

Don’t believe the hype! Oh, except when the hype is about a fan-funded music service, and Chuck D is the man saying it ... and prove invaluable. An integral part of expanding into the US market is building a world class team ... , which will run SellaBand’s day-to-day activities and co-ordinate partnerships and sponsorships [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 09:35:57

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Can be found in the Category: Bad Management, Leadership, Performance - 21 Jan 2009 I am reading Patrick Lencioni’s best-seller, ... , Jeff to miss the first day of the retreat.Bottom line: Kathryn feels that building the team ... “The Five Dysfuntions of a Team and enjoying it as much as I thought I would. Patrick has a great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 20:27:36

Posts about Post About Internet Marketing as of January 17, 2009

General : Web 101-4780 by Chan - asiaparttime.com 01/17/2009 Web Consultants earn up to $$4780++.. Act Fast now pls forward Not Enough money? ... on a news program, and what are the top stories these days? … marketing and business building fundamentals ... your downline team know this upfront. The worst thing Why Local Businesses Need SEO More Than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:14:23

Troy Perkins on Norwegian Special Forces Training

“GK Troy Perkins left national team camp for four days last week to participate in a team building exercise with Valerenga in Norway. Valerenga’s hosts for the ‘retreat’ - a unit of the Norwegian Special Forces.”  Courtesy USMNT Blog.Image via PB [more...]

Date: 2009-01-27 15:21:50

Games i already made in my head

These last few days i have seen a horrible tendency in the game announcements being publicized ... character: RazuMasu the mini Ninja Next comes a game i had been thinking about building ... have one team playing arsonists and the other team firefighters. And then this other day i read [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 17:07:30

There’s a girl that’s bi and we’re afraid to sleep, Bye!

That’s what we heard from daughter #1 on her second night away at Outdoor Ed. A little background. In MOCO the middle schools have something called Outdoor Ed. It’s a 2 day retreat where the kids learn team building skills, hike, check the health of streams etc. We were a little nervous [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 20:30:27

How to Survive the Offsite Meeting

How to Survive the Offsite Meeting by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) ... and team building sessions. Companies plan these events to strengthen teams, build mission ... When news of AIG’s $440,000 executive retreat hit the press just days after the federal bailout [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 10:00:13

Hong Kong - Final

After spending a whole day in Disneyland, we were all dog-tired and thought it would be good that the boys as well as the 'old man' finally get to ... with TEAM-BUILDING games/activities. It was quite FUN & i must say it removed away to a certain extend ... to me! But i reckoned that it was indeed very successful in building up our relationship!! Team mbrs [more...]

Date: 2008-07-13 17:30:00

And We Might Even Improv...

LifePlay At a recent Central Region Evangelism offsite meeting, we did something fun. The first morning was setup as a skills training day ... collaboration efforts, technical or soft skills training and some type of team building exercise. For example, at the last offsite we did a scavenger hunt all across Las Vegas as the team building exercise [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 16:53:49

Team Building Camp, Dusun Eco Resort, Day 2, 1 Dec 2008

#fullpost{display:inline;}We woke up as early as 650 am. I can't sleep the whole night. My leg..ooh poor leg.. it has become frozen due to the whether. It is so cooling at night as compared to the chalet in the afternoon. We have the natural air cond with 2 horsepower that I woke up late at night to switch off the fan. Hmm. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 10:48:00

They Will Beat Their Bats Into Pool Cues... Their Mitts Into Chalk Squares

Via The Bleacher Report: "The Yankees start playing games on Wednesday so manager Joe Girardi took advantage of one of the few days they have without obligations to take his team out for a relationship building exercise: a pool tournament. 'I’ve never been on a team that’s done something like this before, but I often wondered why [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 13:38:23

Another day, another scandal from Team Obama

Adolfo Carrion, his nominee to be his urban czar had a nice pay-to-zoning changes game going on as president of the Bronx, ... out Carrion’s statement: “Thousands of people who share the Borough President’s vision for building ... on his transition team are vetting his potential picks with unprecedented scrutiny of their personal [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 15:38:24

Wow.

For the first time in a long time, the country will have adult supervision. Congratulations to everyone who wanted this as much as I did ... on a corporate team-building retreat (oh joy) for three days, so the Planet will be dark for a while [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 15:32:36

the perfect antidote to bogus business advice

This month I was lucky enough to work with Neil Mullarkey, one of the founders of London’s famous Comedy Store, ... jump with your Head of IT - all in the name of team-building? Or made to parade with your workmates ... will take strange pleasure in seeing everything from “bonding days” to “confidence building workshops” put [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 10:22:18

Trinity In Space Impressions Day 2.5, Part 2 (With A Vengance)

Posted by melancholygeek on December 1, 2008 I hope everyone recovered from the awesomeness that is The Hoff and we’re ready to finally wrap Day 2 ... exercises, team-building, creativity, rythm… Things I all too painfully remembered from the (few [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 20:17:52

Road trip

Road trip Posted on April 29, 2007 by Chris Yesterday I did a mahussive road trip to the Quinta Centre to attend a day course on their team building course (a type of low ropes course). Although I didn’t appreciate the 5:30am leaving of the house it was a really good day. The training course was good fun and we got [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 15:02:19

Just Another Work Day At Go Daddy

Yesterday 13 of us from GoDaddy went up to Arizona Snowbowl, north of Flagstaff, for a day of skiing ... Initiative. Basically, it's team-building and bonding. It was also a lot of fun. However, as it happens, I think I may have lost one of the team member's trust during the event. My friend Guy Ellis [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 16:19:21

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