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

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Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 2/20/09

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN ... is a collaborative encyclopedia of free team building activities, free icebreakers, teamwork resources ... to immerse children, ages 9-12, in educational tasks. Building on strategies from online role-playing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 11:00:00

Web Sightings for March 2009

Here they are—your Web sightings for the month of March ... , 2009.If you’re looking for icebreakers, teamwork resources and free team-building activities, check ... of your classroom without any heavy lifting!Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who’s Doing It Best by Fran [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 05:00:04

Bridges Begins with a Bang

Well, what's better than spending your summer working and watching television? BRIDGES! ... and returning students were seperated, both had somewhat similar days. Icebreakers and team-building [more...]

Date: 2008-06-16 15:00:00

Short Fiction on the Undergraduate Experience

Continuing the ideas from my last post: the following is an excerpt from a project I did for an undergraduate "writing for teenagers" course ... officially began in which first-year students were subjected to all kinds of team-building torture ... . At the time, Miri had loved it; even the goofiness of the icebreakers and the other organized [more...]

Date: 2008-03-29 19:34:00

DCO Weekend Reader - 9/26/08

The web is a vast repository of opinions, commentary and occasionally, wisdom.  Here’s a selection of the best articles I read over the past week ... Excellence & Leadership If you are a President or CEO, you have a real challenge building and leading a highly performing team.  This may sound counter-intuitive, but this post on roadblocks [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 10:00:10

● 21 Feb 09 - LSL Mentorship Workshop

traffic jam GAME:D If you have been following our earlier posts, on the 21st of February 2009, Project GREASE was involved in two major events ... to be peer mentors of a Sec 2 Service Learning team, in hope they will be able to continue ... (8am=wee hours of the day, as far as us angsty teens are concerned!). After which, all participants [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 04:25:37

Princess Adds 110 New Shore Excursion Options in Europe This Summer

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (June 10, 2008) - This summer Princess passengers in Europe have 110 new ways to enjoy their ports of call, whether they explore Stockholm by rooftop for the ultimate bird's eye view, go on a treasure hunt through the ruins of Herculaneum or streets of Dubrovnik, take an overnight train to Moscow, [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 13:48:00

Arctic Meltdown: Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming

Background on UN Convention of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Real Climate - Climate science from climate scientists Arctic & Antarctic Photograph: Louise Murray/Science Photo Library Arctic may already be permanently damaged by global warming A new study warns the point of irreversible climate change damage may have already been reached in [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 21:48:15

Youth Christmas Party Planning Checklist

Christmas is just around the corner... Have you prepared for your youth Christmas Party yet? If you don't get things moving well in advance, instead of enjoying the Christmas Vacation with the youth, you could end up being totally stressed and miss valuable opportunities to impact their lives and those of their friends and families [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 16:19:25

What Does the T In T-Shirt Really Mean?

The T in the word T-shirt simply refers to the shape of the T-shirt itself. If you lay it out flat, it forms the letter T ... an effective tool in team building at work, school, sports and in any group. For campaigns, special ... and you can boast of your hobbies. You can have tees made up for special events like family reunions, team [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 14:39:24

RedR Training of Trainers

The main event for bringing me to India at this particular time was a Training of Trainers which was organized by RedR (Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief) India. I has attended another on of their training in Humanitarian Logistics 3 years ago. For the past couple of years training had occupied a significant (and the most enjoyable) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-30 12:30:57

Team building games for your youth group

Team building games and activities are great ways to help groups develop cooperation, decision making, leadership and communication skills. Check out the team building games over on Grahame’s blog Insight. They include lots of fun challenges as well as a couple of classic ‘pen and paper’ survival games. Here’s a challenge [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 01:09:37

Employee Incentive Tip: Team Building

Just as muscles are the "engine" that your body uses to propel itself, your employees are the manpower that moves a company forward ... the weakening of your staff, coach your employees’ growth and development with team building activities ... with fun icebreakers and company giveaways that reflect your organization’s style. These types of team [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 15:39:00

● 21st February 2009- LSL Mentorship Workshop

traffic jam GAME:D If you have been following our earlier posts, on the 21st of February 2009, Project GREASE was involved in two major events ... activities and games, so as to allow better and more efficien ... to be peer mentors of a Sec 2 Service Learning team, in hope they will be able to continue [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 04:25:37

The church - a youth group discussion starter

A youth group discussion starter on the church. Exploring the New Testament images of the church and discovering the importance of each person ... all of the resources they are given and to involve everyone in the planning and building process.Give each team 15 ... playing their part in the life of the church. A themed night of icebreakers and activities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:00:00

Russians Plant Flag on North Pole Seabed.

In the Arctic, unless you are the lead dog, the view never changes . America is not the lead dog in the Arctic rush for resources. The Russians are not just coming; they have come and gone. We are breathing their exhaust fumes and eating their dust. America does not have an Arctic Policy, and we have not ratified the Law of the Sea Treaty [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 22:25:00

Debbie Davies

Debbie Davies - Key To Love: A Celebration of the Music of John Mayall - 2003 - Shanachie Another great blues album from the incredibly talented Debbie Davies, who was a guitarist in the great Icebreakers band who backed the legendary Albert Collins. Debbies CV is astonishing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 01:06:00

Get Your Greatest Icebreaker Games Now

One of the secrets I have to make my audience pay attention everytime I stand on the stage and have my talk is by using icebreaker games ... , women’s retreat icebreaker games, team building games, and games for consultants [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 03:42:07

Team building ice breakers

There are many games, which are involved in the Team Building Icebreakers. One of the most popular games is “Animals”. In this game, you have to write down the names of different animals, which make [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:26:39

Bad days, good days, eyes and forays

Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 9/29/08 Hello, it’s pouring ... asked Don Gilmer, the school director, if I could use the school building for the eye campaign I’ve [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 16:29:32

Summer Team Building Exercises

If you are planning a team building exercise this summer, you should be planning your event already. The article Team Building Exercises and Icebreakers will help you make your event... [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 23:06:57

Team builders - more than icebreakers

Team building games and activities are great ways to help groups develop cooperation, decision making and communication skills. Team building exercises can be adapted for many different settings and public domain examples ... over the years in youth clubs, youth weekends, camps and as team building exercises with new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-31 10:00:00

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