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
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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
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
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
Classrooms going safe: Emergency precautions outline dangerous situations
SUUSA Executive Council members prepared for student government's Spring Retreat at a Pine Valley cabin on Jan. 16-17, during Tuesday's meeting Proposed plans for the weekend retreat include reviewing goals, team building exercises and various meals, according to the Spring Retreat itinerary. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 05:00:00
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
25 Random Things About Me
Those on Facebook are quite familiar with this meme ... sailing experience was during a team building exercise at a company retreat. We had to maneuver ... about the order of ingredients when building a taco. Meat of course is the first layer, which is followed [more...]
Date: 2009-02-08 05:15:00
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
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
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
Team Retreat & Satay
Last weekend was a great weekend! 13 of us went to Kajang Country Heights for a short 2 Days 1 night Team Retreat ... thoughts from the retreat:The steam fish during lunch was great. Was bit warm but it's worth it! Had fun playing some games building washing machine and surrond sound system. M&M sharing time was interesting [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 14:48:00
I'm About to Make Like a Pea, and Split… To Vegas Baby!
I'm feverishly working to wrap things up before I travel to Las Vegas on Thursday for an About.com guide event. They used to call these things "conventions," but when that term became associated with drunken debauchery, they started using euphemisms like, "Team Building," "Corporate Retreat," and "Company [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 18:07:00
Team Building Retreat With The Reindeer
Me: “Good evening, . This is Patrice. How can I help you?” Caller: “I’d like to check your availability for December 24th to the 26th.” Me: “We do have rooms available for those dates.” Caller: “I work for the government, and I’m wondering if you have the government discount? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 06:55:28
Newsletter: Do You Work for the Boss from Hell?
I do. My boss is very upset with me these days. What?! You didn’t post to the blog last month - at all?! I thought we worked that out ... to have to improve our communication skills - maybe go on a team-building retreat - and learn to better [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 16:00:14
30 ROCK: Retreat to Move Forward
First of all, who wouldn’t want Liz Lemon as a camp buddy at a corporate retreat? ... in professional settings and everything. So thumbs up on the forced funtivities and cutthroat team building of Jack’s Six Sigma Retreat to Move Forward, which is just dumb enough, corporately speaking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 04:55:57
The Tree Of Idleness Guest House - Wedding Venue
The Tree Of Idleness Guest House & Spa is the perfect, peaceful and harmonious wedding venue to choose ... . Activities/Facilities: Weddings Corporate/Private Functions Conferences Celebrations Retreats Team Building Fishing Observatory Theatre Library Boating Canoeing Log Fires Walks Spa Contact Details [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 11:54:08
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
Teambuilding 2.0
Many company executives are now questionning the value of 'traditional' forms of teambuilding such as executive retreats or staff games (e.g. Executive team building: stop wasting their time). Recently I ran across a New York technnolgy ... both virtual and physical elements into their team games. I am sure GCO are not the only player [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 13:55:37
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
The GamingShogun 2008 PC Gaming Xmas Wish List
2008 has seen some really incredible titles released for the personal computer ... , the game emphasizes teamwork above all else. One day, I would love to see company ''retreats'' where their team-building exercises consist of Left 4 Dead rounds (I wanna work there!). Coupled [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 00:15:07
Voice Recognition Software
One of the activities I sometimes do at our facilitated team building events is to ask people what productivity and time-saving tools they have ... that makes their job easier but often don't get an opportunity to share these ideas with other team members. At the last retreat I ran for the University of Newcastle one of the participants mentioned [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 22:22:00
Savonna Turns Five and Joe Saves the Party!
Yesterday we celebrated Savonna's 5th Birthday. She is seen above in a white bridesmaids dress that Maizie passed on to her for dress up play ... in handy at his company team building retreats? Very cute.The mixture was awesome. The machine was blowing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 13:44:00
Traditional wisdom says: “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount and get a different horse ... cultures ride dead horses. A strategic planning retreat with some team building thrown [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 23:18:31
Power Play by Joseph Finder
Jake works for a major airplane manufacturer. Substituted in at the last moment for his boss, he's sent on a weekend retreat with senior corporate execs for a team building off site meeting. During the first night's dinner, they are surprised by a group of "hunters" who take the group [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 19:53:00
White Solo...
Headed to Phoenix Park , which is about two hours outside of Seoul, for a work team-building retreat this weekend. I'll be the only white dude there. Two predictions: 1. I'm gonna eat a lot of food [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 22:22:00
Messy, Messy Adult Stuff
PORTLAND, ME -My brother always says that if he had a choice, he would have stopped aging right around the time he turned two ... payments, team-building retreats, marriage counseling [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 15:47:56
Beanstalk Hosted Subversion: Rails Developer
Location: Anywhere URL: http://beanstalkapp ... Subversion app. A minimum of 2 years experience in building Rails apps is required. Our team is located ... as possible We have team retreats in places like Turkey and Cyprus We have a dedicated QA Tester To apply [more...]
Date: 2009-02-16 16:38:38
Handling Sexual Harassment
Handling Sexual Harassment by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) A female vice president was attending a leadership retreat for her company’s top executives. During the retreat, coworkers carpooled to and from a team building dinner; the VP was the only woman [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 18:00:57
Project Sanctuary provides retreat for military families
by Sharon Foster American Forces Press Service 2/12/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) ... the family as a whole. Combining medical and psychological services with group dynamics, team building ... in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The retreats will be co-hosted by the YMCA of the Rockies at the Snow [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 18:01:11
Rare Relaxing Residencies for Arts and Culture Managers
Always on the look out for programs that benefit arts managers, ... . Since you would theoretically go alone, it wouldn't be a staff retreat where you engage in group strategizing or team building activities. It might be beneficial for administrators to mix with creative [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 05:13:12
West Point trip should help Flyers bond as a team
The Flyers are heading back to school today. . .actually, the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. for a three-day retreat ... the Flyers will take part in some team-building exercises under the guidance of an Army psychologist ... to get to know one another and develop some trust. “I don’t think you can create a team in two weeks,'’ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 23:47:47
Oliver Lake: Where Fantastic Fishing Is Only Part of the Fun
Anglers spend a nice chunk of change to go to a fly-in fishing lodge, and the primary reason is always the terrific fishing ... retreats and team-building seminars with a little fishing thrown in on the side. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 18:17:48
Chateau Royale, Sports and Country Club Inc.
In the heart of Batangas and just an easy 2-hour drive from Manila, lies Chateau Royale Sports & Country Club ... for relaxation, retreats, team-building activities, weddings, seminars, and almost all business or leisure [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 10:40:59
Team Retreat AND Kingdom Movement
This past Sunday night we all packed our bags and headed north to a little bach we rented for a few nights to have our annual team retreat ... up with some great plans for this year. Last year we spent a lot of time out in the community building [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 09:45:00
London DCSB: Catholic Students Raise Funds for Service Trip to Monte Christi Orphanage
Written by John Borst on February 11, 2009 – 4:00 am#3 in the OCSTA “Good News in Ontario’s Catholic Schools” seriesThe St ... students have participated in numerous activities including a team building dinner, a Christmas tree sale fundraiser, and a spiritual retreat. Other activities planned for the Mission Program include [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 04:00:17
Fair Use Scenarios - Tunes and YouTube
In a continuing series of scenarios that explore educational fair use issues. Sean*, classroom teacher and building leadership team member, created a video of a school planning retreat using Animoto and uploaded it to YouTube. For the soundtrack Sean used copyrighted [more...]
Date: 2009-02-02 17:19:24
Cutting Edge Inspirational Speaker!
If I told you that someone was plagued with chronic infections, dislocating their shoulder 13 times, depression, diabetes and then cancer .. ... and relevant topics including empowerment, change, health, intuition, stress, the economy, team building ... and entrepreneur who has spent the past 15 years speaking at corporate events, retreats, workshops [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 19:13:35
'Chuck,' Gary Cole and the big con
We learn a little bit more about Sarah's youth this week on Chuck – and how could you not have an interesting ... actually speak German. They finesse; Amad makes the money transfer, and the team retreats ... of an Arab sheik for $750,000 by selling him a building he does not, in fact, own. Small problem [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 03:19:50
Claycamps In China: A Teacher's Retreat
Thursday and Friday we were bussed to a place just outside of Yanji (2 hr. bus ride) for a retreat for teacher's and their family. Actually it was information on team building, school schedule, and school guidelines. Hannah ... fun trying to listen to translations and keep Jack entertained. He was a trooper. Except at meal [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 04:23:00
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
Fusion Winter Retreat
** I meant to post this at the beginning of the week but accidentally kept it in draft status.. ... for me because it was the last retreat with my small group girls! They're graduating this summer!!! We did a team building even Saturday morning based on the Amazing Race. It was 10 different events [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 23:38:00
Fun on the Island
Every January the staff at UYI sneak away to refresh and relax together ... for some individual quiet time before regrouping for some animated team-building games led by Ms. Susan ... . In years past, these annual staff retreats have taken us to Vero Beach or the Orlando area [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 17:43:45
2008
A few highlights from the last year on St. Aidan to Abbey Manor:Wannabe TV Critic: A couple of BBC programmes earlier in the year caught my eye, ... of lessons on discipleship and team building. Somehow my thoughts got picked up by BBC2, and a small ... in the Egyptian desert, on a solo retreat guided by monk Father Lazarus.Closer to home, The Choir: Boys [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 08:24:00
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
STUPID (photo removed)
1/3/2009 7:32:46 AMSTUPID!:Ok. I just got this from my cousin Wally, and it’s worth a reply. Here are some of the stupid things I used to do ... (1951-1959)- Building a retreat from girls, teacher during recess.- Playing with cousins .. Wally, Davey ... .- Getting kicked off the football team in my freshman year of high school.- Turning to Jesus [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 02:44:00
Leadership Retreat
Our annual leadership retreat is one of the highlights of the year. We pay for all of our leaders to get away for twenty-four hours. We cast vision. We do team building. And we have a ton of fun. So proud of our staff. Our discipleship team, admin team and media team work like a bunch of banshee monkeys pulling this thing [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 03:50:01
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
Monday Mayhem - College Retreat
We had an awesome weekend on the College Retreat! My hubby is the college minister at our church, ... drugs were involved...)We also did some team building activities, like this paper maze. Hubby already ... , played TONS of card games, football, bocci ball, and had some incredible sessions of worship [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 13:04:00
WaterColor: A lobby free zone
Two years ago, a number of high-profile lobbyists had primo access to House Republicans during the inaugural retreat at WaterColor, the secluded beach resort in Ray Sansom's back yard. This time, lobbyists are banned. It's part of now-Speaker Sansom's goal to cultivate team building and focus on policy discussion. It also [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 20:44:10
Power Unit Retreat 2009
Date: Saturday, Feb. 28th - Sunday, Mar. 1st Time: 7:00a.m.(Sat) - 8:00p.m.(Sun) (subject to change) Where: Kinark Outdoor Center (http://www.koc.on.ca) What we will be doing: Games, skiing, tubing, snow shoeing, leadership & team-building ... Plans: Meals will be provided by Kinark Outdoor Center. If you have any special dietary concern [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 17:41:42
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