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
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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
Declare (Production) Bankruptcy This Week
Last week Liz Ryan of BusinessWeek had a great idea: use this time before New Year's – when, unless you're in the retail space, ... what the bottom line benefits are from this type of employee engagement and team building. Using ... a premium on holding retreats, allowing teams the time to step back, reflect on past work [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:18:03
Declare (Production) Bankruptcy This Week
Last week Liz Ryan of BusinessWeek had a great idea: use this time before New Year's – when, unless you're in the retail space, ... what the bottom line benefits are from this type of employee engagement and team building. Using ... a premium on holding retreats, allowing teams the time to step back, reflect on past work [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:18:03
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
Assorted Terrifying DVD News
First Look Studios announced the following DVD releases for September 30th, both of which were commissioned by The Powers That Be at Sci-Fi Channel. FLU BIRDS, $19.98 From ex-Asylum director Leigh Scott, “A team building retreat becomes a nightmare when a group of teenagers are stranded as a flock of flesh eating birds, consumed by a deadly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 01:11:53
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
outbound training team building
BUMIKAHYANGAN is located on the top of the hill of peaceful mountain Manglayang , Jatinangor region, Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia ... environment for: youth camps, retreats , picnics , family reunions, corporate team building, weddings [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 03:07:09
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
Weddings
I lost some friends recently. They didn’t die, they just stopped being my friends. I didn’t come to their wedding ... as team-building exercises at company retreats, where ... and groom’s house in the morning, get introduced to their team mates, get handed Metro fare cards [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 01:39:00
Centering Services
Centering™ Services for Self-Healing, Empowerment, Development and Achievement Achieve personal and professional goals Develop intuition and ... spirituality, channeling, creative writing, team building, new leadership skills. spiritual parenting ... retreats, inner child work Lifestyle Balancing, Professional and Business Development Coaching [more...]
Date: 2007-08-01 20:06:00
The sound of my life
If my life had a sound right now, it would be from Knocked Up, when the brother-in-law (Paul Rudd) asks his wife if she wants to have sex that night ... board games. Are you f-ing kidding me? Retreats and team building BS for a class went out ten years [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 04:53:24
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
Former Civil Service College Chalet
In 2006, SLA offered up for tender the site of the former civil service college chalet ... retreats for the conduct of team building, leadership or motivational activities. This is to cater ... will be set aside for short term rental. Corporate retreats, bonding sessions and other adventure [more...]
Date: 2008-02-18 18:20:00
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
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
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
lokasi area tempat retreat
BUMIKAHYANGAN is located on the top of the hill of peaceful mountain Manglayang , Jatinangor region, Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia ... environment for: youth camps, retreats , picnics , family reunions, corporate team building, weddings [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 09:46:45
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
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
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
Face-to-Face Meetings: The Marketing Method with Personal Pay-Off
As FY 2008 draws to a close, many of the agencies we serve are planning for their new year ... to a new world of possibility for the training, team building, and collaborative planning work ... . Some sponsor Renewal Retreats to explore future challenges and opportunities, and to re-ignite [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 17:17:00
outbound training dahsyat di bumikahyangan bandung
BUMIKAHYANGAN is located on the top of the hill of peaceful mountain Manglayang , Jatinangor region, Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia ... environment for: youth camps, retreats , picnics , family reunions, corporate team building, weddings [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 17:43:01
Third in the playground games series (anytime)
Several months ago I read an article about EnTeam, a St ... cooperative game strategies — it’s the same reason adults hunker down for team-building retreats, right [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 15:57:30
New gallery + call for help
Hello, I’d like to announce that the new gallery is now located at beaconatbangsar.com/gallery. The old one is broken and has been deleted ... 2007 * K-Personalities 2006 * No Apologies 2006 * O3CZ in Action * Peacehaven retreat 2006 * Project MIB * Risk Challenge 2003 * Shanghai Night * Team Building Challenge 2004 * Thanksgiving Night [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 18:46:16
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