Last night, while they sipped their pre-dinner drinks, 100 unassuming diners heard the unmistakable sounds of drumming and singing in the distance. The sounds became louder and louder. Before the guests could blame these sensations on alcohol, our African drummers and dancers burst into the hotel foyer playing and dancing, and led the stunned guests into [Continue Reading]
Watch, Like or Follow Creative Team Events
The world of communication is constantly changing, and there is a growing number of ways to find information on team events and interact with us. In this article, I wanted to remind you of all the communication and information mechanisms we now have in place. Our constantly-updated website at www.creativeteamevents.com now has hundreds of pages [Continue Reading]
Team Events Held Absolutely Anywhere!
We pride ourselves in being able to offer team building events, energisers and ice breakers in any location and type of venue. While most of the time we find ourselves in an ivy-covered stately home, shiny conference centre or a city hotel, occasionally we have to deal with more challenging and unique settings! Last week, [Continue Reading]
New Outdoor Team Building Activities
With the recent snow in the UK, it might be hard to imagine that it won’t be that long until it will be mild enough to brave the elements and get your teams and delegates out of stuffy conference rooms to breathe fresh air and take part in some great outdoor experiences. While we at [Continue Reading]
Team Apprentice Recreates the Fun of the TV Show
No other TV show has successfully packaged the harshness of business life with brutal interpersonal competition to match the BBC’s The Apprentice. The long walks of doom towards the boardroom and the no-nonsense rulings from Sir Alan Sugar are dramatic to watch! Whist we definitely recreate all the inter-team rivalry and many other elements from [Continue Reading]
The Secrets to Team Engagement in Team Building Events
We have recently been asked to contribute to a magazine article about shyness and engagement of participants in conferences and team building events and I thought they would good topics for today. Companies invest thousands – sometimes hundreds of thousands of pounds – in conferences and team building, often to communicate a vision or create a [Continue Reading]
The Ultimate Conference Ice Breaker and Energiser
Last week, and first thing in the morning, an unsuspecting conference audience of just over 400 arrived a little bleary eyed and tired after a successful gala dinner the night before. No doubt hoping to gradually wake up and ease themselves into the day ahead, conference delegates probably expected the normal format of speakers and, perhaps, [Continue Reading]
Gumboot Dancing For Conference Energisers
Normally, we are asked to provide group activities that are highly relevant to a business meeting or conference – activities with an underlying business message or meaning that participants will uncover. Then again, sometimes, it’s just about trying something totally random and new, just like the series of morning conference energisers we delivered in Harrogate this [Continue Reading]
Team Building in Gleneagles
This week, our work took me to one of the world’s most famous hotels – Gleneagles. This historic landmark is situated in the middle of Scotland, just as you leave the flatter plains and the surrounding mountains begin. The surrounding views are simply stunning. It’s always exciting for me to go back home to Scotland any [Continue Reading]
2013 Starts with a Bang
Welcome back everyone and happy new year to you! As the world’s markets wobble and financial uncertainty continues to reign in the UK and many other countries, we will continue with our simple, but effective, strategy that has seen us through the years. That is to carry on being super consistent with the quality of our [Continue Reading]