Metaphors are comparisons that show how thing things that are not alike in most ways are actually similar in important ways. At first sight, our team building events may seem a million miles away from the challenges faced daily in business. However, this is not the case. We use metaphors in the activities that we [Continue Reading]
Drumming Events from the Vault #2
One of the benefits of drumming events, especially in a conference situation, is that you can entertain and influence large numbers of delegates in a single room. I cannot think of many other activities that are practical to do with 500+ delegates in a single space that do not require extensive budget, technology or elaborate [Continue Reading]
Drum Circles: You Can Buy Drums as Giveaways
For many years we have worked with a fair trade company, which specialises in supplying ethnic instruments. This relationship has allowed us to offer our drum circle clients the opportunity to buy mini replica drums as wonderful conference or meeting giveaways. Our feeling was why go home with a mug, pen, t-shirt or other throwaway corporate [Continue Reading]
Crashing Waiters Corporate Dinner Entertainment
As I write from my office, I am looking at 300 spatulas, 300 wooden spoons, 100 frying pans, 100 chopping boards and a very large box of chef hats! We are very accustomed to being surrounded by newly-purchased mountains of kitchen paraphernalia, and so it takes us aback when someone like the postman or a visitor [Continue Reading]
Corporate Team Events Delivered Cost-Effectively Worldwide
The thought of organising corporate team events abroad or bringing in an event company from another country might at first seem costly or a logistical minefield. However, from as far East as Brunei to as far West as California, we have delivered activities globally without fuss and as cost effectively as possible. Our secrets are [Continue Reading]
Corporate Drumming with Remo Drums
From the very beginning of creating our company, we wanted to offer clients the very best musical equipment, which was steeped in tradition but also used state-of-the-art materials. We also wanted to be affiliated with a world-leading organisation with a reputation for being committed to developing drumming and drums not only for musicians but for [Continue Reading]
Team Building Using Dance and Movement
One of the joys of running a creative company that deals specifically in the arts is that you get to meet and work with fascinating people who have chosen unique career paths. At any one time, there are up to 30 artists working with us, who go on to, or have just come from, wonderfully [Continue Reading]
Drumming Workshops with Real Business Messages
Yesterday’s drumming event was a great example of connecting business messages to our activities, without patronising our conference audience. I have yet to see another corporate activity like drumming (and trust me, I’m looking) that lets the participants see, hear and feel the analogy with countless different company themes. We spent the morning silently preparing the drums just [Continue Reading]
Flexibility is Essential
The client is always right. This, as we all know, is the sacrosanct code that everyone in the corporate industry lives by. We all double over backwards to make a team building day, conference or dinner event, work perfectly, just as the client wants. I believe this is what separates the great from the good. [Continue Reading]
Traditional Team Building with the Maori Haka
Haka is a traditional, cultural gem, which contains everything needed for a compelling team building activity. In this post I discuss the history and meaning of the Haka, as well as its role in our team building events. Over the years we have constantly looked for creative ideas that complement our art- and music-based activities. It [Continue Reading]