One of the biggest challenges conference organisers face is constantly coming up with new ice breaker ideas to put forward to their clients or directors. Getting a conference or meeting off to a flying start is crucial, to maximise engagement levels for the rest of the day and to clearly set out company objectives. If [Continue Reading]
We Welcome Our Newest Recruit Sam Holden
Recent clients may have noticed a new voice answering the phone at Creative Team Events HQ. I joined the company at the beginning of February as an Event Co-ordinator. Here are a few of my thoughts and words on the last few weeks. I love to hit the ground running in any new role, and [Continue Reading]
Team Building Using Music
Team building using music has become very popular, with every conceivable version of singing, playing, hitting and moving available to today’s corporate events organiser. Your group could be playing in a rock band, playing in an orchestra, jamming in a jazz group or even busking on the street. You could find yourself sitting in a [Continue Reading]
Great Team Building Start to 2016
It’s back with a bang here in 2016! Our feet literally have not touched the floor and a huge thanks to all our team for pulling off such a great start to the year. I hope you have escaped the January blues and we are very grateful that so many clients have had us in [Continue Reading]
Team Activities Within Learning and Development
Whenever my phone rings and I see the name Susy Roberts from the company Hunter Roberts come up, I immediately smile. This is because we have been working with each other for well over ten years and I can be assured that whatever Susy asks from us, it will always be fun and an interesting [Continue Reading]
All Blacks Rugby Fever Keeps Haka Workshops Soaring
Congratulations to the New Zealand All Blacks on their impressive win last weekend. It was an amazing tournament with, as ever, much focus on the winning team’s Haka ritual before every game. Haka is without doubt one of the most talked about, fondly impersonated and revered spectacles of the entire tournament. Some people misunderstand the [Continue Reading]
Corporate Christmas Parties and End-of-Year Events
While not wishing away the months we have left, you may have noticed Christmas cards in the shops and we now have enquiries coming in for concepts and ideas for our client’s festive events. It seems a very popular plan with end-of-year meetings to finish with a fun team activity that highlights the success of the [Continue Reading]
Quality Instruments for Quality Team Events
In a world where your car, kitchen appliance and laptop seem to have a working shelf life of a couple of years, it is staggering these days to find something that actually lasts! This week, I want to praise the world’s largest drum company REMO, which has been supporting us for over 20 years. REMO has [Continue Reading]
Haka and the Rugby World Cup
When trying to describe the Haka to someone, I always refer to the All Blacks and how they perform this ancient ancestral war cry prior to every match they play. In view of the Haka’s strong ties to rugby, we have noticed a huge surge in bookings for Haka events as the Rugby World Cup [Continue Reading]
Outdoor Team Building at Burghley House
Opting for an outdoor activity in the UK is always a risk, no matter what time of year. So, when a client requested a selection of activities that, apart from one, could not be undertaken indoors in case of inclement weather, I was a little concerned. As it turned out, Mother Nature was feeling gracious [Continue Reading]