Teamwork makes the Dream Work

A really popular day we’ve delivered for a lot of organisations.

Choose from a selection of activities, during those activities teams can earn points, these can be based on specific challenges: communication, leadership, cooperation, team support. At the end of the day we will then get everyone back together for one big challenge competing with one another. Points are tallied up and then prizes can be given out.

Activities we would recommend include:

• Raft Building
• Bridge Building
• Canoeing
• Bell Boating
• Problem Solving
• Liquid Challenge
• Climbing
• Crate Stacking
• High All Aboard
• Jacob’s Ladder

As part of the package our instructors can work with groups to help them review aspects of their teamwork and improve how they work together.

An example of how we used this in the past was our Crash, Dash, Lash and then make a Splash Challenge. For this challenge points were scored on Archery, Crate Stacking and building a raft, then the finale was a raft race where the participants had to race the rafts they had built.

See below a typical plan for this day:

Objectives:

Encourage teamwork through fun competition
Allow staff to get to know each other
Facilitate interaction away from the work place
Promote communication and discussion

Plan

9:00am	Arrivals, tea, coffee and breakfast buffet
9:30am	Briefing for the day
9:45am	Activity 1 (archery, crate stack or raft build)
11:15am	Break
11:30am	Activity 2 (archery, crate stack or raft build)
1:00pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Activity 3 (archery, crate stack or raft build)
3:00pm	Break
3:15pm	Raft Race
4:00pm	Awards and Presentation
4:30pm	Finish

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Key Points

Activities recommended include: raft building bridge building, canoeing, bell boating, problem solving, liquid challenge climbing crate stacking, high all aboard, and Jacob’s ladder
Awards/ Medals can be given out to individuals and teams
Finale would be recommended as a raft race but other activities/challenges can be set up.