In a previous post, “Meeting Organizers: Make Time for Fun” we discussed the importance of giving attendees time to sightsee and a break way from the meeting material, in order to increase energy levels with breaks , but what about utilizing free time for team-building? The best team building activities help attendees understand the key messages to take from the conference.
Deciding whether you’ll want to planning team building activities can be one of the more challenging tasks, so if you’re thinking about it – here’s 5 Tips for Deciding on Team-Building Strategies for Conferences:
- Will you have a team-building exercise? If yes, who will plan it? Team building exercises can be the perfect beginning, middle or end to a conference. Once you decide you’d like team building part of your conference – decide who will be in charge of planning the exercise. Planning is typically done by a meeting planner or a team-building expert such as Teambonding.
- Decide what you want the results to be. It’s the first step in planning a team-building activity. Don’t walk into a team-building exercise blindly, your attendees will find it to be a waste of their time. Once you know who is planning and what your goal is, planning will run smoothly.
- Budgets – Team-building doesn’t always have to be expensive. Using a team building company will require a larger budget, but who says you have to go that route? Utilize the space at the conference center or hotel. Ask your planning manager on property about different unique space to utilize for team building activities such as an outdoor courtyard or a space like NCC’s Wii Lounge.
- Be sure to encourage open communication before it begins - encourage the teams to have open communication with each other and express their thoughts for a more successful experience. Also, make sure the team members take the team building experience serious as well.
- Define the roles prior and let the teams share their experiences after – Always optional but one consideration to team-building activities is to create several teams with defined and undefined roles. Allow the teams to discuss their team building experience after – teams will be amazed to see who won, who failed, and who worked the best together.
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