Team Building Activity: Hole Tarp
December 03, 2007
For email fed readers, video is viewable on blog.
Labels: Activities, Facilitation, Teambuilding, Training
posted by Jay @ 12/03/2007,
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"Euro Traffic Circle" - Activity Based Learning
November 26, 2007
Labels: Activities, Facilitation, Teambuilding, Training
posted by Jay @ 11/26/2007,
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"Euro Traffic Circle" - Activity Based Learning
November 16, 2007
(For Email Fed readers the video is viewable on MIEN)
Labels: Activities, Facilitation, Teambuilding, Training
posted by Jay @ 11/16/2007,
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Dr. Jim Cain's - "Pizza Toss"
November 08, 2007
For more information go to http://teamworkandteamplay.com/
(For Email Fed readers the video is viewable on MIEN)
Labels: Activities, Facilitation, Teambuilding, Training
posted by Jay @ 11/08/2007,
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TemFrom - "Twelve Tips for Team Building: How to Build Successful Work Teams"
November 05, 2007
From - "Twelve Tips for Team Building: How to Build Successful Work Teams"
By Susan M. Heathfield
In a team-oriented environment, you contribute to the overall success of the organization. You work with fellow members of the organization to produce these results. Even though you have a specific job function and you belong to a specific department, you are unified with other organization members to accomplish the overall objectives. The bigger picture drives your actions; your function exists to serve the bigger picture.
You need to differentiate this overall sense of teamwork from the task of developing an effective intact team that is formed to accomplish a specific goal. People confuse the two team building objectives. This is why so many team building seminars, meetings, retreats and activities are deemed failures by their participants. Leaders failed to define the team they wanted to build. Developing an overall sense of team work is different from building an effective, focused work team when you consider team building approaches.
Twelve Cs for Team Building
Successful team building, that creates effective, focused work teams, requires attention to each of the following.
- Clear Expectations: Has executive leadership clearly communicated its expectations for the team’s performance and expected outcomes?
- Context: Do team members understand why they are participating on the team?
- Commitment: Do team members want to participate on the team? Do team members feel the team mission is important?
- Competence: Does the team feel that it has the appropriate people participating?
- Charter: Has the team taken its assigned area of responsibility and designed its own mission, vision and strategies to accomplish the mission.
- Control: Does the team have enough freedom and empowerment to feel the ownership necessary to accomplish its charter?
- Collaboration: Does the team understand team and group process?
- Communication: Are team members clear about the priority of their tasks?
- Creative Innovation: Is the organization really interested in change?
- Consequences: Do team members feel responsible and accountable for team achievements?
- Coordination: Are teams coordinated by a central leadership team that assists the groups to obtain what they need for success?
- Cultural Change: Does the organization recognize that the team-based, collaborative, empowering, enabling organizational culture of the future is different than the traditional, hierarchical organization it may currently be?
Labels: Corporate, Facilitation, Teambuilding, Training
posted by Jay @ 11/05/2007,
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Chris Cavert's - "As If" - Video
November 02, 2007
For more information visit http://fundoing.com/
(For Email Fed readers the video is viewable on MIEN)
Labels: Activities, Facilitation, Teambuilding, Training, Video
posted by Jay @ 11/02/2007,
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All Balls Variation
Here is an interesting variation on the classic "All Balls" activity. Instead of just a line - build a wall with boxes or milk crates. Instead of balls - use paper.
Labels: Activities, Facilitation, Teambuilding
posted by Jay @ 11/02/2007,
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Camp Wiki
October 12, 2007
Created one year ago Camp Wiki has been growing steadily. "A wiki is a medium which can be edited by anyone with access to it, and provides an easy method for linking from one page to another.The site includes:
- Games
- Activities
- Campfires
- Crafts
- Camp Owners
- Other/Misc.
- Community
...all of which are edited and updated by the public.
Viewing and downloading activities is easy
while uploading and contributing your own information
involves the added step of registration (no cost).
Check Out Camp Wiki
while uploading and contributing your own information
involves the added step of registration (no cost).
Check Out Camp Wiki
Labels: Best Practices, Games, networking, Teambuilding
posted by Jay @ 10/12/2007,
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2007 AEE International Conference, 35th Annual
October 03, 2007
The 35th Annual International AEE Conference
November 8-10, 2007
Little Rock, Arkansas
November 8-10, 2007
Little Rock, Arkansas
Register now for the 2007 Annual International AEE Conference!
THE REGULAR REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 19, 2007
Book your hotel room at the Peabody by October 7, 2007, to guarantee the special rate of $125/night, plus tax, single or double. Call +1-800-Peabody and let them know you are with AEE. (After the 7th, room rates go up!)
WE'VE ADDED A PRE-CONFERENCE!
Global Gateway at Heifer Ranch
Heifer International Facilitators
Leaves the hotel Tuesday, November 6, at 12:30 p.m. and returns November 7, at 3 p.m. This overnight workshop will take place at Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas. $65/transportation included.
And space is still available for many of the original pre-conference workshops!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Minnijean Brown-Trickey
Minnijean Brown-Trickey is one of the nine students known as the Little Rock Nine, who, on September 25, 1957, integrated Central High School. This seminal event in American history sparked the beginning of Minnijean's career as a civil rights crusader.
Dr. Jasper Hunt
Jasper's many contributions to the field of experiential education include numerous published books and articles. The majority of his published works focus on ethics in experiential education. He currently teaches at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Karl Rohnke
Karl is a leading "player" in the field of experiential education. He was one of the founders of Project Adventure and High 5 Adventure Learning Center, and has written more than 15 books that have taught countless others to facilitate meaningful play.
If you didn't receive a copy the conference brochure, or would like additional copies mailed to you or a friend, email us with the address to which you would like a copy sent. conferences@aee.org
Register on-line now
General conference information
SERVE & SAVE!
Volunteering for the Service Crew is a great way to contribute to the conference's success while reaping the benefit of a discounted registration fee. Get up to a 70% discount!!
Service Crew Application and information
QUESTIONS?
Contact the AEE Office M-F, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. MDT at 866-522-8337,
conferences@aee.org.
Labels: Conferences, Teambuilding, Training
posted by Jay @ 10/03/2007,
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Internet Edition of Raccoon Circles
February 19, 2007
Click on Picture to View PDF BookThe official Internet Edition of Raccoon Circles by Jim Cain is available as a PDF file for viewing and download.
This internet version contains excerpts from the newly revised Book of Raccoon Circles by Dr. Tom Smith and Dr. Jim Cain, with more than 200 activities, challenges and ideas.
This document is in PDF format and is 7.5 MB large. If you have trouble viewing the PDF click here and follow the instructions (located on the right side of screen) to save the file to your computer for easier viewing.
For further information visit http://www.teamworkandteamplay.com/ and click on download articles, activities, and information.
Labels: Activities, Debriefing, Games, Processing, Teambuilding
posted by Jay @ 2/19/2007,
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