To ensure that the New Year's Eve leaves only pleasant memories, it is now worth thinking about how to celebrate it. You shouldn’t put off organizing a corporate party until the last weeks of December. In just a month, most of the normal sites, agencies, and simple organizers will be busy, and the range of opportunities will be significantly reduced. You will have to choose from what is left, this alone will lead to the appearance of a negative aftertaste. Let's figure out how to organize a corporate event so that it is truly memorable.
Option 1: in the art party studio
In our everyday work routine, we often lack time and energy for creativity. Even designers and artists have to adapt to technical specifications. A corporate office is a time when you and your colleagues can relax and discover your creative potential - for example, in drawing. The Draw Up studio specializes in just this: at the art party, each of the employees will draw their own small picture, and if you wish, you can work on one together. It will be great if you hang it in your office - it will support the morale of employees and remind you of a good evening with the team.
Don't forget to add some celebration and fun: order delicious food, bring a few bottles of wine or champagne and make a playlist for the evening - with good music and cheerful chat, you won't even notice how you will create a real masterpiece on canvas. Don't worry if you haven't drawn before - it's not that difficult when professionals guide the process.
Price:
- 2,000 rub. per participant (from 30 people - discount)
Additional Information:
- number of participants - from 6 to 400 people
- cost of consumables included
- the number of presenters depends on the number of participants.
Organize a charity evening
The time before the holidays is a time to give and sacrifice. These days people worry more about others than usual. That's why the holidays are a good time to organize a charity event. Organize a charity event at your establishment and publicize it through local media. The media will be happy to support such an event. Use this evening as a way to promote your restaurant.
You will help those who need help the most, and this will help promote your establishment.
Option 2: on the roof
Do you want your corporate party to go great? Then rent a loft on the roof. Don't be afraid that bad weather will ruin your plans: most roofs combine open spaces and closed areas where you can continue the celebration in case of rain or strong wind.
Turn on an exclusive playlist created by DJ Calipso for the hottest summer rooftop parties and arrange a corporate open-air with sunset views and panoramas of the Russian capital to the rhythms of Hip-Hop, Pop and Disco. And to make the holiday not only fun, but also delicious, do not forget to order off-site catering from the Gurmanoff team. These guys will delight you with a large assortment and unique presentation of dishes that you just want to try.
We are sure that the evening on one of the roofs in the center of Moscow will go down in the history of your company!
New Year in Alice in Wonderland style
Do you want to organize a theater of the absurd for your dear team? You couldn't find a better idea for a New Year's corporate party! At the same time a fabulous and mysterious story, it is a real carnival of events and a carnival of emotions.
Thanks to the correct design of the hall, employees will be transported to the fairy-tale forest of Wonderland. Decorative trees, secret doors, garlands of stringed keys and cups, signs, and large clocks will help decorate a room in a similar style. Invitations can be created in the form of playing cards and notes. It’s worth preparing a photo zone: the White Rabbit’s house, the yard for the Mad Tea Party and the tree on which the Cheshire Cat sits.
Outfits in the style of “Alice in Wonderland”.
With suits - no options. Just dress up as Alice in Wonderland characters. Each colleague will choose who to transform into. Whether to become Alice, the White Rabbit in an elegant frill, the Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, the tabby Cheshire cat, the Queen of Hearts or the cute Dormouse. It will turn out to be a real theatrical party.
The competitions are as absurd and funny as the subject matter. Have a drinking competition with your team using porcelain cups. You will get a lot of emotions from playing the main English game - croquet. Especially if the ball is a soft toy, and a mop serves as a special hammer.
You can’t do without a costume photo shoot and a competition for the most unusual dance. A new version of the game of forfeits will ignite the atmosphere of fun: fortune cakes. It would be quite appropriate to organize a quest at such a corporate event and invite a professional illusionist.
Only in this fantasy can you combine two holidays at once - New Year and Birthday. Long live the unnamed!
Organize a Mad Tea Party. Cupcakes with glazed inscriptions or eat me tags, drinks with drink me stickers, cookies in the shape of a rabbit and his pocket watch or a deck of cards, cake pops, lollipops, ice cream should be served at the table. For more substantial dishes, offer a buffet set: meat, cheese, vegetable slices, rolls, canapés, tartlets.
And don't forget about changing cups!
Option 3. Bowling club
Fun doubles competitions at the bowling club can be combined with celebrating the event over cocktails and simple snacks. If the company is small, it will be quite inexpensive and interesting.
What is the price
- Rent of one track - from 800 to 1200 rubles per hour.
- A glass of beer - from 180 rubles
- Mojito cocktail - from 380 rubles
- Cocktail Pina Colada - from 370
- Vodka with juice – from 190
- Rum - from 200 rub/50 ml
- Cognac - from 260 rub/50 ml
- Vodka - from 130 rub/50 ml
- Champagne - from 1100 per bottle
- Pizza - from 450 rub.
- Crackers for beer - from 70 rubles
Option 4. Questoria
Questoria is a story-based role-playing game for a corporate party, in which your colleagues will get involved in adventures, investigations or fantastic adventures.
Advantages
- New format - you've never tried anything like this before.
- 30 fascinating stories from 3 to 200 people.
- Carrying out the quest anywhere: in the office, restaurant, outdoors.
- Individual selection of roles: no one will be left behind.
- Corporate and team building at the same time: participants get to know each other better.
Flaws
- Doesn't go well with alcohol.
- People who came just to sit at the table will not like it.
Where to order: at Questoria
What is the price
Departure of a presenter with props for a company of up to 20 people - from 34,000 rubles. Over 20 people - will be calculated upon request.
Quest
Recently, quests have become widely known. You purchase a ticket and find yourself in a locked room. To get out of there, you must complete N number of tasks within a certain time. If they did it, they came out a hero; if they failed, they also came out, but in a different way...
Why not conduct the quest yourself using your own employees? Preparation, of course, will take some time, so you need to find a person who will take on this creative task himself. His task is to come up with tasks and places where task cards will be hidden. It is quite difficult to do this in an office where every item has been known to everyone for a long time: everyone will immediately pay attention to an unusual thing. Therefore, you need to hide it in inconspicuous places: in organizers, cabinets, desk drawers, you can even put a piece of paper with tasks under the lid of the copier.
All tasks must be combined into a logical chain: each subsequent task can be completed only after the previous one has been completed. Hint phrases should be clear to everyone, then the quest will be fun and interesting. And leaving the room/rooms will lead the team straight... to the festive table. This will be the reward for completing the quest.
Option 6. Buffet in the office or in a rented hall
A good opportunity to beautifully celebrate a corporate event without formal gatherings at tables. We have already written on our blog what a buffet is and how much it will cost. This option is suitable for your team if you have at least 50 people.
Advantages
- Beautiful, delicious.
- Convenient for communication.
- For very large groups it will be cheaper than a banquet.
- There is a large selection of places where you can celebrate a corporate event with a buffet - lofts, banquet halls, an assembly hall in the company office, etc.
Flaws
You will have to rent the site for a longer time than you planned. Preparing the buffet line takes about 3 hours. Dismantling - 1.5 hours.
Option 8. New Year's party on the terrace
Who said you can't barbecue in winter? By the New Year, many will have time to miss the dacha barbecue, so this version of the celebration has every chance of being liked by the team.
Here are examples of areas with a terrace where you can take barbecue equipment and have a great New Year's corporate party. Musical equipment, DJ console, bar counter are at your service. You can order food and drinks from the catering service or bring your own.
How much is the rent
From 3,500 rubles per hour during the daytime on a weekday to 6,000 at night and on weekends.
Option 9. Go to the bathhouse!
Why not follow the example of the heroes of the comedy “Enjoy Your Bath!” and not arrange a collective farewell to the old year in some pleasant Russian or Finnish bathhouse? It’s good for health, for tone, and for mood. And after the steam room, enjoy the aroma and taste of herbal tea - mmm... beauty!
Advantages
- Unusual.
- In the cold winter and in the steam room - very nice!
Flaws
- May be contraindicated for some due to health reasons.
- Not a place where you can get carried away with alcohol.
- The ceremonial part and dance program will be inappropriate.
Karaoke
If your team has at least a couple of singing colleagues, karaoke would be a great idea for a New Year's party. You can, of course, invite famous artists, but we are talking about a budget holiday. So why not take advantage of the opportunity to listen to live music, and completely free of charge.
Divide everyone into support groups: each singing colleague should have his own. After that, have a competition. Those who have an ear for music perform solos when performing a song, and those who only have a voice help them in every possible way (well, or interfere, it depends). Whose team hits the most notes is the winner.
Option 12. Corporate party on a real tank
If you’re bored even thinking about a banal corporate party in the office or a banquet, arrange a real adventure for your colleagues - order a tank ride.
There are many interesting programs for large companies: you can take part in a tank quest, go through an obstacle course, test yourself in extreme tank driving and shoot with weapons. Just imagine what cool photos you will get from your corporate event!
The excursions are conducted by professionals, so there is no reason to worry about the safety of employees - you will receive detailed instructions and support during the entire event.
Advantages
- Unusual and bright - such a corporate event will definitely be remembered
- Great way to bring the team together
Flaws
- Perhaps not everyone in the team is interested in military topics
Where to order
- We have prepared a review of the best places where you can ride a tank
What is the price
- Depends on the location and number of people, prices start from 2500 rubles
Option 13: your office
A great place where you can economically celebrate a corporate event, especially if the company is small. Don’t plan a buffet or order food from a restaurant, but create an interesting scenario - and then even this budget option will appeal to all employees.
You can organize interesting games or competitions, or some kind of exciting and useful master class for everyone. You can invite the host of “Mafia”, organize a karaoke party or some kind of team battle.
Advantages
- The familiar atmosphere will make everyone feel relaxed.
- There is no need to go anywhere - immediately after a working day we find ourselves “at the ball”.
- Inexpensive, especially if you don’t order food delivery, but ask each employee to bring one festive dish or a bottle of champagne.
Flaws
- According to the time management guru Arkhangelsky, you can’t relax in the same place where you work.
- Without a host and a dance program, a corporate party can turn out to be boring.
Option 14. Corporate event in nature
Tired of sitting within four walls? Invite your colleagues to spend a holiday in nature. After all, having fun in the open air is good not only in summer. In winter, you can go ice skating together, ride like a train down a steep hill on a tube, organize a snowman competition, and drink aromatic tea from thermoses. Or, for example, go visit the husky and have a fun ride in a dog sled. The main thing is that somewhere nearby you can warm up. Or better yet, have a small buffet. After all, after an active holiday in nature, you will have a good appetite.
Advantages:
- a change of scenery;
- Fresh air;
- unlimited territory;
- fun and active recreation;
- Great option for team building.
Flaws
To hold a New Year's corporate party in nature, you will have to worry about finding convenient locations. You will have to look for a place where opportunities for open-air entertainment are combined with a good banquet hall or a cozy restaurant where you can continue the celebration. There is also a risk that the weather will be unfavorable to you and will adjust your plans.
Black cats and Golden ladies or corporate event for a women's team
The theme of a closed party for a select few, into which representatives of the streets burst into. Luxury versus obstinacy. Mysterious night dwellers, dexterous and graceful, challenge Hollywood divas and spectacular burlesque queens.
The venue area can be divided into two parts: a rich, sophisticated boudoir and a loft, street blocks with dim lanterns. Monograms and lace mixed with minimalism and gothic.
Simple and elegant masks.
The outfits of girls with character are practical, comfortable, laconic and, of course, black. The faces of the mysterious strangers are covered with masks. Fashionistas glitter with gold and sparkle with diamonds.
Entertainment for the New Year's corporate party is based on battles: dance, sports, intellectual, culinary. Will ballroom dancing beat hip-hop? Extravagance or street wisdom? Inadaptability or resourcefulness? Who is the true lady in the end: the one who buys expensive glamorous things, or the one who can literally prepare a feast out of nothing?
The hostess of social life prefers dietary low-calorie dishes and delicacies: light vegetable and fruit cuts, fish, lobster and oysters. “Black cats” are not used to such luxury, but they also love fish and meat dishes. The highlight will be golden cocktails - whiskey sour, daiquiri, and black cocktails - whiskey and cola, bean black, acai sour.
The best toasts at a corporate party
Everyone remembers that awkward moment when at a corporate party you are asked to make a toast, but you are not at all ready for such a turn of events. And the inarticulate begins: “This year has been for us...” or “To summarize, I would like to say...”.
But toasts should not look like reports on past periods. After all, you are here to have fun. And if you know in advance that you will have to give a toast to your colleagues at a corporate party, prepare a speech that can lift your spirits.
For example, think about the most curious, but not offensive, incidents that occurred in your company in the past year. Surely everyone will listen to you and smile. And at this time, you will wish that next year your colleagues will have more reasons for the same sincere smiles that you see now.
You can also start a toast game. It will be especially interesting to conduct it in a company of more than 15 people. Say that you would like to wish your colleagues a lot of good things, but... let them wish it for themselves. Each person present in the chain, one after another, will name the wish in one word (“happiness”, “success”, “love”, etc.). The main task is to ensure that the wishes are never repeated. And when the circle closes and it’s your turn again, end the game with the words: “You see how much good you can wish for people like you. May everything said come true in the New Year!”
Finally, the manager’s toast at a corporate party can be supplemented by presenting small awards to the team. It is not necessary to sign certificates for “labor success” or “fulfillment of the plan.” Find something more original and personal. Think about what extraordinary achievements your employees have achieved. For example:
- the secretary came to work every day for a month in new outfits and never repeated herself;
- the HR director drank a record number of cups of coffee;
- the driver drove for six whole months without ever visiting a car service center.
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Show your colleagues that you know more than just their “work side.” And at the end of the speech, wish them that next year they will be able to break their personal records. Although such a toast will take a little time, it will not make you bored.
Decorate your restaurant and dishes
I'm sure your chef has his own ideas for decorating dishes for the New Year's table. Let him be creative. Or look for ideas on the Internet.
Here are some of them:
You can entrust the decoration of your restaurant to professionals, or do everything yourself. In addition to traditional decorations, you can add an alternative concept design. For example, you can make a Christmas tree out of champagne glasses and decorate it with candles, or fill them with colorful liquid. Or place a Christmas tree at the entrance to the establishment and decorate it with spoons.
Tip: Have your employees wear red and white. If you can't afford it, then let them wear Santa Claus hats. This will be enough to bring a little magic to your establishment. Use silver, gold and red colors to decorate the tables and room. Make sure you don't use decorations that don't match the style of the restaurant.
