Summer corporate events: new ideas for outdoor leisure

Corporate parties and other events are held on many occasions - a company’s birthday, the opening of a branch, the celebration of general holidays, and so on.

For employees to enjoy the event and benefit the team, it must be interesting and fun, and also have a well-thought-out script. Holding various competitions will help with this.

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Why is team building needed?

Proper team building provides many benefits in running a business. You will see this for yourself when you try to organize an away corporate event for your subordinates. Here are just a few positive aspects of team building:

• Increasing work efficiency and productivity. Employees are charged with cheerfulness, positive emotions, and learn to quickly respond to changes in the environment around them;
• Colleagues learn to work well as a team. The skills acquired during training are transferred to the workspace;
• The overall atmosphere in the team improves. Subordinates will learn not to be distracted from their tasks, while maintaining an optimal psychological climate;
• Increasing overall motivation and confidence in victory. Participants are charged with energy, their desire to be part of the team grows, they sincerely want to contribute to the development of the company;
• Properly organized team building can reduce, even completely stop, staff turnover. Each employee occupies his own niche, finds his place, feels the support of his superiors and other colleagues, and feels in demand;
• Increasing the attractiveness of your company on the labor market. Information about team building, caring for the team, and good attitude from management quickly spreads by word of mouth. This will attract the best specialists in their field to your company who want to work in such a prestigious place.

The delights of active outdoor recreation

Team building organized in nature gives a much better effect than a feast, gatherings in the office, or verbal quests. will help you organize the best active holiday, with non-standard ideas and solutions.

Why do we focus on summer options in nature? Each person, finding himself in unusual, even extreme conditions for himself, activates internal reserves. This gives you a feeling of confidence in your ability to solve any problems, not on your own, but together with your colleagues.

Team work in the fresh air allows you to detach yourself from everyday problems, radically change your surroundings, and “reboot” your brain activity. It has been proven that summer and even winter team building activities in nature are much more effective than classroom training in offices or conference rooms.

You can end a busy day by summing up the results, awarding the winners, pleasant gatherings, barbecue and simply relaxing in the fresh air.

Picnic with or without comfort?

Off-site catering can be organized at different levels, this is understandable.
Do you want to emphasize your closeness to nature and simply sit around a fire, or do you need to arrange a pompous buffet with waiters? Of course, the check will differ significantly. The menu discussion begins with the amount per person you are willing to spend. Typically, for an outdoor corporate event, people choose grilled meat, fish and vegetables, cold and hot snacks, drinks and fruit desserts). Services can be provided by owners of summer areas or off-site catering. All options should be discussed in detail with the agency organizing your corporate event.

Check the availability of picnic furniture and utensils. Find out whether the tent rental price includes the required number of tables and chairs for your group.

Be sure to find out what kind of catering staff will be at your picnic. Even if you decide to refuse waiters, then a person who keeps order on the table and quickly removes excess garbage is needed in any case.

Rope course

Games with rope structures are considered classic for team building in nature. They are aimed at teamwork, solving “puzzles”, and develop a sense of trust in their colleagues.

All tasks are performed in a special rope park. At the same time, there is a “low” course, which involves working no higher than a meter from the ground, and a “high” course, with extreme exercises in the treetops. We ensure your safety, therefore we provide all safety elements and provide theoretical and practical training.

Here are some of the most rewarding, exciting rope games:

• Trolleybus - passage along rope “paths” in conjunction with a colleague. It is necessary to go through the entire route holding hands, helping each other to maintain balance;
• Jug. Each team member is given a rope tied to the neck of a jug filled with water. It is necessary to run the route in a crowd without spilling water or touching the container with your hands;
• Skiing requires the most coordinated teamwork. Participants stand on two boards. They are long enough to accommodate all players. The first and last person in the line are given ropes tied to these boards, separately to the right and left. It is necessary to go through the planned route, simultaneously raising your legs and “skis”;
• Prostitute. There is a rope wound between the trees. The participant is fastened to it with a climbing carabiner. You need to free yourself by walking the entire route along a tangled cable.

Will the holiday be themed?

This is the first thing you need to decide on at the very beginning, since everything else depends on your decision - the choice of site, menu, entertainment program, etc. There are many more options, I will list a few of the most common ones.

Sport competitions

For sports events there are ready-made areas with rope courses, interesting props, fields for football, basketball and volleyball. Each agency has interesting offers in its database, just name your preferences. There is always a place for a picnic at such sites.

Paintball

This is also a great summer option to let off steam, shoot and frolic. The price is affected by the choice of location for the multi-colored “battle”, the quality of paintball equipment and the availability of additional ]Here is more information about paintball[/anchor].

Quest

A very popular type of corporate leisure. This is a big topic; our website pays a lot of attention to this kind of team building. I advise you to look at the article “Quest in nature”, everything is detailed and clear there. You can play in the park, at the estate, at the recreation center. Insanely interesting and exciting.

Culinary team building

It’s 4 in one: entertainment (cooking with colleagues under the guidance of chefs is very fun), team building (team building and a competitive moment), a master class with specific culinary skills and refreshments. Read more about the summer culinary “battle” with the grill menu HERE.

Entertainment

By entertainment program I mean competitions with a presenter, a disco with the participation of a DJ, cover band or famous performers, show numbers, special effects. The party may well be themed. When choosing such a program, the technical capabilities of the site, access to electricity, utility rooms for accommodating artists, etc. are important. All this is possible if there is a summer scene, of course.

For some topics there are ready-made platforms. For example, for a corporate event in the “Back to the USSR” style, Open Air Park has everything you need. Posters, comic museums, tantamaresques, etc.

Master classes

During a picnic, you can organize a creative master class. This kind of entertainment lasts 1.5-2 hours, a souvenir is left as a keepsake and skills are acquired, which for some develop into a hobby. The most popular master class is oil painting on canvas. Here's more details.

Often in the summer they choose to paint T-shirts, eco-bags, baseball caps, and silk scarves. Modeling from clay, making natural cosmetics, figures from cardboard, creating costume jewelry, weaving wreaths from fresh flowers. Call us, we’ll tell you more!

What can you say about drum team building? Look at the article “Nobody Gives a Fuck,” everything is detailed there.

Fishing

This is a “quiet” corporate event for obvious reasons, which, however, is precisely what attracts customers. In this case, you need to negotiate directly with fishing bases; they offer different levels of comfort; it’s not so difficult to decide. It makes sense to take care of the participation of professional chefs who will be able to turn your catch into a decent lunch (such services can be offered to you right on the spot). Here's more about corporate fishing.

There may also be options with extreme entertainment, excursions to natural attractions, comic filming with the participation of employees in costumes, etc. We are ready to discuss any of your ideas.

"Running with obstacles"

Competitions involving overcoming obstacles have a good effect during team building in nature. This can only be done with the help of your team. Here are a few of the most popular:

• All team members need to climb over the makeshift fence without touching it. You can help each other with three poles or a rope;
• Players need to cross the “swamp” over “bumps” made of car tires. This is not easy to do - the participants must hold hands, and the tires are located at such a distance that they will have to lay “bridges” of poles between them;
• Using a climbing harness, the player needs to climb into a “hollow” - a tire hanging at a height of 3-4 meters. Everything is complicated by the fact that the “hollow” is also hanging on a rope, making it unstable and swaying;
• The labyrinth is a great competition that teaches you to trust your team. Tapes or other restrictions imitating the walls of a labyrinth are laid out in the clearing. Various improvised “dangers” will await participants along the route. The team's task is to guide their player through the maze, following the route and avoiding dangers. At the same time, the participant’s eyes are blindfolded - he can focus solely on the tips of his colleagues;
• You need to get the ball from the rope cage. Colleagues stand around, after which, alternately rearranging sticks, they try to lift the ball over the top of the fence;
• Cable-stayed bridge is a set of logical and active tasks during which participants build a suspension bridge across a river. The work is carried out in almost extreme conditions of the wild.

Competitions with ATVs

Ours for a reason. We have at our disposal six units of powerful quads waiting for their pilots. All equipment is serviced according to the manual and repaired in a timely manner in case of breakdown. Riding ATVs and competitions with them give even more positive emotions during team building. Conduct team building with us safely and legally:

• We provide all the necessary protective equipment, including helmets, knee pads, elbow pads;
• Before departure or competitive races, we provide training and instruction;
• The trip is formalized legally, as a training trip in driving schools;
• While driving, the speed limit and traffic rules are observed.

We offer not only trips to beautiful places in the Leningrad region or the Karelian Isthmus. We have many ideas for unique competitions using ATVs. You can balance on them, drive through difficult obstacles, shoot at inanimate targets, and do many other fun things.

Orienteering

You can also order competitions with elements of orienteering or role-playing games from us. They give a feeling of their importance, of involvement in something truly important and great. Here are some tested scenarios:

• "Mission Impossible";
• "Saboteur";
• "Last Hero".

At each stage of the competition, participants go through difficult obstacles and use radio transmitters and GPS alarms. The games contain elements of rope courses, puzzles, and coordinated work.

Team competition

The purpose of team building is to develop teamwork skills. Sports games are best suited for this. Our company was able to complicate them while adding positivity:

• Mega volleyball, mega basketball with a huge ball;
• Sumo football with participants dressing in funny “fat” suits;
• Tug of war;
• Botball with rules like football, but the players wear huge soft boots;
• Brainstorming - putting together huge puzzles.

Winter Games

Some people think that going out of town in winter is not the best idea. Others fundamentally disagree with them, because there are many entertainments that are only available in winter.

Snowman

Just making a snowman is a simple matter. It is better to complicate the task by asking participants to follow a theme in their “sculpture”. For example, film a builder (if the event is held by a construction organization) or a programmer at work.

You can also choose “models” from among the employees who will pose for the snowman, taking a funny pose.

Drag

A simple Russian pastime - tug of war - can become a complex and at the same time very funny competition if held in winter. To do this, the area must be cleared in advance and perhaps lightly watered to make it slippery. Participants don't have to talk about it.

Players must complete the task in teams of 3-5 people, this will test not only their strength, but also their ability to maintain balance.

Find treasure

In a limited space (it is best to fence it off with a rope stretched over sticks), the treasure is buried in the snow. If you want the competition to be difficult, the item should be white. At the leader's command, players must look for treasure in the snow. Whoever finds it first takes it as a prize.

When developing a script, all safety measures must be observed. And just in case, take a first aid kit with you, which will contain hydrogen peroxide, a bandage, brilliant green or iodine, cotton wool, ammonia and a plaster.

It is imperative to warn all employees traveling outdoors so that they dress appropriately - in comfortable tracksuits and sneakers. In winter, you can even take spare clothes in case the main set gets wet.

Features of our work

“Kvadroprokat” can come up with and prepare team building scenarios on any topic. We regularly come up with and implement new ideas. Many years of experience allows us to conduct competitions or competitions taking into account all the wishes of the customer, including the number of people, the cost of the event, organized delivery to the event site.

All we need from you is the goal - we will take care of the rest. You can hold team building with us even in winter. We will also turn mud or slush into an advantage by preparing alternative scenarios in case of a sudden change in weather.

Contact us to check prices and get answers to other questions.

Choosing a place

By the summer season there is always a huge number of offers from recreation centers, estates, nature reserves, golf clubs, ships, hotels, yacht clubs and park areas for corporate events.
Naturally, we are looking for a site suitable for the chosen topic. Any agency will offer you a large selection of such “summer” places with photographs, descriptions and prices.

What to pay attention to:

• Convenient direction
• Availability of a tent or gazebo
• Beautiful view
• Large territory
• Comfortable bathroom