Summer is vacation time, and no one wants to work in a stuffy office. A corporate event in nature will help you relax, unwind, and socialize in an informal setting. How to hold a corporate event in nature in a fun and useful way? The easiest way is to order the organization of the event from special agencies. However, if you are reading this article, it means you intend to do it on your own. First of all, you need to assemble an organizing committee and distribute responsibilities:
- who is responsible for collecting money;
- who buys the products;
- who will cook;
- who will deal with transport issues;
- who organizes the cultural program.
A summer corporate party is not just about eating barbecue. As a rule, a picnic lasts all day long, and there is more than enough time for fun contests and competitions. In addition to football, badminton and volleyball (don’t forget the appropriate equipment!), where “boys against girls” or department against department will play, you can organize a whole quest in the forest with a treasure hunt and Cossack robbers. But it’s better to talk about everything in order, and you need to start preparing a cultural program with the scenario of a corporate event in nature.
How to hold a corporate event in the summer
Finally, everyday work has come to an end, and along with the sun’s rays, it’s time to think about how and where to hold a summer corporate party: you need to be able to not only work well with your team, but also relax! There are many options for holding corporate events, and in order for you to finally decide and choose the perfect one, eventspro will consider each one individually.
Organizing a picnic
Option 1
A specially equipped place for outdoor recreation. There are beautiful carved gazebos with comfortable tables and benches installed around, easily accommodating large groups. Nearby there is a large and stable grill with already prepared firewood.
Vacationers will even be provided with insect repellents. Typically, such campsites offer guests another entertainment: ATV riding. The ATV is an excellent invention of mankind for off-road travel. Where an ordinary car would be forced to stop, an ATV is in its natural environment! Riding these cars will bring you real pleasure. Most often, such recreation areas are built near lakes and rivers.
Option 2
Complete unity with nature. Beautiful clearings with twigs and flowers open up to your eyes, the light rustle of the breeze combined with the melodic singing of forest birds caresses your ears. On one of these “islands” of nature, you can install a folding grill and enjoy the taste of freshly cooked meat over coals. An ideal option to take a break from the bustle of the city in good company.
As in the case of the first option, it will not be difficult to find people willing to cook you an amazing, delicious kebab.
Option 3
Don't want to celebrate with your “neighbors”? No problem! Use a catering service. Its employees are talented and inventive people who will arrange a real celebration for you even in the most ordinary clearing. In addition, none of the guests need to worry about dishes, treats, or cleaning up trash from the area. All these responsibilities will also fall on the shoulders of catering service specialists. However, you will not be provided with an entertainment program; you will have to organize it yourself.
If you want to relax noisily and cheerfully, and most importantly, unconventionally, then the following options are for you!
Sports and entertainment program “A healthy mind in a healthy body”
In order for the event to go off with a bang, it would be a good idea to organize it at a recreation center and feel free to plan a corporate event for 2 days off.
The basis of such an event is competition between individual employees and teams in the employees’ favorite sport. Team sports such as football, table tennis, volleyball, basketball, arm wrestling, badminton, golf, billiards, etc. are perfect for such competitions. Also relevant will be team relay races with simple tasks such as “running in bags at speed”, which employees will remember for their bright positive emotional intensity.
Many corporate events are organized taking into account the invitation of “other halves” and children. This means that it would not be superfluous to hold an additional children’s sports festival. Mini-autodromes, trampolines, and other attractions, as well as a children's mini-relay race, will help you with this.
Summer playground
We decide on a summer area, rent it and organize a corporate event in the fresh air. There are many variations: a tent in a picturesque place in nature, a cozy summer cafe, the roof of a multi-story building, and so on. But the most ideal option would be a restaurant with its own summer terrace, located either outside the city or in a quiet area of the city, where there is no abundance of cars and flows of people.
At an event of this format, you can wear a beautiful dress and high-heeled shoes; for men, suits and just summer outfits are suitable (just not shorts!). Fresh air, a good floor, if you're lucky, and a dance floor, comfortable tables and chairs with fabric covers - these are the key differences between terraces and a picnic, even with catering.
What will be included in the entertainment program depends only on your imagination, as well as on the size of your budget. Summer venues are most often equipped with light and sound equipment, have a restaurant with a varied menu, a dance floor and a stage. The holiday will be great!
Competition of the best cooks
It's fun, but also tasty and interesting. Each team will be assigned a professional chef. Even if everyone present is far from culinary art, do not despair - the chef will not let you die of hunger and will help you win the culinary duel! You will have a great time with the cheerful jokes of the joker chefs, and the prepared dishes will amaze even the most demanding gourmets. At a summer festival, you especially want to taste aromatic meat cooked over coals, as well as juicy and grilled vegetables, so focus on barbecue and vegetable competitions.
Quest – entertainment for the “most” active
This entertainment appeared recently, but has already found many fans. It is based on a historical, fantasy or even detective plot. Quest is an exciting game based on team solving of intellectual, creative and physical problems of varying complexity, where each participant receives a role and a memo with the background of his character and team, goals and a list of tasks. Each team must complete all tasks, the results of which will determine the winner. The script can be adapted for any number of people.
You can organize a quest in ancient castles, in the forest, in a country house, or come up with scenery - it all depends only on your imagination. There is one “but”: the game will only be evaluated by active employees. Those who want to gossip or socialize are unlikely to be impressed by this holiday format.
Exciting fights between cowboys and Indians
Horse clubs offer visitors original programs, unusual costumes and delicious dinner. Do not spare money on a professional photographer - social network users will be speechless when they see you on a horse in an Indian costume and even with a pistol, surrounded by Indians armed with bows and arrows! Such holidays are always remembered with delight.
Entertainment and tourist game “Stay Alive!”
Challenges for real heroes! In the game you have to overcome treacherous obstacles and solve hiking problems. You'll have to follow a rope course, complete tasks blindfolded, hang over an abyss - and this is only a small part of what awaits you at the holiday! Don’t worry about physical fitness: the organizers will take everything into account and fairly determine the composition of the teams.
Stylized parties
There is no particular difference between winter themed parties and summer ones. The main principle of these events is that everything, including the surroundings, costumes, entertainment, drinks and food, corresponds to the same style. All you have to do is choose a theme for the holiday and start writing the script!
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Team “war” or Paintball
This entertainment is familiar to everyone. We divide into teams, arm ourselves and - forward! This game can be played at any time of the year, usually in an open area. If the weather permits, the event can be supplemented with “conciliatory” barbecues!
As you can see, there are many ways and options to have a great summer corporate event. All team games and joint recreation play a big role in team unity, and as a result, the effectiveness of employees in the workplace. The main thing is that you have a desire to spend the holiday in an unconventional and unique way. Gather your work team, take with you a good mood, and then a wonderful vacation will be guaranteed to you!
Advantages of the chosen location
Holding a corporate event away from the city noise, in nature, is an ideal choice for any companies and organizations. If we list the advantages of such an event as briefly as possible, we get the following list:
- the cost-effectiveness of the holiday - organizing a picnic, even a very large and long one, will cost the company less than a grand feast in a restaurant;
- freedom of action - no room or venue will ever have so many opportunities to spend time pleasantly and usefully;
- team building through joint solving of the most complex problems.
