Actividades: Main objective: Stimulate competition and encourage camaraderie This is the starting point. It's time to perk everyone up and get them back into the mood of work's challenges, team efforts and goals. Where & How? Begin with your venue Start your planning by looking at the venue of where you can organise the event. Looking to spark rapport and have a friendly competition among your attendants? A relax, casual event with games and recreational activities can help set the tone. Look for venues that provide the atmosphere, activities and entertainment in its usual business operations: scenic view of the city or the sea, pool tables, bowling alleys, ice-skating rink, virtual reality and arcade games, bars that broadcast sporting events, combat games, etc... Some of these venues have in-house catering services and if not, make sure there's food and drinks for all to feast together. Another alternative on venues is the outdoors. With the weather getting a little chilly, early fall can be a great time to go outdoors which can be refreshing, not too humid compared to the summer heat. Rooftop gardens, terraces, countryside and outdoor spaces offer spaces for cocktail receptions and dinners that can rejuvenate your workforce and give everyone a chance to mingle and catch up where they left off before the holidays. Providing the Activity Energise and re-charge your team and colleagues, and at the same time, reinforce the concepts of teamwork and espirit de corps, here are some refreshing and interesting activities that your team can be eager to try and get right into it... Skip the obstacle course, let's go for some intriguing fun that do not require any athletic prowess! The hunt continues: Scavenger hunts Scavenger hunts today is not simply giving the teams a list of obscure items to find or a list of tasks to complete. It has become more exciting, more complex and more challenging... Set up a scavenger hunt with a few actors, mental-challenging clues, a Polaroid camera and a map, etc. And the event becomes a teambuilding event that sharpens communication, negotiation and strategizing skills. This is especially effective in integrating new hires into the work environment and the colleagues that they will be working with. Scavenger hunts can also be organised as part of an activity in company picnics, kick-off meetings and training sessions. Who did it? Murder mystery events Solving mysteries can be a fun way to promote strategic thinking, teamwork, risk-taking and on-the-spot decision making. You can organise this with a theatrical group and as an interactive activity with audience participation during corporate dinners, kick-off meetings or simply a team building event. Get the theatrical group to customise their scripts with puns on company names, products and personnel, incorporating jokes and humour and communicating the goals and objectives in a creative and interactive manner. Talent scouting Let your teams or colleagues take the centre stage... Broadway style Here, they will get to learn and perform customised song and dance routines. Check out acting schools or theatre groups that can provide such services. Here's what can happen: the teams are being put through a brief audition and break into smaller groups where the professionals will teach them their trade. The material can be taken from an existing musical or specially written for the company or event. At the end, the teams will perform for each other, reinforcing ideas of teambuilding and risk-taking or for the group or company during a corporate event. Croak the tune Apart from sharpening acting skills, for those who love singing in the shower, this could be the real opportunity to sing with an audience. The team(s) can put up a choir, a band or fun-filled variety show of acting and singing. Shake the groove Yet another activity to put teambuilding into action where you can boogie and learn to co-ordinate and co-operate through music and choreography. You can either choose traditional dance from folk, rock 'n roll, lindy hop, etc... to modern contemporary dance. The kitchen adventure: cooking courses Culinary cooking today is no longer a thing only for the ladies. You can spot men in aprons in households today... Apart from being fun and interactive, the courses provide a true hands-on experience to both cooking and especially, effective team building. The teams can look to enhance their skills and become more productive together and preparing a special meal and then sitting down together to enjoy it. Paint the town Red Unleash the Picassos or the Monet in your teams. Teams can learn to do large paintings together with each having a part to do on the canvas... They can be given special themes or a free-play where the teams can decide among themselves what the painting should be like. At the end, why not hold an auction to raise money for a charity organisation. No one needs to drag his or her feet back to work. Just provide an exciting event to cheer them on and give them the "Omph!"