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The Three C’s of Teambuilding Selection

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 by Dave Blum A client called me yesterday to inform me that she was putting the selection of this year’s team building activities up for a company-wide vote. Her entire staff had been offered a choice: a day of solving Dr. Clue’s treasure hunt clues OR a…

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Generating the “Energy Gradient” of Teamwork

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Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Dave Blum In my blog post dated December 8, 2008, I wrote about my friend the “genius” — Harald Katzmair, Ph.D, founder of Vienna/NY-based FAS Research. Well, Harald was in town again from Austria last week — always great news for me. Besides being a good friend,…

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What’s your “real” name?

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Friday, February 13, 2009 by Dave Blum I received this fun icebreaker the other day from Christine McHugh, facilitator extraordinaire. I think it would be great for corporate team building activities, parties, dinner table conversation, whatever. All you have to do is create a series of new names for yourself, using the…

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Cross-team collaboration

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by Dave Blum It was just after the midbrief, this past Saturday, that the treasure hunt in North Beach/Chinatown took a very interesting turn. The client was a group of 23 sales people in the recycling business, gathering in San Francisco for three days of strategy and…

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Five Steps for Team Conflict Resolution

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 by Dave Blum Before moving on to my other favorite topics (team building ideas, scavenger hunt lists, treasure hunt clues, etc.) I’d like to take a quick second to explore further the mediation process from yesterday’s blogpost. As you’ll recall, we had two guys on a volleyball court, both sure…

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Interrupting the Storyline

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Monday, February 9, 2009 by Dave Blum When I’m not leading scavenger hunts and other team building activities, I’m generally in Golden Gate Park, playing volleyball. So there I was in the park, yesterday, playing ball, thinking I was far away from the “swelter” of my busy work life when, despite the cold, rainy San…

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Voicing the Silent Narrative

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Friday, February 6, 2009 by Dave Blum During the debrief of my Team Efficiency Workshop this past Monday with Wells Fargo, I overhead the following dialogue: Mary: “At the beginning of the game, I was really wishing that you’d have shared the instructions more with me.” Liz: “Well why didn’t…

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Paper Airplanes for Teambuilding

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Thursday, February 5, 2009 by Dave Blum One of my favorite corporate team building activities is a quick icebreaker involving paper airplanes. It’s fun and high energy, as well as a great way to generate team building ideas and discussion. Here’s how it works: Take some masking tape and create a large “X”…

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Team Efficiency

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Thursday, February 5, 2009 by Dave Blum I’m delighted to say that Monday’s Dr. Clue “Team Efficiency” program in Sacramento was a knockout! The team, a group of 12 business analysts from Wells Fargo, was at a critical juncture in its development. Their old business model consisted primarily of taking…

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Valentine’s Day Treasure Hunts

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by Dave Blum With February 14th still a couple of weeks out, it’s not too late to create a Valentine’s Day treasure hunt for your sweetheart. There are lots of possibilities: Concoct treasure hunt clues that lead to his/her favorite haunts…or better yet, to the favorite places…

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Michele Calope

BMS

JobTrain was seeking a new and exciting method of fundraising for our nonprofit, as well as exposing more individuals and organizations to the work that we do. We needed to find a new and unique way to engage new supporters to JobTrain, in particular a younger demographic. Hosting this team building event seemed like a great way to address both goals. Dr. Clue’s enthusiasm over the event matched well with the enthusiasm we were hoping to derive from the active younger demographic.

Dr. Clue was able to work with our organization, and its specific needs, to tailor a fun community-building event for our guests. He goes above and beyond to ensure that: 1) He fully understands your wants and 2) He fulfills them in a professional, friendly and approachable manner. Dr. Clue took time and care in understanding the unique mission and goals of our event and organization. It was a “thought partner” in refining the details of the event.

All of our guests were fully engaged in the event and had a fantastic time. The variety of clues, clue styles and difficulty level allowed for all participants to be included and feel accomplished. Our Dr. Clue facilitator was very engaging and inspiring, especially in his closing activity with the whole group!

Our guests enjoyed an amazing morning of teambuilding with their own peers, got a chance to meet other community members and made connections with other organizations at this multi-company event. This Treasure Hunt model allowed guests to release their inner child while solving puzzles like a modern Indiana Jones….what’s not to love?! Everyone enjoyed the challenge, the thinking and working together, the fun environment and the uniqueness of the event.

Dr. Clue’s Treasure Hunt allowed new organizations, and the individuals who work at those organizations, to become more familiar with JobTrain’s goals, work and community. We are excited about the new connects that were forged, and are looking forward to another Treasure Hunt, soon! Dr. Clue gave us a window into the possibilities of creating an event centered around on team building and uniting community activities. We are looking to build on this year’s event and grow for next year!

Kunal Kirti

Dr. Reddy’s Lab

Great learning the elements of team building with fun activity and enjoying the surroundings. You get to know the strength of individuals in a different setting, especially outside of work.

Mark Barnes

Trelleborg

I loved piecing together the clues and searching the historic town. Learned a lot more about the people around me.

Heather Morrison

Carolinas Healthcare

What I loved about the treasure hunt was the tour of Charlotte and seeing new places.

Wonderful experience and great team building.

Hugh Hunter

BioMarin

Dear Dave,

Dropping you a quick note to let you know how well-received The Dr. Clue Hunt at Universal Studios was. As you know, we have a team comprised of varied ages, personality types and physical statures. And, as advertised, the Hunt was a good fit for All. The comments I heard from our delegates were as such: “fun; just the right lengt;, challenging but not impossible; a great way to get to know your fellow associates. “

People definitely enjoyed this – and it helped further our “teaming”. As advised, The Hunt required a true team effort and utilizing every member’s skill set to solve the puzzles.

Thanks again! I would not hesitate to utilize your Dr. Clue services in the future when opportunity arises, as well as recommend to others.

George Kuniholm

BioMarin

Excellent Program; Fun, outdoors, plus learning.

Rachel Fortier

Procure4

We had a fantastic time on the scavenger hunt. It was a big hit with our team and by far one of the best team building events we’ve had.

Thank you so much for the enjoyable day!

Pauline Gehnrich

Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Our department (the Education Dept.) here at the Medical Center was VERY pleased with the event. They say it was the BEST teambuilding activity they have every done. And that is saying a lot – since this is what we do (doing workshops/activities, etc) – they can be rather critical.

Stephanie Loughran

Sun-Netscape Alliance

Awesome! We really had a blast and it was an incredible team building event. It really brings out everyone’s specific talents.