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Top three ideas for scouting a treasure hunt

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Dave Blum There are no rules for scouting out a treasure hunt location, but there are certainly some “recommended guidelines”. My three top suggestions would be: 1) Choose an interesting, walkable location without too many hills. –Walking (as opposed to driving) hunts allow you to see…

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New Dr. Clue Scavenger Hunt

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Monday, November 17, 2008 by Dave Blum For years I’ve been a treasure hunt vs. scavenge hunt snob. Until now. Treasure hunts, as you may recall, generally involve the solving of puzzles that lead to hidden, mystery locations. Scavenger hunts, by contrast, tend to consist of a list of objects…

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Getting people on the same page

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Thursday, November 13, 2008 by Dave Blum In Patrick Lencioni’s seminal book of team building ideas, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, the author talks about the need for team members to express disagreement openly and to engage, quite frequently, in a passionate debate of ideas. Why is open disagreement…

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Three Teambuilding Strategies for Surviving the Downturn

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 by Dave Blum In my last entry, I made three predictions about corporate team building activities in the “new economy”: Prediction 1: Team building budgets will be reduced. Prediction 2: More team building will be done virtually. Prediction 3: Organizations will seek out more “edutainment”. My…

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Three Teambuilding Trends in a Down Economy

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 by Dave Blum My wife and I met with our financial planner, Jacques Bolivar, last evening to discuss the economic climate, our finances and the advisability of buying property. I suspect this kind of conversation is pretty common these days, as people around the world look…

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Dubai Snafu–part 2

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Monday, November 10, 2008 by Dave Blum So there I was in Dubai, half way through a program, and my bag (with all the treasure hunt clues for stage 2) is in a taxi cab, somewhere in the United Arab Emirates. If I was in a true “developing country”, my…

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The Great Dubai Treasure Hunt SNAFU

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Friday, November 7, 2008 by Dave Blum As a trainer of corporate team building activities, you have to be ready for anything. But there’s scrambling and then there’s SCRAMBLING. And somehow the biggest need for improvisation seems to arrive when you’re on the road. So there I was in Dubai…

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If it’s Thursday it must be…

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Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Dave Blum …Denver, in fact. My task today was to playtest our two Denver treasure hunt locations: 1) Denver Museum of Nature and Science 2) Denver LoDo District Playtesting is pretty different from scouting. When scouting a new, potential treasure hunt location, I walk every street…

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California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Dave Blum A week or two back, I had a chance to scout the new California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco as a Dr. Clue hunt location. What a wonderful place! As you walk in, the first thing you see is a huge open…

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Five ways to use puzzles for teambuilding

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Dave Blum We live in a puzzle culture. Walk into any book store and you’ll likely see an entire shelf devoted to crosswords puzzles, and perhaps a whole section to Sudokus. Just yesterday, on a flight from San Francisco to Denver, I watched a mother and…

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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.

Top three ideas for scouting a treasure hunt

New Dr. Clue Scavenger Hunt

Getting people on the same page

Three Teambuilding Strategies for Surviving the Downturn

Three Teambuilding Trends in a Down Economy

Dubai Snafu–part 2

The Great Dubai Treasure Hunt SNAFU

If it’s Thursday it must be…

California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco

Five ways to use puzzles for teambuilding

Michele Calope

Kunal Kirti

Mark Barnes

Heather Morrison

Hugh Hunter

George Kuniholm

Rachel Fortier

Pauline Gehnrich

Stephanie Loughran

Introducing our new REMOTE-TEAM
“Virtual” Treasure Hunt

100% on Zoom. Puzzles, clues, creative challenges and more!

Introducing our new REMOTE-TEAM “Virtual” Treasure Hunt

100% on Zoom. Puzzles, clues, creative challenges and more!

Introducing our new REMOTE-TEAM
“Virtual” Treasure Hunt