Great New Collaborative Game
Thursday, January 22, 2009 by Dave Blum Okay, I’ll admit it, I have a weakness for game shops — and it’s not simply because I make a living running corporate team building activities and scavenger hunts. I simply can’t help myself. My local establishment here in San Francisco, Gamescape, is particularly tempting; not only do they […]
Obama Plea For Adulthood
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by Dave Blum Whatever you may feel about the man and his politics, you have to admit that Barack Obama is provocative. His speeches tend to make you think. One particular moment from the President’s inaugural address yesterday really grabbed my attention. Obama declared that although we are a young country, it was […]
Obama the Hoopster
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 by Dave Blum In honor of today’s inauguration, I wanted to write something about Barack Obama, the “team player” … but really, his presidency is still a story to be told. In a sense, all we can do is follow the “treasure hunt clues” of his life ; only by scanning the”scavenger […]
The Brain & Insight
Friday, January 16, 2009 by Dave Blum One of the most interesting articles I’ve read in a while is “The Eureka Hunt”, by Jonah Lehrer; it was published in The New Yorker on July 28, 2008 and you can read the whole article in the magazine’s archive by clicking here. The article begins with the […]
Birth of a Clue — Part Two
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 by Dave Blum When I showed my list of touchstones to Scott later that week, he said, “Say, didn’t you once attend a treasure hunt in San Francisco? Why don’t you do that? It seems to fit the bill.” “Hmm,” I mulled. “Running treasure hunts and scavenger hunts would certainly allow me […]
Birth of a Clue — Part One
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 by Dave Blum At the end of last Thursday’s treasure hunt in New Orleans, the team leader, Dean, came up to me and asked “So, what we’re all wondering is, how did you ever get into this line of work?”, to which I replied, (with a straight face), “What, leading scavenger […]
Student Journalists write up Dr. Clue
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 by Dave Blum One of the things I love about my business is that our scavenger hunts and team building exercises provide as much benefit to kids as to adults. It was my delight, then, to be approached recently by Winifred MacLeod, Publisher of Fast Forward magazine, to see if I’d do a hunt for her […]
On the hunt — in New Orleans
Monday, January 12, 2009 by Dave Blum So the good news is, New Orleans seems to be alive and well … at least in the French Quarter. Last Thursday’s treasure hunt program in “Nawlins” went pretty much the way I remember hunts used to go out there, pre-Katrina. Greeting my group of 25 salesmen from […]
Advanced Clue Creation
Thursday, January 8, 2009 by Dave Blum About once a week, I get a call from someone saying, “My son/wife/husband [fill in the blank] is having a birthday and I need some advice on how to create a scavenger hunt.” In general, I’m happy to offer free tips for creating social hunts. After all, there […]
Off to Nawlins
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 by Dave Blum Well, I’m off to New Orleans this morning for a treasure hunt gig tomorrow afternoon with Wells Real Estate Funds. I’m quite looking forward to going out there; I haven’t been to New Orleans since Katrina. Dr. Clue used to do a lot of programs in “The Big […]