Team Building Program "Action Takers." Ready To Run Team Building Event For Team Building Professionals.

By Nauris Svika

This book is a manual and access to a 100% ready to run team building event for team building professionals.
Clear, step-by-step instructions help you to make your own professional and attractive team building event fast, cheap and super simple.
Additionally you can get access to downloadable resources (printable tasks, .xls based score tables, etc.) that will make the event organization easier.
"Action Takers" is an active indoor team building activity / event for up to 100 participants, which can be organized easily by almost anyone just by following instructions covered in this manual. This type of team building program may be held as a fun event or as a team performance training with follow-up debriefing as well. "Action Takers" is a game-based non-stop activity. Teams have to accomplish many different short tasks in a limited period of time (this instruction includes 49 tasks / games). It they perform well, they receive some points. How many points depends on the team's overall strategy and risk assessment. And remember: "Keep the competition positive and supportive!"
Specifications:
-Location: indoor event which can be organized under an open sky as well. You can choose your office, meeting room, classroom, backyard
-Group size: 5-100
-Duration: choose your own duration (1-6hrs)
-Very low additional costs that lead to high profit margins

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nauris Svika
• Release date: May 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311878649

Nauris Svika

Nauris Svika. Owner of the leadership & team development company "B02" Ltd. in Latvia (EU). Ex military officer with with deployment experience in Kosovo and Iraq. Nauris created ~1500 different leadership / teamwork programs during last 15 years. Author of several books and leadership development game " DeMa." Husband and father.

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Team Building Program

Action Takers

Ready To Run Team Building Event

For Team Building Professionals.

Published by Nauris Svika at Smashwords

Copyright 2015 Nauris Svika

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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Disclaimer

All information in this book is for informational and educational purposes only. The author does not assume any responsibility or liability for damages of any kind resulting directly or indirectly from the implementation of information given in this book. Any use or application of the material in following pages is at the reader’s discretion and is the reader’s sole responsibility.

Table Of Contents.

Table Of Contents

General Description

Necessary Materials

Downloadable Resources

About The Author

Manual For One Team Event Version

Manual For Multi Team Event Version

49 Game Tasks

Other Books

General Description.

This book is a manual and access to a 100% ready to run team building event for team building professionals.

Clear, step-by-step instructions help you to make your own professional and attractive team building event fast, cheap and super simple.

Additionally you can get access to downloadable resources (printable tasks, .xls based score tables, etc.) that will make the event organization easier.

Action Takers is an active indoor team building activity / event for up to 100 participants, which can be organized easily by almost anyone just by following instructions covered in this manual. This type of team building program may be held as a fun event or as a team performance training with follow-up debriefing as well. Action Takers is a game-based non-stop activity. Teams have to accomplish many different short tasks in a limited period of time (this instruction includes 49 tasks / games). It they perform well, they receive some points. How many points depends on the team's overall strategy and risk assessment. And remember: Keep the competition positive and supportive!

Specifications:

-Location: indoor event which can be organized under an open sky as well. You can choose your office, meeting room, classroom, backyard

-Group size: 5-100

-Duration: choose your own duration (1-6hrs)

-Very low additional costs that lead to high profit margins

This manual includes:

-Clear, step-by-step instructions

-Two different program versions:

>Version A: One team event(for up to 10 participants)

>Version B: Multi-team event(10-100 participants)

-Description for 49different activities, that encourage fun, collaboration, communication, time management, delegation of tasks, strategic and tactical planning and even more.

-Access to downloadable resources (printable tasks, .xls based costs table, .doc based and editable cheat sheet, design cover for your website, etc.).

Necessary Materials.

Most of these materials you can find in your office, at home, in a briefing room or at a local store. You don't need to purchase any fancy items, so you may call it a low cost and high margin team building event.

Necessary materials for one 4-10member team:

-Five ping pong balls

-9-10ft long ropes(Ø 0.1-0.2in),one rope per team member

-Fifteen plastic cups

-Three pencils with erasers on the end

-Forty pieces of dry spaghetti

-One set of 52 playing cards

-One box with safety matches

-Ten marshmallows

-Rubber bands (elastic bands) approx. 50 pieces

-Thirty sheets of office paper

-Five balloons

-Wooden / plastic plates (approx. 15x15in), one plate per team member

>You will need five special hand-made plates with letters written on them (one letter per plate: W / I / N / T / O).

-Five cocktail straws

-One blindfold per team member

-Five tennis balls

-Two rolls of duct tape (approx. 60 yards each)

-One set of standard double-six dominoes with relief so team members can feel points with fingertips

-One box per team for all these materials

-Three option cards (further instructions provided later)

Additional materials for you as an organizer:

-Stopwatch

-Paper tape or any other marking tape

-Glass with water

-Measuring tape

-White board or flip chart

-White board markers

-Permanent marker

-A rope circle from a 7in long and Ø῀0.4in rope. Use duct tape or thread to attach both rope ends together.

-Sheet of paper with the 9 points task on it (see description later)

-Internet access is recommended

-An office clock would be very helpful

-Dice and a game