{"id":93,"date":"2014-02-14T12:14:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T19:14:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T21:06:14","slug":"quick-team-building-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virgingifts.com\/blog\/quick-team-building-activities","title":{"rendered":"Quick Team Building Activities to Work Hard, Play Harder!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company that plays together, stays together.<\/p>\n<p>Are you in the market for some quick team building activities to up the ante on your company culture?<\/p>\n<p>Here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virgingifts.com\/\">Virgin Gifts<\/a>, we work hard and we play hard\u2026 sometimes harder!<\/p>\n<p>We firmly believe that doing so encourages and achieves the healthiest work-life balance.<\/p>\n<p>As a means of taking this notion to the next level, our faithful Virgin Gifts leaders recently instituted the Culture Crew.<\/p>\n<p>Call them what you may \u2014 fun-finders, party-planners, merry-makers \u2014 this crew is responsible for wrangling up some awesomeness and entertainment each month for the C9 family to enjoy together\u2026 which also brilliantly helps the happiness train to stay on track during business hours.<\/p>\n<p>But our office shouldn\u2019t be the only stop on the Cloud 9 locomotive that\u2019s reaping the benefits of successful team building!<\/p>\n<p>Below are just a few of the latest and greatest ideas implemented by our Culture Crew. And they are yours for the taking, if you\u2019re searching for some sweet team bonding gigs!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bear Bowl!*<\/strong> This literally puts the \u2018quick\u2019 in \u201cquick team building activities.\u201d Each time an employee works out for at least 30 minutes, he or she is free to \u201cfeed the bear\u201d by adding an entry into the bowl. Each month\u2019s movin\u2019 and groovin\u2019 efforts are rewarded with a monthly fitness-related prize drawing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Good Vibe Sessions!<\/strong> Leave office life behind and let loose a bit! Choose a new destination or team building idea each month (sushi, laser tag, mini golf, hikes, happy hours, you name it!) \u2013 enjoy either during or after the typical 8-5 grind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Kickball League!<\/strong> Shake things up with an organized sport \u2014 kickball is just one of many hot commodities found in most cities. Rules and regulations may vary from league to league but, generally, commitment is flexible and refreshments are encouraged. Along with lots of laughs, since most folks haven\u2019t played since the grade school playground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme Days<\/strong>. C\u2019mon, who doesn\u2019t love a phenomenal theme party?! OK, maybe that\u2019s a rhetorical question. But we still advocate giving it a try! Holiday-based themes are always a crowd-pleaser when it comes to quick team building activities. As are twin days, decade days (80s!), toga parties, beach bums \u2013 the possibilities are endless!**<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p>So hope on board the team building train with us!<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Gifts will be more than happy to keep y\u2019all updated on what our Culture Crew comes up with next. And we\u2019d absolutely love to hear about the incredible team building ideas you come up with to keep your company culture rockin\u2019!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Til next time, keep on keepin\u2019 on!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Pick any \u2018bowl\u2019 name you like!<\/strong> For Virgin Gifts, a Care Bear sporting a cloud seemed too company-appropriate to pass up. Now that bear is up to his eyeballs in entries on a regular basis<\/em><em>!<\/em><em> We just might be the best-looking office in the complex pretty soon. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>**Fun Virgin Gifts fact! <\/strong>Not one, not two, but THREE of our 16 employees have a twin. And all three sets are identical. Wowzaaa!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company that plays together, stays together. Are you in the market for some quick team building activities to up the ante on your company culture? Here at Virgin Gifts, we work hard and we play hard\u2026 sometimes harder! We firmly believe that doing so encourages and achieves the healthiest work-life balance. 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