If you are looking at a full day team building programme, we will recommend that you look through some of our indoor team building programs writeup listed below. conducting Indoor team building has several advantages over doing it outdoors, primarily due to the fact that we will be able to use more audio and visual devices. However, it still very much depends on the objectives that you have in mind.

use of AV equipment during team building

some of our team building games can only be conducted indoors as we have to rely on an LCD projector and screen to either explain the rules or post the questions to the participants. for example, adapted from Dr. Howard Gardner's research on multiple intelligences, brains, brawn & bucks (b-cube) is a highly interactive team building activity run in a game show setting, where participants view the questions on the screen and participate all at the same time.

simliary paramount conquest, another in house developed board game requires the use of the screen to explain the rules and the game involves the use of game money and other props that cannot to properly deployed outdoors.

helps participants focus better

being in an indoor setting also helps prevent participants from being distracted by external factors. an indoor setting is also usually more comfortable where there is shelter and very likely air conditioning.

an indoor setting will also enable participants to have comfortable seats and also a table for them to take notes when necessary. This is particularly useful when conducting DISC training during team building sessions.

sometimes, there may also be participants who are not comfortable about being exposed to the sun for long periods of time.

sensitive team building issues

certain team building exercies, like änergy team talk have be conducted indoors due to the sensitivity of the topic. participants certiainly do not want passer bys to find out about their areas of improvement.

having explained the benefits of doing indoor team building, we must also say that indoor team building (outside the office) usually costs slightly more than outdoors due to venue rental. as a rule of thumb, if the group size is big, we would recommend both indoor and outdoor team building programs to cater to the preferences of different people. however, depending on the culture of your organisation, a full day indoor or outdoor programme can be equally suitable.

indoor teambuilding writeups:

• brains, brawn & bucks (b-cube) - indoor team building game show(exclusive, popular with executives!)
• paramount conquest - indoor team building/ training real time board game (exclusive)
• änergy designer teams - indoor/outdoor team building activity (can be outdoors)
• änergy picasso - indoor/outdoor team building exercise (can be outdoors)
• änergy team talk: conflict resolution within teams
• änergy teams-talk: conflict resolution between teams
• änergy wheel of chaos - indoor dinner game
• disc workshop - personality profile workshop
• surviving the desert - indoor team discussion exercise
• team-works - series of team building exerices with debrief after each game
• team builder - team building game which can be customised to meet different objectives (can be outdoors)
• änergy salad dressing - salad making team building competition
• änergy transformers (ROBOTICS) - participants learn to build and program a robot [adapting to changes]
•änergy beat it! *new - COLLABORATIVE team building session where participants are trained to make music with common household items

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