Experience Olympic Team Building Adventures

As a corporate team building company, we know how important it is to have fun! So, in March to help celebrate two of our team members’ birthdays, we treated our entire team to a surprise shopping experience. We gave everyone one hour, and one hundred dollars and told them they HAD to buy something for themselves. Afterwards, the whole group came together (some in-person, and some via FaceTime) to share their hauls. It was exciting to see how everyone spent their unexpected fun money.

While back at the office, we’ve been balancing our event schedule while simultaneously creating new programs. This month, we’re excited to share a new Olympic-themed team builder to celebrate an Olympic year!

Our latest team building event, Medal Rush offers a thrilling experience without the long wait for the official Games. Teams can jump into the action with a sense of adventure and creativity, as they participate in challenges via an app-based game. Following a brief "Opening Ceremony," teams embark on a journey across designated locations, unlocking Olympic-themed challenges. These challenges range from Olympic trivia and photo/video tasks to physical trials like badminton volley and basketball dribbling.

Scoring is done in real-time, visible on a live scoreboard, however the winners will be concealed until the closing ceremony. Throughout, teams can communicate with each other and the emcee via in-game messaging. The event concludes in a closing ceremony where the group finds out which teams will take home gold, silver, and bronze. Medal Rush is truly an immersive and exciting way to celebrate the spirit of the Olympics anytime, anywhere.

Don’t have time to get out of the office to have some fun? Host your own Office Olympics! Have games set-up such as:

• Keyboard Speed Challenge: Participants compete to see who can type a given passage accurately and quickly. Each player sits at a computer with the typing exercise loaded on the screen. Players will have 90 seconds to complete as much of the passage as possible, with the number of errors being recorded. The player with the highest words per minute (WPM) score and the lowest error rate wins the challenge.
• Paper Plane Toss: Each participant creates a paper airplane using the provided materials (one sheet of 8.5 x 11inch paper, and one paperclip). Set up a target a certain distance away (such as an empty waste basket). Each player takes turns throwing their paper airplane, aiming to hit the target. Points are awarded based on accuracy, with bullseyes earning the most points. The player with the highest score after a set number of throws wins.
• File Folder Relay: Set up a relay racecourse around the office, with starting and finishing lines marked. Each team lines up at the starting line. The first player from each team balances a file folder on their head and races to the other end of the course and back. Once they return, they pass the file folder to the next teammate, who repeats the process. If a file folder falls off a participant's head, they must stop and place it back on before continuing. The first team to have all members complete the course wins the race.

Award medals (or prizes) for the top performing “athlete” in each sport! Or hold a ceremony at the end of your games for the top performing individuals throughout. Pro-tip – have some fun music to keep the competition going and remember to have fun!