Initiatives are ground-based challenges suitable for all participants. Our facilitators present your team with low impact mental, physical, and emotional challenges. These initiatives allow your group to explore teamwork strategies while demonstrating the importance of planning, cooperation, and communication. Your group success in meeting the challenges of an initiative sequence depends not only upon individual strengths but much more. Creativity, tenacity, strategic planning, shared risk taking and the use of available resources; create a climate in which your level of team trust is enhanced. Furthermore, you will discover the collective power to meet ongoing challenges, all while individuals are recognized and valued for their contributions. The nature of these activities allows anyone who wants to participate the opportunity to do so regardless of their physical presentation. You and your group will come away from this experience with a renewed sense of community and common purpose. Initiatives workshops are portable so we can bring them to your location if appropriate. The workshops can be done indoors or out. City parks and hotel conference centers are perfect for these activities.
Examples of Initiatives
Peek a Who: A fast paced competive name game to get the group up and going. Participants must call out their opponents name faster than the other person.
Helium Stick: It usually brings up issues regarding finger pointing: That was not me that did that- That’s not my job, it’s his, etc. The task is simple: to lower a tent pole from waist-level to the ground. It is much harder than it seems. This is a great way to get the group to be aware of their behavior under a stressful situation.
Key Punch: This game focuses on time management, quality and strategic planning. The group will be asked to complete and improve on given task. A great deal of material surfaces regarding interpretation of rules and instructions. Pushing boundaries and creative thinking both get a workout during this activity.
Retrieval: The team attempts to remove a sizeable quantity of water from a highly restricted and sensitive area. Tools are provided. All team members must contribute if the team is to achieve any level of success. Certain rules and laws of physics apply to the water retrieval effort.
Pipeline: A number of items have to be transported from point A to point B. The group selects the number of items, the distance of transport, the method of transport, and leadership roles. This game could easily be related to the challenge of getting patient’s successfully through the system, while maintaining quality of care, and increasing efficiency.
Almost Infinite Circle: The team will pair up and each person will be given a length of rope with loops on each end. One team member places the loops over their wrists. The other person will interlock their cord with the other person’s. The task is to separate from one another with out taking either end off of their wrists. The knot cannot be broken or untied. This is a very challenging problem solver.
Human Knot: Standing in a circle, group members reach across and shake hands - use hand connecting to a different person. The group then tries to unravel the "human knot" by unthreading their bodies without letting go of each other people's hands.
Ropes
Courses: ROPES (Reality Oriented Physical Experiential Seminar) activities, considered to be the ultimate individual and team building challenge, consists of both low and high elements. Low elements are incredible team building problem solvers located at or near ground level. The degree of team participation directly reflects the level of success. Some examples of low elements are: “Spider’s Web”, “Zig-Zag” and “The Wall”. High elements such as “Dangle Duo”, “Multi-Vine” and the “Power Pole” are vertical obstacles. Participants on high elements are faced with a sense of perceived risk which taps into their natural fear of heights. Therefore extensive safety equipment is used to eliminate that risk factor. Our professional facilitators, safety equipment, team support and personal strength, contributes to the confidence needed as you embrace the challenge of climbing to new heights. A great opportunity awaits your team as each member discovers their own personal limits, how to face challenges, and how they perform under pressure. Our latest challenge course facility, Parrie Haynes Ranch located northwest of Austin, is great for corporate conferences, retreats, picnics, orienteering and many other activities.
Examples Low Ropes
The Spiders Web: The group will be required to figure out a way to get everyone through a large spider’s web. They must complete this task without disturbing the spiders or their web. A great deal of planning, communication, physical contact, patience and teamwork required to complete this activity.
All Aboards:
12 Foot Wall
High Elements:
Examples Of High Elements
Custom Workshops
If it can be done safely, it fits within your budget and is fun, we are only limited by time and imagination. Get way out of the box.
Examples of Custom Workshops
Rocket Building and Egg Launch
Model Boat Building and Race
Raft Building Challenges
Community Service Projects
Construction Olympics
Eco Challenges
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Building - Ropes Courses - Adventures - Scavenger
Hunts - Portable Rock Climbing Wall, Company Picnics,
Retreats!!
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