A Team Building Experience You Will Not Soon Forget
Team building taking the business world by storm. Companies and organizations are starting to see the benefit to having highly effective teams working together towards a common goal. Treasure Hunt Adventures offers a unique team building experience that will stimulates comradery while at the same time developing leadership and building team spirit.
Our most popular event is the "treasure hunt" which employs problem solving and decision making. It involves breaking down a big problem, into smaller parts then working together to solve it. Our treasure hunts are
based based on the sport of orienteering and our clients love them!
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The treasure hunts can take place at conference centers, hotels or, for the truly adventurous, in the forest. They are cooperative AND competitive. So Everyone wins!
No one else has an event like this in Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware or anywhere in the country. It's what we call TRUE team building because it starts out as a competitionbut morphs into a cooperative endeavor as all teams must work together to find the key.
To schedule your next event call us at 845-225-2539
or use our easy online request form.
The Davinci Adventure
Want a team building adventure with the excitement of a best selling book and movie? Now your company can experience the thrill of the search for the ancient Grail. This is typically staged in at the Washington National Gallery of Art. Teams interact with the artwork using a maps while searching for clues that will help them break the Cryptex Code. This is a great team building exercise that incorporates adventure, appreciation and intrigue.
Call now to book your Davinci Adventure.
Other Team Building Events
Apart from our world famous treasure hunts we also offer:
Pipeline - An interactive team-builder that encourages all to work together
Table Top Nascar - Teams build a cars out of Lego and race each other down a high tech track
Orienteering - traditional orienteering programs (using a topographical map and compass)
Icebreakers - Helping your group get familiar with each other
Portable Adventure Series - Time-tested team challenges
Goal-oriented groups should learn how to constantly choose, develop and encourage each other to perform according to the relative strengths and weaknesses of each member. Team building recognizes the need for groups or organizations to identify themselves fully to improve overall effectiveness and competence. The process will include personal, physical and mental motivational activities that result to skilled members and able leaders.
Team building is very important in the work setting to successfully achieve a variety of tasks and let corporations and organizations get into the next level. Over time, workers, executives and students need to assess their talents and capabilities to know which areas each individual excel in.
Traditional team building activities usually include ice breakers and group games that allow team members to get to know each other better as well as create a more friendly but competitive environment. Examples would be rope games and tic-tac-toe games. Although these are fun and require team effort to play, the message behind may not be fully translated by individuals as to how it can be beneficial or applied in the workplace or household. Some players may do more parts in the task while others sit and observe in the background if they do not have much to contribute. The games may only be a form of orientation and introduction between members at best.
Team building needs to focuses on bringing out the best in each member of the team through group-dynamic activities. The treasure hunt is an activity that encourages teams to make a collective effort to finish a variety of tasks. Each team is provided with a detailed map and compass which they will use to navigate through given areas to unlock clues and hopefully find the key that will ultimately take them to the coveted treasure chest. Each member participates equally to successfully finish a task and rewards are distributed evenly as well.
The collaborative effort can effectively be understood and translated the workplace for continuous growth and development. Each task in the treasure hunt can be compared to real life assignments that require both physical and mental prowess. Corporations and organizations will need to rely on the strengths of each member to finish jobs that will lead to major improvements and rewards similar to the treasure chest.
