We have all experienced the same scenario – another year, another boring annual conference. On one end of the scale you have managers who aren’t comfortable speaking to large audiences, so much so they end up sticking to a script like an animatronic robot. And on the other end you have those who alternatively seem to relish the challenge of inflicting death by PowerPoint, with slide after endless slide of quotes, graphs and objectives. It’s no wonder that instead of informing and invigorating your workforce, conferences can easily do the reverse.

Imagine instead a world where your employees actually looked forward to your conference. Where they actively listened and engaged with the material at hand and each other. Where they went away with a clear feeling of ‘this is what we have to do this year to be successful’. Wouldn’t that be a great world to be in? Yet this is not impossible to achieve, in fact quite the opposite – the simple introduction of an intelligent conference energiser can make all the difference; it can be a game-changer.

In the place of a standard sitting and listening format, universal to conferences across different companies and industries alike, the use of a team building activity can transform the atmosphere at a conference; getting people active and communicating, the simple challenge of completing a task can unify and motivate. And they need not comprise the entire event – short team energisers and activities can be used to break up other sessions, reinvigorating delegates and varying their experience.

To achieve the maximum impact from using a team building event at your conference, the final step is to simply weave the themes or messages you are trying to convey, throughout the team building activities utilised and all of a sudden, your team are learning through doing – also known as experiential learning. experiential learning is one of the best tools when focusing on team management. it is the first step on a teams journey.

Experiential learning can be such a powerful tool as it conveys a message and reinforces it all at the same time and in such a manner that can get through more than any graph or PowerPoint slide would; in short, using an active and engaging method of introducing your key message for the year can make all the difference to it actually being heard instead of listened to.

And the benefits don’t stop there; Team Building Activities can act as Icebreakers as well as Energisers. Not only can they help to create a team more enthused about their work, but they can help them work better together. Through the breaking down of barriers and the building of new friendships and relationships, Team Building and Training Exercises can significantly and dramatically increase your teams overall performance.

And then only two questions remain – have you booked a Team Building Event for your next conference yet, and if not, WHY ON EARTH NOT??? Contact us NOW for more information!