6 Reasons For Team Building At Outdoor Activities

If you are planning a f?te, a church social, a street party, a fund-raising event or something like that, you will of course want it to be a success. In order for it to be successful, you will have to have plenty going on, so you will need collaborators to help you organize and run chunks of the total event.

For instance, you will need someone to liaise with the stallholders, someone to liaise with the caterers, the bar, the stage, security, et cetera, et cetera and presumably you will sit in the centre of the web holding everything together, soothing tattered nerves and providing advice. For this to work well you will have to have a team and the first part of your task will be to build that team and inspire it.

1] The first thing to do is work out how manyhelpers you will require - one for every major function. You may need five or seven lieutenants and they have to be competent, trustworthy and honorable. They can be friends but they can also become friends.

2] These officers may also require a few sergeants and you may have to help appoint these members of staff too. When you have your team, make certain that everyone knows his or her task and also knows how to do it. Remain approachable at all times. Be wary to not become intimidating to younger members. Try to build a camaraderie.

3] Do not be seen to only talk to your officers, make a point of talking to helpers on all levels and learn as many names as you can. Hold get-togethers to plan particulars of the event and let each person have their say.

4] Make it evident that the final judgment is yours but that up to that point everyone's opinion is valid. If there are arguments between departments, say catering and cleaning, listen to both sides carefully and let all your officers vote on the outcome if you like.

5] Keep your finance officer and legal adviser close to you and listen to them fastidiously. If your legal officer says that you require criminal record checks on potential helpers, do it. Let everybody see that they are part of a team that is trying to become as professional as it can be - it will make them proud to be a member of it.

6] One extra, very convenient person to have on the team, is like a minister without portfolio. A Mr. Fixit - someone who knows everybody and where he can get his hands on anything at a moment's notice. This person will prove invaluable if things go wrong as they surely will.

Your team is your warranty of success and you are the one that has to turn a group of amateurs and individuals into a professional team capable of staging an event that will give people pleasure, raise money and have people waiting impatiently for the next one and the way that you do this is known as team building - some have it intuitively and others have to learn it.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a variety of subjects, but is now concerned with team building activities for teenagers. If you would like to know more, please go to our website at Small Team Building Activities