It’s finally time to arrange for the annual team building day. If you have done it before,it might not be that challenging but when doing it for the first time,organising a team building event is often daunting. Here are some helpful tips you should consider when arranging a team building event.

1. Determine When It Is Being Held

You need to give yourself more time to plan and prepare for the event than you think. You need to start planning as early as a month or two before the day. If the team building event is going to have many attendees,you should start planning as early as six months before. Make sure you use all the various tools such as Excel to plan for every minute detail of the entire event.

2. Select A Planning Team

You can’t plan a team building day by yourself. There will be so many moving parts so you are likely to get worn out if you choose to plan the whole thing on your own. Choose a planning team to assist you with the organisation. It will then be easy enough to give tasks to others and make important decisions about the day. If you do this you can also choose someone to take over the job if it feels too hard. The best way is to ask a few colleagues to volunteer to be part of the planning team.

3. Define Your Team Building Goal

With a clearly defined objective for the team building day,it’s more likely that the whole day will be effective and fun. There are a few things you can use to determine the goal of your team building event. For example,who is coming to the day?,what type of fun things will be you doing?,where is the venue of the day?,Why are you planning for this team building event at all?,When do you plan to do it?

Once you have put together all these answers,you will have a clearly defined objective for the entire day.

4. Put Together A List Of Participants

Basically,you need to know how many people will be coming to the event. You need to decide whether it’s a mandatory event for all in the office or can anyone sign up to attend it. How many people can the venue take and still stay within your budget? Are people with disabilities allowed to attend? Once you have a proper list of the attendees,you can plan for the vendors and the venue.

5. Choose A Venue,Date And Time

Once you have decided where you are going to have your team building day,you can start looking for a venue once you know the date,the number of people who will be attending and the time of the event. Make sure you know your budget to avoid paying too much money for the wrong venue. Plus make sure the venue has enough space for all the attendees and all the various fun activities you plan on doing during the day.

In conclusion,remember a successful team building event requires a lot of setting up and preparation. Using these tips,you can count on an unforgettable day.

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