Summer is vacation time, and no one wants to work in a stuffy office. A corporate event in nature will help you relax, unwind, and socialize in an informal setting. How to hold a corporate event in nature in a fun and useful way? The easiest way is to order the organization of the event from special agencies. However, if you are reading this article, it means you intend to do it on your own. First of all, you need to assemble an organizing committee and distribute responsibilities:
- who is responsible for collecting money;
- who buys the products;
- who will cook;
- who will deal with transport issues;
- who organizes the cultural program.
A summer corporate party is not just about eating barbecue. As a rule, a picnic lasts all day long, and there is more than enough time for fun contests and competitions. In addition to football, badminton and volleyball (don’t forget the appropriate equipment!), where “boys against girls” or department against department will play, you can organize a whole quest in the forest with a treasure hunt and Cossack robbers. But it’s better to talk about everything in order, and you need to start preparing a cultural program with the scenario of a corporate event in nature.
Competitions for corporate events in nature
- Centipedes - participants stand one after another, holding onto the waist of the person in front. It turns out to be a centipede, to which the leader gives the task - to move in a zigzag, avoid obstacles, etc. Whoever lets go of his hands in this competition is eliminated.
- Animal confusion - equal numbers of male and female employees are required. Women and men are given a wish for a specific animal. The men are blindfolded, and the women begin to run and shout the sounds of their animal. Among the general commotion and mass of different sounds, a man must find his “soul mate.”
- Sprinting in water is suitable if your vacation takes place near a body of water. Participants first run in ankle-deep water, then knee-deep, and finally waist-deep. A prerequisite is not to swim, but to run.
- Three legs – participants are divided into threes. The leg of the person on the right and the leg of the participant on the left are tied to the leg of the employee standing in the center. Next, such “tripod” pairs cover a certain distance at speed.
- Battle for the balloon - participants are given: a balloon with water inside, a plastic plate, a push pin. The balls are tied to the belt. The goal is to pierce your opponent's ball while dodging others and protecting yours with the plate.
Cool competitions for corporate events
Where are you now?
Participants are given stickers on their foreheads with the names of organizations (school, nudist beach, hairdresser) on them. None of the participants knows what is written on his sticker. The facilitator asks each participant certain questions:
- How often do you visit such an establishment?
- What do you do most often there?
- What feelings do you get after visiting a place like this?
New things
Things are put into the box: glasses with a nose, a wig, a bra, family panties, children's tights, etc. Employees stand in a circle and pass the box to each other while music plays. As soon as the music stops, the one who has the box takes something out of it at random and puts it on himself. After everyone is dressed, a general dance follows.
Selfie
Employees are armed with a phone or tablet and must take a selfie, according to the task announced by the presenter. The one who comes up with the coolest wins. Tasks:
- Take a selfie in the position in which you usually work.
- Take a selfie with your boss.
- Take a selfie with a variety of stationery items.
- Show a very efficient appearance in the photo.
Organizer selection
Even when a considerable part of the preparatory work has already been done, you know how and where to hold a corporate event, the most important questions still lie ahead. So, you need to decide who will be involved in the organization.
The first option is to delegate everything to outside professionals
. There are enough specialized companies and event agencies today. You just need to agree on the budget and cost of services.
The second option is to entrust the organization to the HR department
. These specialists are responsible for organizational culture, so in many companies, holding corporate events is their immediate task.
The third option is to delegate organizational issues to active self-nominated candidates
. This is a good solution for small companies. After all, even the most focused and active specialists may not have enough experience, knowledge and abilities to realize all the goals and plans of the celebration.
Music selection
If all of the above points have been resolved, then it’s time to take care of the important nuances. Before holding a corporate event, you need to decide on the menu, music, and entertainment.
And if the choice of dishes is best left to the conscience of professionals, then the musical accompaniment of the event is a matter where you can try to take into account the wishes of everyone. And if this succeeds, then the party will definitely be a success.
A good option is to conduct a survey of employees to identify musical preferences.
As a result, the songs that your employees like, and not the DJ, presenter or organizer, will play at the corporate party.
It is not so important who will play music at the festival - a DJ, a presenter, a cover band or a guest show business artist. So, when a star sings at your party, additional music will be needed for the background or disco
Therefore, you need to work hard on compiling a playlist.
Nice gifts
To prevent a corporate celebration from becoming a banal feast, money should be spent not only on food and drink, but also on gifts. With their help, you can encourage employees participating in the competitive program to organize competitions or simply make pleasant surprises in the form of presenting awards to the best specialists of the company.
A simple souvenir along with a certificate or pleasant words from managers is a great motivation for employees. Therefore, such expenses will definitely justify themselves, even if you don’t give trinkets, but give out substantial cash bonuses.
Funny competitions for corporate events
- Star on the Dance Floor - A minimum of 5 employees are required to participate. Cheerful music begins to play, and the participants’ task is to actively dance. The most inactive colleague is eliminated. Next, the participants imagine that their legs are paralyzed and they need to dance rhythmically, but without the use of their legs. After this round, another less active one is eliminated. Next, employees squat and use their arms and head in the dance. The inactive ones are eliminated again. The last round is to actively dance with facial expressions.
- Ice baby - three brave men will be needed. Their task is to quickly put the T-shirt on themselves. The catch is that the T-shirts are tightly rolled and frozen. The winner will be the one who gets dressed faster.
- Maternity hospital - the team must be diverse. The girl stands opposite the guy. She imagines that she recently gave birth and communicates with her father through a closed window. Gestures need to convey what the child looks like and what gender he is. The presenter gives the task, for example, “ears like yours; screams like our boss.”
Competitions for corporate events for employees
- Crocodile is the most popular competition among adults. The presenter makes a wish for a colleague about an animal, a famous actor or the name of a film. It is necessary to show the mystery with gestures, the rest of the employees guess quickly.
- Cartoon – the first employee draws a caricature of someone present and passes it on to a colleague. He writes who the cartoon resembles, wraps up the drawing and the answer, and draws his own cartoon. So the piece of paper goes around in a circle, at the end they unroll it and see who guessed right.
- Remember - each employee receives a sheet with a specific category: country, river, plant, technology, etc. The presenter chooses any letter of the alphabet. You need to write as many titles on your topic that begin with the letter chosen by the leader.
Start of the "The Last Hero" event
You can start the event like in a children's pioneer camp - with a formation - this will intrigue, organize and motivate people. At the “line”, the manager will give a short congratulatory speech, divide the employees into 2-4 teams and entrust the raising of the flag. Since childhood, it was a very responsible mission - to raise the flag. Believe me, adults still have this feeling.
It is better to carry out all preparatory and installation work in the form of competitions. Not only the speed of task completion is assessed, but also the quality of the result.
It is important to create the same conditions for all teams so that disagreements do not arise
Proposed competitions. Getting ready for a picnic
Set up tents. Light the fires. Let them be according to the number of teams
The main thing is to exercise basic caution. Prepare the campfire dish in the allotted time. For example, one team cooks fish soup, the second makes stewed soup, the third prepares something meaty, for example, kebabs. Set the table according to the rules of a camp meal.
Competitions for corporate events in the summer
Records
- Who has the tanned skin?
- Who can collect the most branches in a minute (if the game is outside), pencils (if in the office)
- The smallest leg
- Longest hair
- Who can stand on their hands longer?
- Who can draw little elephants on paper (or with chalk on the asphalt) in a minute?
Catch the water
One employee takes a bottle of water and periodically squeezes it, splashing the contents. Other colleagues with plastic glasses are trying to catch as much water as possible. The winner is the one with the most filled glass.
truth or dare
The bottle is spun and the one to whom it points must choose “the truth” and answer honestly the question asked, or “action” and perform the assigned action.
Competitions for corporate parties for adults
- Striptease – you need to find a striptease video on the Internet. There is no need to undress, you just need to gracefully repeat the movements. The most flexible participant is awarded.
- Logo – a company logo must be printed on a sheet of paper in two copies, pasted on thick cardboard and cut into several parts. Employees are divided into two teams and assemble the logo as quickly as possible.
- Decoding abbreviations - participants are given pencils and paper. A topic is set, for example, a report or the beginning of the year. Everyone must make up three abbreviations and next to them add a line from a song or poem that characterizes the abbreviation. The task of the others is to guess what is encrypted. Abbreviation options: SG - mid-year, PI - final profit.
Fun competitions for corporate events
Silent dialogue
Both the manager and the subordinate need to participate. The manager is given headphones with loud music so that he does not hear anything. The subordinate begins to ask him questions:
- Why don't you send anyone on business trips except me?
- When can I get my day off?
- Come on, will you raise my salary?
The boss is trying to guess from the movements of his lips what his subordinate is telling him. He must answer the employee, most often he answers inappropriately. Next, the employees change places. The manager is interested in:
- What is the reason for your lateness today?
- Want to work overtime?
- Why should I raise your salary?
Sensitivity
An object is placed on a chair so that the participant cannot see it. The employee sits on a chair and tries to understand what object is under it. You cannot touch the object with your hands or peek.
Short film
Employees are divided into teams of 4-5 people. Each team must create and show a short film on the topic: “One day in our working life.”
The concept of a corporate event and its types
The meaning and objectives of the corporate event
Corporate events and holidays are an important part of the life of any company.
With the proper organization of corporate events, several problems are solved at once: employees not only relax, but also become more united, which has a positive effect on their performance and the results of joint activities.
Speaking about the importance of corporate events, we can highlight the following goals:
- Create a friendly workforce and a team of like-minded people;
- Give employees the opportunity to rest and relax in order to begin work with renewed vigor;
- Look at subordinates from a different perspective in order to reveal their creative, intellectual and other potential;
- Develop new long-term goals for the company and through informal brainstorming; environment to find the best ways to achieve them;
- Get to know each of your colleagues better, form more friendly and trusting relationships;
- Demonstrate to competing companies the cohesion of the workforce and focus on advertising their products.
In order for the organization of a corporate event to go off with a bang and all goals to be achieved, you need to remember the important rules of its preparation and conduct:
- Do not force anyone to attend the holiday without their desire;
- Don’t let the celebration take its course - plan everything clearly and prepare in advance, have backup types of entertainment if something goes wrong;
- Do not skimp on the event (provide sufficient food, prepare prizes for all participants in competitions, if necessary, use the services of event agencies);
- Provide a comfortable atmosphere for everyone present, offer games and fun that are appropriate for age and interests;
- Consider a security system if the format of the event requires it (for example, a first aid kit for an outdoor picnic).
- Provide transportation for employees to the event site and home (in case of an offsite corporate event).
Types of corporate events
Depending on the format of the celebration and its goals, there are several thematic areas of corporate events:
- Official holidays This includes special events in honor of public holidays, anniversaries and birthdays of the boss and subordinates, as well as the anniversary of the founding of the company. Most often, such celebrations are held with a magnificent banquet and traditional entertainment program.
- Trainings and master classes The purpose of such events is not only to relax in the company of colleagues, but also to gain new experience or knowledge. The topics of training corporate events can be very different: from the core activities of employees to original types of creativity.
- Sports competitions Such corporate events take place in the format of mini-spartakiads, stylized Olympic Games or Russian folk festivals with tug of war, sack jumping and other comic team competitions.
- Outings and picnics This is a great opportunity to spend time outdoors in the warm company of colleagues, having a small picnic with barbecue, sitting by the fire singing songs with a guitar and organizing several competitions and games for team building.
- Presentations They are held for the purpose of advertising new products or services of the company. Among those invited to such corporate events are business partners, regular customers and other persons interested in the company’s activities.
- Great ideas for celebrating a company's birthday are collected in our article.
- To properly organize a corporate event, see our tips, which are located here.
Competitions for corporate parties at the table
- Congratulations - The first colleague starts with the letter “A” and comes up with a congratulation that begins with it. The next one already comes up with the letter “B” and beyond. Try to come up with original and humorous congratulations.
- This is how it should be - at the beginning of a corporate event, each employee is given cards with an individual task, for example, say all toasts with a Georgian accent, laugh out of place, at 20.00 tell colleagues: “Thank you everyone, everyone is free,” etc. Those present must guess everyone's task.
- Killer – the presenter appoints one person as a killer. Everyone at the table starts looking at each other, the killer must “kill” someone by winking at the person. He leaves the game. The killer’s task is to kill as many players as possible, while the rest must identify him as quickly as possible.
When do you organize parties for colleagues?
The organization of the event in the department can be taken over by management. Also, employees often unite themselves to have a good time and celebrate some holiday. Our “Kvadroprokat” will help you organize an unusual corporate event for the following cases:
- Holiday date - this is how you can celebrate New Year’s Eve, profession day;
- Celebrate the birthday of someone from the team;
- Meeting and congratulating long-absent colleagues;
- Rewarding subordinates for a job well done;
- Team building – uniting employees into a single team;
- To present new services, gifts, methods and areas of work.
New Year's competitions for corporate parties
- Ark – 12 women and the same number of men are needed. They are given pieces of paper with the name of the animal from the Eastern horoscope. On command, without saying a word, you need to portray your animal and find your mate among the common herd.
- This is about me - everyone writes on a piece of paper a little-known event that happened in their life this year. All the leaves are put in a box and taken out one by one. The task of those present is to guess the author of the note.
- Snowfall - paper snowflakes are distributed to all employees. On command, you need to throw them up and blow so that the snowflakes do not fall. The one whose snowflake stays in the air longer than the rest receives a reward.
