Calgary 
When working in a company, it’s unavoidable to frequently communicate with other people in order to set a good friendly relations with them. Even if employees try to have only business relations there still always will be the place for human factor and emotions that can affect the working process.
That’s why it’s important for any effective employer to provide corporate team building activities if he wants his personnel to build a team spirit to cope with the difficulties collectively. Here are some examples of great venues for team building in Calgary which could help people from your working team to find points of contact and mutual language.
1. Escape room
This game has become very popular in a recent years because when players get into such escape rooms they find themselves out of usual environment. Participants must solve series of quests, puzzles, and challenges cooperatively to find the way out from the locked rooms, corridors and sometimes even tunnels.
Their time is limited, and it makes game even more exciting. Such quest will be suitable both for fun team building and for spending a weekend with your friends. Quest tasks are designed in a way that solution requires all the players to be in action so no one will be bored or deprived. If you are interested in taking part in this fun quest in Calgary, you should definitely visit Escape room.
2. Zoo games
Everybody loves animals. Well, at least almost everybody. They’re funny and interesting to watch, especially exotic species which you can’t meet on the streets of your city. That’s why people come to the zoo. In Calgary zoo, you can not only observe animals but also take part in fun team building games which were introduced by a zoo management.Games was developed in such way that a group of participants can consist of any number of people from 25 to 200, depending on a type of a game. In order to create a competitive spirit people are split into different teams.
A zoo staff member waits for participants at the starting location, gives them all necessary instructions and information about rules, timing, and scoring and then starts the first challenge which teams should complete in the starting location right away. After completing the first task, the team receives a map of the zoo and following instructions of their mission, different for each team.
Then groups spread all around the zoo to go through series of interesting challenges in the different parts of the zoo and after completing of all goals, they should return to the main venue where they’ll receive the scores. Depending on the results, the competitors get awards and prizes. Zoo games is a really interesting and entertaining way to spend a leisure time with your colleagues.
3. Banquet or Golf Party
Among them are, for example, dining rooms of the golf clubs that provide organization of venues for team building, both indoors and outdoors, so everyone can have a game of golf and discuss recent topics with a golf club in hands or just simply have a tasty meal inside and enjoy a picturesque view of the golf field.
Here are some golf clubs that provide corporate parties near Calgary: Springbank Links Golf Club, Silver Springs Golf & Country Club, Cottonwood Golf & Country Club, Valley Ridge Golf, Chinook Ridge Lodge & Golf Course.
Also, various hotels of the city suggest high-class restaurants for holding large banquets. For example Hotel Arts, Clarion Hotel And Conference Centre, Delta Hotels Calgary Downtown, Calgary Marriott Downtown Hotel and many others.
4. Volunteer activities
Although this practice differs from the other listed, philanthropic and charity initiative can be one of the most useful and effective team building activities. Joining forces for the good purpose to relieve distress can unite the team very firmly and create positive intentions and camaraderie between colleagues.
Establish an initiative among employees to collect and give back unused things that are gathering dust in their wardrobes as these things can come in handy for kids in orphanages and boarding schools, for sick and poor people in hospitals or just for homeless on the street. You can simply put the box for donations in the office. “Every little makes a mickle” and you can raise the money to help those who are in need.
Or you can run a challenge for random acts of kindness between your employees and ask them to take videos and photos of their good deeds as a proof. Those who will be the leaders in charity should receive encouragement for their deals and it will motivate them to do good. When the challenge is finished, make the video or photo collage from the evidence of kindness and it will remain in the memory of all employees.
We wish your initiatives to be fun and effective in building a strong friendly team!
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