As I write, my arms certainly know it’s been a busy week. Over the last seven days, we have delivered a variety of team activities to almost 2000 participants. We have been surprising conference audiences all over the country and having a fantastic time. We have been driving for hours, heaving hundreds of drums in [Continue Reading]
Keeping the Venue Staff on Your Side
We have learned over the years that working closely with event venue staff can have a huge positive influence on the success and smooth running of a teambuilding event or conference, greatly improving the experience of participants. As team event providers, we are always mindful that bringing team building activities into a hotel or conference centre [Continue Reading]
Adding Team Events to Training Programmes
Last night, I was delivering a drumming exercise to a compact group of seven senior management participants. This was part of an intensive training day for them and highlighted some themes that external consultants had been working on with them. Drumming, Haka and many of our interactive activities continue to be used to explore and demonstrate [Continue Reading]
Brand New Drumming Video
These days, many clients like to see videos of events, to give them ideas on how they could fit into their vision of their day. In particular, they are often keen to understand how a session will be led and what results can be expected. So, please check out our new drumming events video, below. Just [Continue Reading]
Taking the Rough With the Smooth in Corporate Events
Some people might think that the events industry is all never ending smiling faces, exotic locations and a well-earned glass of Chablis on a country estate to end the day! I must confess that, very occasionally, we do get treats working in the corporate events world. For example, Chevy Chase once played piano for us in [Continue Reading]
Team Building, Logistics and Laughter
Last week started with negotiating the back streets behind London’s Southbank to find the loading bay of an awkwardly placed hotel! After the team carried around 300 drums into the service elevator to transport them to the kitchen, the drums had to be quickly manoeuvred into their final position – hidden behind the stage in [Continue Reading]
Team Building in Gleneagles
This week, our work took me to one of the world’s most famous hotels – Gleneagles. This historic landmark is situated in the middle of Scotland, just as you leave the flatter plains and the surrounding mountains begin. The surrounding views are simply stunning. It’s always exciting for me to go back home to Scotland any [Continue Reading]
Team Building Drumming Events with Blenheim CDP
We are very fortunate to have a long client list of high-profile corporate companies. Companies in the UK currently lead the world in regularly providing conferences, team days, incentives and off-site experiences for employees. This means that a lot of corporate organisations in the UK are used to, and have come to expect, grand entertainment [Continue Reading]
Olympic Drumming – from Opening Ceremony to Team Building
Everyone I know was proud and overwhelmed by the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony. The daring spectacles of prominent landmarks in Great Britain’s history, the vast, constantly-changing scenery, the factory chimney stacks and the blazing Olympic rings in the sky were simply awesome! Who would have ever believed that the Queen and James Bond, and [Continue Reading]
Drumming Workshop in Columbia
After returning from a successful trip to Spain, working with Ralph Lauren, my next project took me to a totally new and fascinating location. The excitement began as the door bell rang at 5.30am, which marked the beginning of my trip from London to Columbia, where I was to facilitate a teambuilding session using drumming. Drumming [Continue Reading]