Add laughter to retreat and offsite team bonding events
When it comes time to planning a quarterly offsite, annual retreat, or just a much needed getaway to reinforce your company culture, the number one priority should be making sure people have a ton of fun and feel closer to one another. Laugh Events are great company team offsites and focus on team building, while making sure everyone is laughing and having a great time.
Things to consider when planning your corporate offsite retreat
Goals of your offsite
Ask your event planning committee (which might just be you) - what is our goal of this event? Opting for an event that accomplishes team building, entertainment, and professional development is always doable with Laugh Events, but if you have a specific goal - choose an event with that goal in mind.
Company culture fit
It is important that you find the line between what people find fun and what will fit best with your company culture. Corporate offsites are the best way for teams to connect with one another, so you don’t want to select anything that might alienate anyone or go against your company values.
Venue and setting
We’ve made our events to be adaptable with any venue, but certain venues are not a good fit. While many of our events fit in any venue, it is important to pick a venue that is optimized for lack of distractions and allowing the team to be present. For certain events, AV might be required, so keep that in mind.
Team building retreat and offsite ideas to reinforce play and fun in your company culture
Team building games and play-filled exercises
While out of the office, get your employees on their feet and out of their general comfort zone with some improv. A professional improv facilitator will take your team through a series of silly and playful games and exercises that will focus on growing team camaraderie. These games include being moving around the space, partnering up with different team members, and doing a lot of silly things that have your whole team cheering you on.
Leveling up your professional development skills
When thinking through company retreat ideas, don’t think you can’t have fun and learn at the same time. The best way to learn something is having fun doing it and laughing the whole time. In this professional development focused corporate retreat idea, your team will go through improv exercises that professional creatives use every day to perform at the highest level. These skills include embracing mistakes, adapting to situations on the fly, generating ideas, active listening, problem solving, and most importantly, communication.
Musical comedy to boost morale and inspire creativity
A unique retreat idea is improvised musical comedy. A common goal of a corporate offsite is to be left inspired and nothing leaves people more in awe than improvised musical comedy. Our musical comedians will be engaging with your team and create anthems that will be hummed through the rest of your offsite - including in your future meetings. These musical comedians will show your team how taking risks can lead to incredible outcomes and encourage creativity and innovation. Not to mention, your group will be wildly entertained and be in amazing spirits hearing these improvised tunes and routines.
Stand up comedy for corporate retreat entertainment
A team offsite idea that is always a huge hit is one that allows your team to sit back and enjoy professional entertainer do their thing. Laugh.Events works with a huge network of comedians who tour their comedic act performing their brilliant stand up jokes that will have your team falling off your seats. Choosing stand up comedy is choosing the wonderful benefits that laughter can have in a team bonding environment, boosting morale and being grateful that leadership is investing in an outlet for reducing stress and having fun.
Juggling and Jokes for corporate retreats
If stand up comedy isn’t enough to fit the bill for entertainment, then you should consider an event that will also add in some visual entertainment. Juggling & Jokes is a great idea for a corporate retreat as it will boost morale significantly and blow your team away. This event will show your employees that with enough preparation and years under your belt, multitasking can make for an invaluable skillset.
Emcee that can host your offsite
If you have your own plans and are looking for the perfect person to keep spirits up and the energy going, look no further than a corporate comedian to emcee your event. Our comedic masters of ceremony will be thoroughly prepped by your group in order to hit all of the notes, offsite goals, and corporate culture values that you’re looking to communicate. This is a great option for teams who want their whole team to be in the experience and not bring in Jim from Sales to run the event.
FAQs
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Corporate retreats are important to take a step away from the day to day and reward your employees for their hard work throughout the year and reset expectations for the upcoming work period. It is important to reflect back on your previous work period and point out the team wins, individual hustle, and accomplishments you’ve made as an organization. Without a corporate retreat, you risk isolating employees and having them ask the questions - does my company care about my growth and well being?
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The best way to plan a remote company retreat is to create an Offsite Planning Committee. We recommend selecting representatives from multiple business units to get the perspectives of all parts of the business to see what will resonate with the most of the group. We rarely recommend leaving this decision to a company vote, and having an offsite planning committee, along with executive leadership input, to create the best experience imaginable
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Laugh.Events can help plan team-building activities for a company retreat by giving you a huge array of options that fit any company goal, company culture fit, and venue you’ve chosen for the event. Our team building activities for offsites and retreats focus on the three core pillars of a Laugh Event - team building, entertainment, and professional development.