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Amazing Race for
Canada's 2008 Olympic Athletes
We recently were asked by Team Visa to develop an Amazing Race for
Canada's Olympic athletes in downtown Toronto. Team Visa athletes
were selected based on their sporting achievements and the work that they
do to improve their community or their sport. All members of Team Visa
were selected by the Team Visa Advisory Committee, consisting of sports
media, representatives from Visa and the Canadian Olympic Committee, and
Team Visa mentors. This is an astonishing and truly an amazing program - find out more at:
http://www.visa.ca/olympic/teamvisa/about/
A couple of the athlete's comments about our event:
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"Great
event – good way to end the day."
- "STUPENDOUS!"
- "Would do it
again. Learned a lot about Toronto. More appreciation for Toronto."
- "It was:
Exciting;
Funny; Enjoyable"
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For more
Canada's Olympic athlete photos: Team Building Photo Album Page
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Team Visa working on a Detour task at Union Station
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Team Visa solving a Roadblock task at Nathan
Philips Square |
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For more
photos: Team Building Photo Album Page
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Minneapolis
Community Technical College
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CRG partnered with the Finance Department at MCTC to develop a new Minneapolis Amazing Race design
that can be used year round, even in the worst mid-western winter weather!
At the end of the event, we asked participants what had become clear to
them about the value and importance of teamwork. A few comments:
- "The only way to complete a task is to work together; You are only as
strong as your weakest link."
- "You need to tap the individual talents of each team member to be
successful; It’s important to clearly understand a task before
beginning."
- "Everyone plays a part in the success of any project; I learned a lot
about going outside my comfort zone."
- "Communications are prime importance; Thinking things through to the
end – the future – not just jumping into a task."
- "There needs to be a clear vision that everyone understands. You
accomplish more (Goal) as a team than as an individual; What one person
may have as a weakness may be another’s strength. Need to be able to
depend on each other to contribute."
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Fund Raiser for
Big Brothers Big Sisters
CRG donated all the
organization and facilitation for a major fundraiser, providing materials
and services to support an event for over 200 participants.
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Pre-Race Trials with CRG's famous "Human Hamster"
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Some comments from the participants:
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A
lot of fun
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It was a lot
of fun & I would definitely do it again
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I
look forward to this next year
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Great
morning – well worth the effort – Thank you
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Good
times!
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Good
event, well organized
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Awesome
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Fantastic
team builder and a lot of fun
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Here are
more comments from the
Feedback Report from Big Brothers Big Sisters |
A financial services
client recently asked us:
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"We want to
build an appreciation of what is entailed for a diverse group of people
that do not regularly work together to be put in a task oriented
situation - so in our case, how can people from our different geographies
work together as a team to complete a project?"
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Our Amazing Race team event produced an event
for them that successfully met that challenge. They said:
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"Your
Amazing Race team builder was an enjoyable,
practical exercise in teaming and situational leadership.
The final
debrief met our plan and was tied back to business objectives."
L.W.,
V.P., Commercial Banking |
Other client's feedback:
"We would like to thank you and your
team for putting together an amazing “Beyond The Amazing Race”
program for our National Sales meeting. Your organization and attention to
detail ensured that the program ran smoothly and on time. It was great how
you could customize the program to our group’s size, location and time
guidelines.
This is a great team building activity.
Everyone left our meeting feeling more confident as a team and totally energized
... We can’t wait to do it again!"
D.E., Philips
Electronics
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ABOUT OUR AMAZING RACE DESIGNS....
There are no "eliminations"
In fact, this talent
retention event is designed to help organizations keep their people "in the
race."
Templates and flexible core components
can be quickly and easily modified to create an event that meets your specific objectives and organizational culture.
Once we have an understanding of the context for your event, we offer a series
of choices from which you can build a program that will energize and recharge
your teams.
This team
builder can be conducted outdoors and off-site, or we have designs that can be
used within your facilities. It can even incorporate poor
weather conditions as part of the challenges. However, based on your locale,
there are many creative ways to structure an event to avoid adverse weather
conditions, such as utilizing a subway system or a large shopping facility.
You may elect to organize the facilities and venue yourselves, or use our
professional event planning services. We have successful models for this
event that will work with groups of all sizes, from a dozen people to hundreds
of participants. There are unlimited possibilities to customize an event that
meets most organizational time and budget restraints, including:
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Casual events. Our
flexible Route designs offer every kind of option from:
requiring little/no athletic ability and compressed to a small area
within a city/town or park requiring no team transportation
to
highly physical events that require varying degrees of exertion,
and that cover a wide radius incorporating public transit systems,
taxis, bicycles, rickshaws
or
anything in between.
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Luxury events.
Limos, planes and yachts are just a few examples of options that can be used for transporting participants from location to
location in comfort ... or used as rewards and
prizes for winning challenges.
As an example for Vancouver events, see
Sunset Bay Charters, offering luxury
yachts equipped with services that include: a 30" LCD TV, wired and
wireless microphones, podium, hardwood dance floor, professional uniformed
servers, elegant table settings and meals prepared by expert chefs.
Also, for
Whistler luxury hotels, see our
Resources page for a variety of possibilities that will give
your event that extra touch of elegance and luxury.
We can recommend similar venues for other locations throughout North
American and abroad, ranging from high-value economical choices that will
fit within nearly any budget, to the most luxurious.
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Cruise Ship events.
Use one of our professionally organized events that incorporate various
ports of call, as well as activities while aboard the ship.
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Trade Show
events.
Entertain your trade show delegates and make the event more productive
for exhibitors. Attendees receive challenges from participating
exhibitors as they visit each booth.
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Extreme
events.
The next
level of our events. Participants are given more challenging tasks to
complete and depending on the location, must perform "extreme"
activities such as rock climbing, paddling, go-karting, etc.
In
addition to being a strong relationship-builder, this is an active way to
get to know a city or resort location. It can offer you added value by
maximizing your return on investment for event dollars that you will spend
anyway.
This out-of-the-box
concept keeps your team building events upbeat, but can be structured to incorporate solid educational components, or designed for
just basic entertainment and fun. Educational components can
include nearly any topic that meets your current objectives and organizational
challenges. Debriefs can be extensive or minimal, based on your vision for the
event.
to more reality-themed team building programs:
The Apprentice
Survivor
Smarter
Than 5th Grader?
Millionaire
Deal or No Deal
The
Idol
to more team development programs:
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