As a result of this Beyond Apprentice session, the one
thing that became clear to me about the value and
importance of team vision is:
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Collective body of
knowledge is better than individual
knowledge
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The
ability to agree on concepts &
direction
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Everyone
has importance in providing an end
product
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All
aspects of production have to communicate with each other
to be successful
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Cooperation and
collaboration
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Team
building
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All
project team members being on same page with regards to the
end goal – being able for team to focus to get to
goal
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Listening to new ideas
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Central values and goals
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Working together respecting all
opinions
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It takes all to participate and carry a
project
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Being on the same page with a diverse
group
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Once everyone is on the same page, it is easily
accomplished. But everyone must buy into the
idea
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Respect for all members of the team and how important each
person is to fulfill a vision
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Matching skill to function
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It took all associates to complete the
task
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Working together, listening to all ideas and pulling
together as a team
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You can’t get there without a team
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Listening to others; being open to everyone’s ideas; as a
team everything pulls together easier and more
complete
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Working together to bring together a
concept
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To first decide on an overall goal & vision & fill
in tactical steps last
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Everyone has something to
contribute
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Buy in of the concept
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Everyone has input
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Keeps the team focused on the task @
hand
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How well the “group dynamic” works
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Respecting the individuals you work with and allow everyone
the opportunity to participate in the
task
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Dividing up tasks makes a team more
efficient
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Working together as a team and also choosing a team leader
to ensure we are completing the
goals
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You must get a vision established
quickly
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Have to be open to ideas and look for best idea, not
necessarily your idea
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Listening is everything
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Leadership to convey group structure and vision is
essential
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Slotting people according to their primary
skill
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It was clear to me how necessary it is to get everyone’s
input and work together
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The team comes up with better ideas than one
person
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Must bring everyone on the same
page
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Everyone has to buy into the idea in order for it to truly
be a team
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Working together as a team to accomplish task; leaders
emerge
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It takes a “team” approach + trust in the individuals to
make the team work
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Communication; 1st
instincts
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Direction
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Leadership; thinking out of the box; questioning
ideas
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You need to work together as a team to complete the
project
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In order to react quickly to situations, visions must be
communicated. Along with that, it has to be “bought” by all
team members in order for people to work to a common
goal
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Working smart
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Every person has something to contribute to the
company/team’s success
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Staying focused to execute the concept in a short period of
time
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Unity
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Multiple heads are better than one
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Read the directions thoroughly
before
anything else; the need for clear
leadership
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The whole team is critical to success; everyone becomes a
component
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Teamwork
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Listening to others & understanding their
views
·
How important patience and listening is to coming up with
an idea
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Working together & listening
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First establishing a goal
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Working on a core concept
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To work together as a team
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You must work together
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Teamwork critical
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It takes everyone’s input & talent to create a
successful final project
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Believing in what you are doing. Putting structure in place
to accomplish goals
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Work together
·
With good leadership & a vision, a lot can be
accomplished in short time and with limited
resources
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Communication to all departments can only provide quicker
results
·
The visions of all employees is
unlimited
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Without teamwork nothing gets
accomplished
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Respecting the value each person brings to the team;
patience & willingness to
listen
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Unity & need to define a common goal and action
plan
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Staying focused as a team is key!
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Best results through collaboration
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Cooperation is a necessity when dealing with time
constraints
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Coming to a decision quickly
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Always keep that main objective/vision out in front of
you
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Must be understood & shared to be
successful
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Organization is crucial
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Everyone needs to participate
·
I would like to know who was on each team as they made
their presentation
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That everyone’s opinion counts & is
valuable
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Plan, leadership & roles
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Importance of teamwork
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Working through full team ownership of the
concept
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Being enabled to work together
·
Team building
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We rock
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The ability to listen and accept the ideas and opinions of
others
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Teamwork & collaboration
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Leadership
·
Priceless
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To work together
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Necessary to define vision at the beginning of
process
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Coming together stay focused
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It takes many personalities & talents to make a
team
·
How important it is to achieve a
goal
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Teamwork with new people is easy to
achieve
·
Rely on
ind
ividual skill set
·
How to get people to buy into the team
effort
·
Being open and creative
·
Every member of a team has valuable
input
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Hearing everyone’s ideas
·
It takes all members of the team to achieve the
goal
·
There is no “I” in team
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Having a cooperative & cohesive agenda; we worked well
as a team, but it could have turned out bad if someone had
a different agenda or idea
·
Different ideas coming from so many
ind
ividuals works well & it allowed people to come
together well and pull off a great team vision &
result
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It works!
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Rapid organization of work on the
task
·
Organization is key
·
Everyone worked together to bring different ideas to the
table with each associate’s expertise and
experience
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Team roles and responsibilities
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Everyone matters
·
“Achieve it together” and it will be
greater
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Developing a concept that we could work
towards
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Consensus, discussion
·
The role of a true plan &
leadership
·
Having everyone buy into the concept so each sub group
could do their function to contribute to the overall goal
of the team
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Focus
·
Everyone working to one goal
·
Working together as a team is hard but works out in the
end
·
Understanding and agreeing on a vision is important in
working together
·
Everyone’s ideas are valuable, even if you don’t agree with
it
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Leadership
·
How people with different careers and backgrounds can work
together as a team
·
How well people need to work with each other and the value
of having many different ideas and
specialties
·
Organization is critical and associated with this is time
management
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Cooperation, organization with a little give and take
within groups
·
Organization; communication
·
Working together
·
The only way to get large things
done
·
Must be clear to everyone; sharing
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The vast abilities of different people and
personalities
·
Always getting new ideas and learning new ways to problem
solve
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Communication
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Organizing the group
·
Collective body of knowledge is better than
ind
ividual knowledge
My comments on this session overall:
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Great
8
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Good
6
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Excellent
!!
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Very team
building concept
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Good team
building exercise
—
Very
creative & a great team building
program
—
Very fun
and energetic event to promote team
building
—
Effective
team building exercise
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Very fun
– good team building
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Very good
team building exercise
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Great
team building – fun
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It was a
very good tool for teams that have not routinely worked
together
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A good
training session; good for all team
leaders
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Lots of
fun!
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Very
entertaining
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Great
experience
—
A great
learning tool
—
Loved
it
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Great !!
Original !! Best ABSG team building to
date
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A lot of
fun
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The most
fun I have had in quite some time
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Excellent
for getting to know colleagues I had previously not
met
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Thank
you
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Fun time
– group dynamics
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Fun
time
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Fun
teamwork process
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Great
concept; good for bring team
together
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Overall
beneficial and creative; we should do
more
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Interesting
experience
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Great way
to put together a popular subject with work team building
environments
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Great way
to get to know one another
(strengths/weaknesses)
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Creative
—
Went
well
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Very
enjoyable; excellent team building exercise – nice to meet
others across the ABSG family of companies; would recommend
this to other groups
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Challenging and
entertaining
—
Good
session !
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Nice
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Great way
to meet other division members
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Good
mixer to get to know others in ABSG
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Fun
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A good
mixer for people from many different backgrounds and
companies
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Enjoyable; gets your
creative juices flowing
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Excellent
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Overall
entertaining; not what was expected
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Thanks
for an out of the box corporate
experience
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Enjoyed
it; very fun
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Interesting game on
an overused theme
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Fantastic
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Exciting
and competitive
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The
original assignment at first seemed silly; but the team got
“into” it and made the creation and production a lot of
fun. The actual delivery was frustrating as some very cool
ideas could not be presented due to the technological
glitches
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Fun;
challenging exercise – good way to bring leadership skills
to the forefront
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Great
fun; would do it again
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Very fun
and useful experience
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Good
exercise
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Nice job;
thanks!
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Not bad!
Fun
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Lots of
fun
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Good
experience
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Worthwhile!
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Fun
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Wonderful
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Enjoyable
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Very
interesting
—
Fun! Good
chance to get to know everyone in the
group
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Exciting
team building experience
—
Fun &
different
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This was
fun!
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It was
fun!
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Very
good
—
I really
enjoyed it
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Great
team building event
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It was a
good exercise! Fun
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Job well
done involving the entire group
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Great
team challenge
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A lot of
fun!
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I really
enjoyed seeing the other teams’
perspectives
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Great job
bringing people together
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It was a
really fun and exciting experience
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Great
team building exercise with strict time
limits
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Fun way
to illustrate team building
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I truly
enjoyed the experience
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Great
idea and team building exercise
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Very
good; enjoyed it
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Good team
building exercise
—
I thought
it was a fun exercise
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Show
needs to make $ so needs wide appeal and sponsorship
opportunities
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Fun!
Thank you
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Difficult
and eye opening
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It was
fun and helpful
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Great!
Very enjoyable
—
Great fun
session
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Average
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Great
fun!
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Exciting
and fun
—
Very fun
and entertaining
—
Great
opportunity
—
It was a
great ice brea
ker and a
fun way to interact with other
employees
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Excellent
fun and interactive; very creative
ideas
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Wonderful
—
Fun
exercise
—
It was
fun being a participant and interacting with people I have
not worked with
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Very fun
and exciting and it allowed me to
meet ind
ividuals
from different companies and come out of my
shell
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Enjoyable
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Very
entertaining and creative