Venture Up: Teambuilding: Theme Events

Theme Events

Traders of the Lost Ark ^TM

Our Traders theme program is a favorite for annual meetings, especially for sales teams. The Ark represents the ultimate goal of the company or department, or may incorporate the meeting theme. In any case, each team sets out on an adventure quest to find a piece of the Ark.

The Ark is actually a simulated rock pallet carved with a message from the company...what it takes to build a winning team...the essence of the conference theme... Each team's ultimate goal is to find their piece of the Ark at the end of the trail.

Teams encounter obstacles en route that put their collective skills to the test. This customized program is flexible enough to allow a wide range of interactive challenges, such as map and compass work, and light physical challenges, such as swinging on a ship rope to cross a fake snake pit, climbing over walls, and building an inner-tube craft to sail their team across a waterway.

Once teams find their piece of the Ark, they head back to meet other teams on common ground and the program takes on a new focus. The program culminates when all teams join and combine their pieces of the Ark.

Desert Storm

The Desert Storm theme, often referred to as the M.A.S.H. event, maintains a success-oriented military atmosphere throughout the program. Participants arrive at our Military Base Camp -- a field of roomy cabin-style tents spread over a vast desert expanse, complete with comfortable wood-framed army cots. Camouflage netting and parachutes providing shade from the desert sun. Participants set out on an adventure quest to pursue the company's mission. Traveling on foot, by jeep or helicopter, or mountain bike or horse, team members face a series of obstacles along the way, which may include Strategic Games, Rock Climbing, Paintball, and Map & Compass challenges.

Mission It's Possible

Mission It's Possible is a theatrical event mirroring the famed flick of a similar name. It's a favorite for companies about to embark on a new mission -- merging with another company, setting new sales projections, introducing a new product. The mood is fun and festive, but there's a big job ahead. The group is separated into teams and join together at a central meeting ground when the theatrics begin. Each team member receives a spy kit. Smoke spews as Mr. Phelps, dressed in trench coat, arrives on stage. Music plays ominously drowning out the chatter. A tape recorder appears conveying a message in tune with the company's mission. Each message is customized according to corporate objectives, giving clues and innuendoes that motivate the teams on their way. When the tape destructs in a cloud of smoke, teams set off on foot, mountain bike, or car to the necessary points to lead them to fulfilling the company's mission. The program culminates at the central meeting ground where teams create a 3-D mural of their experience including objects collected along the way.

Traders of the Lost Ark TM

Desert Storm

Mission It's Possible

Traders of the Lost Ark ^TM