Teambonding 2006 - Newsletter 1 of 4

Thanks for taking the time to check out our newsletter. Short and sweet is the goal here and to give you some quick updates on new programs, recent success stories and a few ideas to help make your job easier. From time to time we will invite you to see our programs in action, or offer you a discount on something that we are excited about. Teams from coast to coast experience the unique fun that Teambonding has to offer and we want to share that with you.

New from Teambonding

One of questions we get most often is what's new. We get this from current clients and new clients just wanting to stay current and do the latest, greatest team building event. Just like this newsletter will be written every three months, we will be debuting new programs each and every quarter so you can depend on us to have something new for you and your team.

Our newest offering is our Outrageous Olympics program. This two hour event is perfect for your summer outing, complete with a DJ, Interactive MC, 10 foot torch, an opening and closing ceremony and games that will have you laughing and competing in a way that involves everyone. This program can be done indoors or out and is available from Boston to Atlanta and everywhere in-between as we have local facilitators that are based in Boston and Richmond,VA.

We have an exciting and philanthropic twist to this offering as well. We have partnered with Special Olympics, MA to offer this program to companies as part of their Summer Games on June 17th at Harvard University. We have been looking for a great way to give back to our community and offer some charitable event where our clients can get more out of their team building experience and this is it. Teams can volunteer in the morning to help out, cheer and be involved in one of the most heartwarming chartities there is. After lunch, we will be running corporate games for 10 - 12 companies. This relationship will be year-round so if you cannot make June 17th, ask us for a schedule of their qualifying events all over the state, year-round, indoors and out and join us in helping these special athletes to feel good about themselves. To learn more, click here.

Other recent new programs include: Wine Team Building, The Rickety Rackety Car Derby, It's Not Rocket Science, Build Your Own Golf Course and "Lost" Adventures. Coming soon are "The Art of Team Building" and a new outdoor offering from TeamCuisine - a BBQ Cook-Off. Who knows what we will think of next as some of our best ideas come from you!

California Teambonding

Back in the early 80's, (I'm aging myself now) at Emerson College in Boston, I met one of the most influential and best people that I have come across, Julia Holladay. We worked together when the business first started and when we created Teambonding in 1997, Julia came on board as the California office, offering our unique brand of team building to clients in the Golden State through Teambonding.net. In January, Julia decided to spend more time with her family and we have opened a new California office with Sher Krieger at the helm, who worked with Julia for over 10 years. Sher is now expanding our offerings and offering all of our programs from San Diego to San Francisco and training local facilitators to cover Las Vegas, Phoenix and Seattle. If you are a client or potential client in California, Sher can be reached at sher@teambonding.com or by phone at 619-920-1315

Recent Success Stories

When I got married, it was the most amazing day ever, the people, the music, the food the ceremony- all that planning, all the time that we all talked about the day and all the little details that had to come together to make this one of the best days of my life. The funny thing about that is how quickly it was over and how we talked about it and think about it but how fast it went by. Same thing with our team building events as we put our all into the planning and delivery of these programs and before you can say "Best Team Building Program Ever", it's over, we move on to the next event. It happens so fast. So I just want to recognize some of our recent successes and thank my team (Jayne, Jeff, Jennie, Pat and Rob) for the work that went into planning and executing some pretty amazing programs.

In the past three months satisfied clients included: KMPG, PerkinElmer, Nielson, Thermo Electron, Motorola, Pepsi, Lexis Nexis, Key Bank, Microsoft, Tyco Healthcare, Merck, J & J, Smuckers, BMW, HP, Pfizer, Philip Morris, Radio Shack, Oracle, MetLife, Amgen, Bank of America, ExxonMobil, BiogenIdec, Guidant, Texas Instruments, Freudenberg, Sibel, Ernst & Young and Mastercard. Are we name dropping - sure just a little but in the spirit of accomplishment and appreciation. There are lots of smaller companies you may not have heard of.

Their programs have been delivered all over the country as we travel and have local facilitators to bring these programs to wherever you want us to be.

Thank You

As we enter into our 20th year of business, we continue to innovate, create, and develop some of the best programs in the business. Repeat clients are a testament to the fine work that the Teambonding team does with your events. In our next newsletter, we will offer some new programs, some great advice and hopefully include your success story.

With the deepest appreciation,

David Goldstein
Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
david@teambonding.com