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Why Hybrid Events Are The Future Of The Event Industry

This week’s podcast episode focuses on something that is near and dear to the team’s heart: hybrid events. With over 100 different live and hybrid events to choose from, we chatted with Stu Robertson, leader and creator of Team Up Events, to examine not only work-life balance but hybrid events as well. For many businesses, employee wellness remains a popular topic and can be achieved through a successful team-building event.

Raising Your Game — Overcoming Virtual Team Building Barriers & Challenges

There’s no denying that for the last year, the world has been a very different place. Work from home went from a perk that few enjoyed, to a necessity in every company, of every size, in every industry. It has meant rethinking not just how to run a business, but how to foster and nurture the bonds between co-workers to create stronger teams ready to face whatever new challenges or changes each day might bring.

You’ve Got 3 Minutes — Combating Zoom Fatigue

In Season 2, Episode 1 of the TeamBonding podcast, host Richard Rininsland and his guests — Deborah Brunet, Kevin Pertusiello, Samantha Goldstein, and Paul Giroux — discuss team building events from creation to sales and production to performance in a wide-ranging, animated conversation that provides an insider’s viewpoint. In particular, this group of expert team building event facilitators take a closer look at the “three-minute rule” and their individual tried and true ways to keep virtual audiences engaged.

Your COVID 19 Guide to Hosting Safe Live Events in 2021

Spring is Coming! How to Host a Safe Live Event in 2021 COVID-19 has dominated our lives for more than a year now, but, along with warmer weather and blooming flowers, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel has appeared. Vaccinations are rolling out more quickly across the country, and people are — cautiously — starting to look at what the “new normal” will look like. One of those decisions is whether to stick with virtual events for a bit longer, or whether it’s finally safe to get together in person once more for live events.

The Road to Recovery: Predicting the Path to Live Events

There’s no denying that America — and frankly the entire world — is ready to get back to live events. After a year of quarantine, social distancing, virtual parties, and Zoom calls, there is a strong desire to connect with other people in person again. And with vaccinations picking up steam, that desire for live interaction is only getting stronger.

The Psychology of Planning. Why Can’t I “Just Do It!”?

It’s a common problem, especially in today’s world with so many demands coming at us from so many directions — you know what needs to get done, you know how it needs to get done, but for some reason, you’re struggling to “just do it” already.

Virtual Interview Tips & Best Practices

While remote work has changed a lot of long-held office etiquette — (t-shirts as work attire, children interrupting meetings) one thing that hasn’t changed is the preparation and focus required for job interviews, even those being held virtually. While some virtual interview advice may be obvious, there are other video interview tips you might not expect in the new world of remote work.

Financial Wellness Tips For Remote Workers

There’s a great deal of focus lately on how to help remote workers maintain productivity. With so many people around the world having abruptly transitioned to work-from-home conditions, this is indeed a pressing concern. However, productivity isn’t the only thing we should be thinking about. Working from home can make for a full-fledged lifestyle change, and can be jarring to employees in a number of ways. Even if they keep working, they might feel somewhat disconnected from their professional lives, and by extension their finances. Given these concerns, we’re going to go over some financial wellness tips that can help remote workers to maintain financial stability and stay on top of this aspect of their lives.

4 Ways To Avoid Response Bias When Crafting An Internal Survey

During this uncertain and challenging time, it is more important than ever to understand how your employees are doing. Now, as COVID-19 continues to disrupt businesses across the country, it is an optimal time to send internal surveys to employees. Many employees are working remotely for the first time and this may have impacted their productivity and even mental health.

What Team Building Will Look Like After COVID 19

Rather than expecting office life to “go back to normal” after coronavirus, business and team leaders should be planning for what many are calling the “new normal.” So what does team-building after COVID-19 look like? For starters, it includes safe and sanitary workspaces for employees, potentially more remote hires, and flexible work-from-home policies.

9 Cybersecurity Best Practices For Work From Home Employees

Given the state of the current environment, businesses everywhere are adjusting to remote work. Whether your organization is a veteran to remote work policies, or entirely new to the concept, successfully maintaining a remote team requires the same general best practices as a traditional one would. Fortunately, this growing trend offers a plethora of benefits for both employees and businesses overall. From greater flexibility to improved productivity, the switch to remote work can be a liberating thing when properly managed. That said, proper management begins with ensuring your remote employees are equipped with all necessary tools to perform their jobs both efficiently and securely. Now more than ever, cybercriminals are targeting remote workers, and in these fast-paced times, it’s important you feel confident in the security of your business and the data behind it. To help make certain of that, we’re sharing a few cybersecurity best practices to reduce the risk of your remote employees falling victim to an attack.

Don’t Let Your Budget Stop You From Having Fun

Don’t have the big budget for a team building extravaganza? No worries! We’ve got you covered with plenty of Do-It-Yourself Team Building Products you can choose from in our DIY Store. You don’t always need tons of time or money for a big team building activity or retreat.

5 Tools to Help You Pick Your Venue

Planning the perfect team building experience may at times seem overwhelming, especially when choosing a venue. Choosing the backdrop for your event, the space that will influence all other decisions may seem like a daunting task since there are literally thousands of options. Thankfully, these efficient, user-friendly websites will do most of the work for you. These venue finders can drastically improve and speed-up the process to finding your perfect venue.

5 Team Building Events That Teach Real-World Skills

Employees dread boring team building events that add little to no value to their life. Another team pot-luck not only requires them to do work—cook or buy a dish to bring—but promotes forced conversation in a casual environment.

8 Tips for Conquering Small Business Saturday

Nestled in between the consumer crush of Black Friday and the digital madness of Cyber Monday, lies the hidden gem of Small Business Saturday. Started in 2010, the idea behind this grassroots campaign is to shift focus during the Christmas rush away from big box stores and online shopping. Instead, this day aims to celebrate local businesses in our communities, and keep our dollars closer to home.

Happy 4th of July!

Are you ready for a long weekend full of fireworks, food and fun? We are too! (more…)

Don’t Let Stormy Weather Stand in the Way of Team Building

Whether you’re facing feet upon feet of snow or unpredictable bursts of rain, keeping in touch with your team or planning an event can be tricky.

Indoor Team Building

With cold weather approaching in some parts of the country, this is no excuse to stop team building! The indoors is just as ideal as the outdoors when it comes to holding team building events. (more…)

4 People You’ll Meet at the Company Holiday Party

It’s that time of year again…you’ve received the company holiday party invitation, and you’ve made the executive decision to go. Who else is going to be there? Whoever ends up coming, these are 4 people you’re likely to meet at your company’s holiday party. (more…)

A Day in the Life of James Bond

He’s a killer spy by day, and knows how to wind down with a tasty cocktail by night. Who wouldn’t want to be like James Bond? Now, we can’t promise all of the fancy weapons, but these team building ideas can give you a little taste of what it’s like to live the thrilling life of the famous James Bond. (more…)

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Category: Event Prep

Why Hybrid Events Are The Future Of The Event Industry

Raising Your Game — Overcoming Virtual Team Building Barriers & Challenges

You’ve Got 3 Minutes — Combating Zoom Fatigue

Your COVID 19 Guide to Hosting Safe Live Events in 2021

The Road to Recovery: Predicting the Path to Live Events

The Psychology of Planning. Why Can’t I “Just Do It!”?

Virtual Interview Tips & Best Practices

Financial Wellness Tips For Remote Workers

4 Ways To Avoid Response Bias When Crafting An Internal Survey

What Team Building Will Look Like After COVID 19

9 Cybersecurity Best Practices For Work From Home Employees

Don’t Let Your Budget Stop You From Having Fun

5 Tools to Help You Pick Your Venue

5 Team Building Events That Teach Real-World Skills

8 Tips for Conquering Small Business Saturday

Happy 4th of July!

Don’t Let Stormy Weather Stand in the Way of Team Building

Indoor Team Building

4 People You’ll Meet at the Company Holiday Party

A Day in the Life of James Bond

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