Ingerman partners with TeamBonding – 11 years and counting

The TeamBonding Treatment

Every year for the last 11 years, Mary French, Ingerman’s Director of Strategic Initiatives who is responsible for planning annual conferences amongst many other things, reaches out to us at TeamBonding and describes that year’s conference theme. On why they keep returning, Mary said, “TeamBonding makes it so incredibly easy to run a dynamic team building event without having to put 5000 hours of labor in to figure out how to make it work because they do it all for you!”

This year’s theme was a circus, so she asked us which TeamBonding event would best pair with that unique theme that is also interactive, high energy (but not physically straining), and includes a little bit of strategic thinking and a lot of humor to keep everyone engaged.

TeamBonding selected the Ultimate Tailgate Challenge event which includes multiple challenges that were customized as games that could be played at a circus.

The Result

Teams were setup to ensure that they included a cross-section of staff working across a variety of functions based in different property locations to allow for everyone to interact with people that they may not normally work with, and perhaps have never even met. The event facilitators kept the energy high with active staff participation, enthusiasm and constant motion from activity-to-activity, but not to a point of exhaustion where staff tire out.

“So much of what TeamBonding does is teach people how to engage with a team member without actually saying that.” – Mary

Event participants left in high spirits, already asking, “What are we going to do next year?”

David DeAugustine, Ingerman’s CFO, shared that the conversations held and the fun had by Ingerman staff at the latest TeamBonding event have carried on beyond the event, and have even helped to ease some pressures and challenges within the business.

Mary says this is why Ingerman has continued to work with TeamBonding for 11 years and counting: “It’s just it’s a no brainer. I mean they’re just incredible to work with!”