Dunking of the Divisions

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $$$

Setting: Outdoors

Equipment Required: Dunk Tank

Prep Time: 0 (Professional Setup)

Time Required: 15 minutes

Physical Component: None for onlookers; moderate for participants.

Want to put some fuel on those lighthearted interoffice team rivalries? Attach a unique incentive to their next sales goal: dunking the opposing division’s lead in the company parking lot. Both sides will get a laugh, and all will enjoy stepping outside for the day.

Celebrity for a Day

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $

Setting: Office

Equipment Required: None

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Time Required: Full Day (with business as usual)

Physical Component: None

For this team building game, assign five of your colleagues a famous business person or celebrity to channel for the day. Without using a costume or accent, give them the task of going through their day as the designated star. At the end of the day, have the office guess who was channeling whom.

Action Movie Alarmist

Ideal Group Size: 10-20

Budget: $

Setting: Office

Equipment Required: String. Lots of string.

Prep Time: 3-4 hours

Time Required: 1-2 hours

Physical Component: High

We’ve all seen the action movie star, navigating their way through the red lasers at the museum they’re about to rob. Set up a simulation using red yard strung around the office. Participants must get to their desks, lunchroom, or meeting without “tripping” the wires. How will you know? Jingle bells, of course.

Murder Mystery Dinner

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $$$

Setting: Office or Restaurant

Equipment Required: None

Prep Time: 0 (Professional Staffing)

Time Required: 1-3 hours

Physical Component: None

The murder mystery dinner has a new home: lunch! Hire a team of pros to deliver some drama to your lunch hour. Our professional event planners can help you find a knockout caterer and a team of well-received actors to turn your day at the office into a day at the theatre.

Tied Up Puzzle Patrol

Ideal Group Size: Any (even numbers)

Budget: $

Setting: Inside

Equipment Required: Puzzles, handkerchiefs

Prep Time: Supply procurement

Time Required: 1 hour

Physical Component: Minor

Who says puzzles can’t elicit a laugh? Bind pairs of (willing) contestants at the wrists, then task each pair with collaborating to assemble matching puzzles. The first pair to complete their puzzle wins (and likely gets a valuable lesson in communication along the way.)

Human Billiards

Ideal Group Size: X-X

Budget: $$$$

Setting: Field or parking lot

Equipment Required: Inflatable Billiards Set

Prep Time: 0 (Professional Setup)

Time Required: 1-2 hours

Physical Component: High

It’s pool time! No, not the swimming pool. An no, not the billiards table collecting dust at the local pub. We’re talking life-sized, sun-soaked billiards that will have jaws dropping and laughs flying. Our giant human billiards set requires 30’ x 17’ of space and can be delivered nationwide.

The Sprinting Architects

Ideal Group Size: Any

Budget: $$

Setting: Indoors

Equipment Required: Legos

Prep Time: 2-3 hours

Time Required: 30 minutes – 1 hour

Physical Component: Moderate

Get ready to communicate! In this hands-on game, pairs of contestants are given two separate tasks. The “runner” is tasked with viewing a pre-assembled Lego contraption and relaying each detail to a “builder” who must replicate the creation without a single glimpse. The first pair to accurately replicate the contraption wins.

“Yes, and…”

Ideal Group Size: 10-20

Budget: $

Setting: Indoors

Equipment Required: None

Prep Time: None

Time Required: 20 – 30 minutes

Physical Component: None

It’s the secret refrain of any good improv group, and it’s a fabulous lesson in working together as a team. It’s called “Yes, and…” and it’s the verbal baton that two collaborating storytellers pass between one another. For this team building exercise, position a team of colleagues at the front of the room and give them a starting topic. Each gets just one sentence before passing the story to the next participant who must take over using the words, “yes and…”