Director New Product Ideas: Creating a Fun Team-Building Game

[PampMomof3]

for new products?? Has anyone come up with a game for this meeting?

 

[PampMomof3]

here you guys go! I just finished and now have to walk out the door for my team training!

 

[cheftiffany]

general ChefardyI just created this to use as pretty much most of my meeting tomorrow. just thought I would share.

 

[dannyzmom]

I just created this to use as pretty much most of my meeting tomorrow. just thought I would share.

Thanks for sharing Tiffany -- can you give a quick run-down of how you do the game?
I am really excited to give it a go for my meeting on Monday!

 

[cheftiffany]

This past meeting was the first one that I could get people to come to in a while so I did my recipe round up and then answered what ever questions they had while we each quickly finished our food. Then I did receognition and the whole rest of the meeting was dedicated to this game. I only had 2 people there but we have played different versions of it with much bigger groups and so we just split the consultants into 3 different teams. Each team has a group leader that is really the only one allowed to answer. In the past we have just had the team leader raise a bamboo spoon but I was thinking that maybe next time I will find three of my kids noise making toys or buzzers from board games that all sound different to use. That way if I am not looking then I will still know who "buzzed" in first.
Basically I just let them pick the catagory and dollar value and gave the statement. I used a pretty big dry erase board so they could see the categories and values. Then I wrote over top of each one with who won that square. If neither got it I just crossed through it. If they get it wrong and you are actually keeping score then they lose those points so you could put -200 for team A but +200 for team B who actually got it right. I had a 3 day old recruit at the meeting so I didn't want to give away a prize to the winner because it didn't seem fair.
I think they both learned a lot from it and we had fun. It is a very long game though so it probably should be halved or even quartered if you have other training to do that day.

 

[dannyzmom]

Thanks Tiffany! I can't wait to try it tomorrow night!

 

[baychef]

Thanks to everyone...I had Director's block last night and you all helped me get unstuck!!! I made a Chefordy board last night!

I knew I could count on you! Now if I could just get my cat to stop pawing at the flaps and turning them up!!! He's cheating!!

 

[baychef]

Big hit last night with Chefordy!!! We did that and the "WAHOO Woman" DVD! Fun meeting!
Thanks to all who put so much time into the game!:chef: