Posted by Since we were a geographically dispersed team with no travel budget, we chose the Cyberthon! It’s like the Amazing Race, but all online.
Before the team building event, I was a relative newcomer to the organization, so I knew some of the people I had been working closely with, but not others very much. I was also a remote worker, so in some cases, I didn’t even know what my colleagues looked like. Even a few I worked closely with. So this was a great opportunity to at least see their faces.
One thing the event started with was breaking up into teams. The team members were mixed up, so on my team there was one other person I knew well, a couple I’ve heard of, and a few I didn’t really know at all. Later on, I had the opportunity to work with some of those relative strangers, and it was so nice that we already knew each other a little bit.
The activities were so perfectly designed. What I mean by that is that there were some puzzles that I could figure out, but others couldn’t, and other puzzles where I would have been COMPLETELY stuck, but someone else knew just what to do! If each of us were trying to get through all the activities by ourselves, NONE of us would have made it! But because we were a TEAM, we plowed through everything together! Somehow, everyone got a chance to shine, which was really cool.
And there was one more thing. We as a team were just CRUSHING it, getting ready to claim the prize, and then WHOA, another team announced their finish! So we got another important lesson – even when you think you’re doing great, your competition might be doing even better. Never get overconfident.
Of course, in the end, we were all on the same team, so even though our activity team was beat, we could all be happy to have some really smart people on the larger team.
Throughout the entire time, Mason and Miles were there to make sure no one got very lost, and facilitating the activities in such a fun and friendly manner. They were the perfect facilitators.
I will always remember this particular team building event because it was such a stand-out time. We’ve had more expensive events in the past, going to fancy places, but few made memories quite like this event.
