6 Reasons For Team Building At Events

If you are planning a f?te, a church social, a street party, a fund-raising event or something like that, you will obviously like it to be a success. In order for it to become successful, you will need to have lots going on, so you will need collaborators to help you organize and run sections of the total event.

For example, you will need someone to liaise with the stallholders, someone to liaise with the caterers, the bar, the stage, security, et cetera, et cetera and in all probability you will sit in the centre of the web holding everything together, soothing frayed nerves and offering advice. For this to work well you will need a team and the first part of your task will be to build that team and motivate it.

1] The first thing to do is calculate how many helpers you will need – one for each major role. You may need five or seven lieutenants and they have to be competent, dependable and honest. They can be friends but they can also become friends.

2] These officers might also need a few sergeants and you may have to help select these members of staff as well. Once you have your team, make certain that everyone knows his or her task and also knows how to do it. Remain approachable at all times. Be careful to not be intimidating to younger members. Attempt to build a camaraderie.

3] Do not be seen to just talk to your officers, make a point of talking to helpers on all levels and learn as many names as you can. Hold get-togethers to plan particulars of the event and let each person have their say.

4] Make it clear that the final decision is yours but that up to that point everyone’s opinion is valid. If there are disputes between departments, say catering and cleaning, listen to both sides carefully and have all your officers vote on the outcome if you like.

5] Keep your finance officer and legal adviser close to you and listen to them carefully. If your legal officer says that you require criminal record checks on potential helpers, do it. Let everybody see that they are part of a team that is trying to be as professional as it can be – it will make them proud to be a part of it.

6] One extra, very convenient person to have on the team, is like a minister without portfolio. A Mr. Fixit – someone who knows everybody and where he can get his hands on anything at a moment’s notice. This person will prove invaluable when things go wrong as they surely will.

Your team is your warranty of success and you are the one that has to turn a group of amateurs and individuals into a professional team capable of staging an event that will give people pleasure, raise money and have people waiting eagerly for the next one and the way that you do this is known as team building – some have it instinctively and others have to learn it.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a range of topics, but is now involved with team building activities for teenagers. If you would like to know more, please go to our web site at Small Team Building Activities