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5 Icebreakers for Your Corporate Team Building Activity
Icebreakers For Corporate Team Building Activities Icebreaker games make a great introduction to corporate team building activities. At Odyssey Teams, we open up all virtual and live programs, with a corporate team building icebreaker because these activities help open-up the...
The Playhouse Challenge Accepted
Brings teams together with the Playhouse Challenge You may think the real challenge of The Playhouse Challenge comes from swinging a hammer or painting a mural. That’s not the challenge of this corporate give back activity. This challenge is learning...
How to Talk to Kids During a Board Meeting: Connecting, Communicating & Building Together
How to Talk to Kids During a Board Meeting: Connecting, Communicating & Building Together Working with kids can feel intimidating—especially when it happens in a professional setting. That’s one of the unique features of The Board Meeting, a give-back...
Life Cycles Bike Maintenance Tips
Life Cycles Bicycle Maintenance Tips: Keep Your Bike Rolling Smoothly Life Cycles is proud to support communities by providing bicycles to individuals who rely on them for transportation. While many donated bikes go to children, a large number are...
Improve Corporate Attitudes With Helping Hands
Access the potential of your organization's heart and improve corporate attitudes by giving employees an opportunity for volunteering in a team building meeting. Odyssey Teams' approach to corporate team building is radical compared to many of the mainstream exercises available....
The Board Meeting: A Revolutionary Corporate Volunteer Team-Building Experience
The Board Meeting: A Revolutionary Corporate Volunteer Team-Building Experience In a growing wave of innovative give-back experiences, The Board Meeting has elevated corporate volunteering to an entirely new level—one that feels more like a day at the skatepark than a...
How does Odyssey incorporate meaningful activities prior to the build in particular? I struggle with people just wanting to build a bike for hours and then are underwhelmed by donation numbers. Do not let them know anything about the building...
A Boy Named Nobody: Inspiring Students to Support and Trust Each Other
Nobody Becomes Somebody: A Ropes Course Story This is a story about A Boy Named Nobody. I was leading a ropes course program for a youth-at-risk high school group. One of the first things I asked the kids to do...
Life Cycles in Team Building: Lessons from Bikes, Tires, and Metaphors
Life Cycles: Lessons from Building Bikes Life Cycles, the original bike-building program, allows participants to create something valuable and pass it on to the end user. As they build a bike and gift it to a child, they experience...