Author: adventadmina

Just found out that Adventure For Life has been crowned:

Best Team Building Events Organisers 2019 – New South Wales in the LUX Global Hospitality Awards 2019

Prior to establishing Adventure for Life, I was working on a CSR Amazing Race team building activity where the client had a company plant 176 trees after the event. One of the guest mused “I wonder if that will offset all our helicopter joy flights?”

It was a snide comment but the guest certainly had a point.

Most corporate team building activities with a CSR component fall flat because they are extremely hard to get right. Corporate Choirs work hard to get a credible sound but their busking for charity doesn’t crack the $100 mark. Half that delicious food for a soup kitchen goes uneaten, and that fleet of bikes donated to a  charity doesn’t last 3 months because there’s no follow up mechanical work. I’m a bike collector for Bikes 4 Humanity and recently picked up a fleet of unridable bikes from a Charity Bike Build. They ended up going to Africa where mechanics got them back on the road for low cost transportation in Namibia.

Sorry folks but that’s the reality of one-off charity events. The logistical costs are high and the actual benefits are quite low.

Cold hard cash donated to existing and reputable charities is going to go much further than a one off bike building program with amateur (although enthusiastic and altruistic mechanics). A musical trivia night where the company donates $1000 to the winning team’s charity is way more effective than a choir. A simple Friday charity beer club where employee’s $5 beers get matched dollar for dollar by the company is a simple way to provide an ongoing cash flow to a charity of choice.

One off events can be fun, but in terms of providing long term benefits to people in need, they are not effective.

The best way to see how well your team works together is to expose them to a crisis situation.

Avalanche is our newest team building program. It’s designed for new teams, executive groups and induction programs.

The program starts with Adventure for Life facilitators teaching delegates the basics of avalanche rescue.

We then head to the search zone.

Can your team use our avalanche beacons, probes and shovels to find a buried person (or 2). The clock is running and they need to get fresh air to the victim within 15 minutes to keep them alive.

If they find the body, they need to perform CPR and then prepare for an evacuation. Can they cope when the pressure is on? and what will they learn about their leadership style and team dynamics?

Here’s a little album from our classic Aussie adventure for our international guests based out of the 1927 Abernethy Pub in the Hunter Valley.

If you are interested in our new activities like Wild Goose Chase,  inductee programs or Spy School that uses our new software, please feel free to request a demonstration game.

Adventure for Life can set up a game based out of your office and send you a QR code to kick it off.

Adventure for Life has just become the exclusive licensee for Wild Goose team building software for Victoria and Tasmania.
This software has expanded our activity portfolio especially for indoor events. It can also be used to increase delegate engagement at trade shows, increase fan engagement at sporting events, and provide a platform for interactive meetings.
If you are interested in learning how this software can make your next event special email info@goscavengerhunt.com.au for more details