There are a number of reasons why your business could hold a corporate event, from team building and morale through product launches to celebrating an anniversary or success.

Coming up with exactly what to do, however, is not always easy. Here’s a few corporate event ideas you might want to consider for your next event.

Team Building

Usually held over the course of a day or a weekend, depending on how involving you want it to be, a team building event can give your staff and colleagues a valuable boost in morale and increase communication, confidence and camaraderie in a fun and friendly environment.

Your team could find new ways of working together and even learn new skills from a variety of activities including treasure hunts, assault courses, shooting, sailing…even circus skills!

Annual Events

There are plenty of corporate event ideas for rewarding your staff for hard work. You could, for example, hold an annual barbeque in the summer and there is, of course, the office Christmas party too!

There are plenty of other, more unusual events you could hold though. You could hold a garden party, a family fun day – complete with fairground – to entertain whole families or a day out dragon boat racing. The possibilities really are endless.

Training & Development

It’s possible to aid in the training and development of your staff with more fun corporate event ideas than the normal seminars and courses.

Whether you want new team members to get to know one another, coach junior members for greater responsibilities or for senior staff to hone their managerial skills, a training and development event will help your team become the absolute best they can be.

There are now a few companies combining training and development with a fun, entertaining twist through team role play and the like. Definitely worth considering if you find that your staff aren’t all that interested in signing up to standard courses.

Formal Events

Corporate event ideas for more formal occasions like a company anniversary or major product launch could include a dinner dance or lavish banquet. The theme of the event should reflect the occasion, so a 50th year in business should have a gold theme, for example.

Use your imagination and remember that the venue is probably the most important aspect for this type of event.

Want To Make An Impression?

Whether it is impressing existing customers or trying to woo new customers there is one tried and tested corporate event that is sure to work – the golf day! The Japanese, by all accounts, do all their business on the golf course, so if it is good enough for them, it should be good enough for you.

A simple round of golf between four or a full blown competition – it will depend on what you are trying to achieve but if you invite the right people from your address book you could really enhance your reputation with those that matter.

If golf isn’t your thing one alternative you could consider is a track day, racing some of the fastest sports cars around Oulton Park or somewhere could be equally as impressive for your clients!

There are plenty of corporate event ideas you could consider if you put your mind to it – this is just a select few!

Author Bio: Trevor Richards is writing on behalf of OWL Event Management, specialists in corporate event ideas.

Category: Advice
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