Every region has it’s own unique program offerings, influenced by local culture. Corporate team building activities New York are varied with lots of great options. We recently led a team building program for L’Oreal North American Operations in the New York tri-state area and it was one of the more memorable team building events we’ve done. Eight songwriters and myself led close to three hundred people. We broke into teams and created nine unique songs about this company’s experience. Corporate Team Building Activities New York Goals This group of company leaders wanted an activity that would enable them to celebrate success while illuminating facets of their work and their role within the larger organization. They wanted to share their organizational… Continue Reading
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Billy Kirsch Speaking at ASTD International Conference
Last year my good friend, David Hutchens, and I presented an innovative energizer at The ASTD International Conference and Exposition in Denver. It was a mash-up of David’s presentations around organizational storytelling and my music team building program. The underlying motivation for David and myself to do the program was our friendship. We thought it would be a good chance to hang out while doing some experimental speechifying! We were right on both counts. We had fun in Denver, made new friends and our speaking presentation was so cool that ASTD invited us back. ASTD International Conference 2013 So this year, we’re headed to the ASTD International Conference in Dallas. Our program is part of the ASTD Innogizer series…innovative energizers…innogizer…get… Continue Reading
Smart Meetings Seattle Team Building
In the meetings and events industry, where fresh ideas are vital to creating successful programs, creativity needs to be paramount. So when I was invited to speak at the Smart Meetings Event in Seattle last week, I jumped at the chance. I knew I’d find a receptive audience, one that would resonate with my topic of Harnessing Your Creative Power. I don’t really offer traditional speaking presentations, as much as interactive experiences that help folks rediscover their innate creative ability by participating. Whether I’m speaking to a group of 100 or 1,000, the experience is much like my team building programs in that everyone contributes through creative exercise. Seattle Team Building Goals This group needed an educational presentation; meaning a… Continue Reading
Nashville Speaking Presentation
I’m excited about my upcoming presentation for the Tennessee Student Pharmacists association. I’ve been thinking all week long about how pharmacists need to use their creative powers in their daily professional lives. I have lots of examples and a few funny ones… My main goals with all my speaking presentations are to create a fun, inclusive atmosphere and to make sure everyone leaves feeling confident and inspired in their ability to be more creative. Creativity is fun and it’s valuable, not only in our work life, but in our personal lives too. I’ll see some of you on Saturday – here’s a sneak preview… Billy Kirsch Upcoming Keynote Speech from Kidbilly Music on Vimeo. … Continue Reading
Chicago Team Building, See You Soon
Have I mentioned Kidbilly Music is growing like a weed… And with music being such a great part of Chicago culture, it’s a natural that we open an office to support the growth of our Chicago Team Building programs. I’m excited about the additional energy our Chicago office will add to our Nashville office and our programming. Since I’ll be spending more time in Chicago, I guess I should start looking at current events in the Windy City. It looks like Derrick Rose is about to make his comeback to the Chicago Bulls. It’s comforting to know that I won’t be the only one participating in Chicago team building this spring. Why Chicago Team Building? Okay, I’ll be totally honest.… Continue Reading
My Team Building Nightmare
This is kind of embarrassing but that’s never stopped me from telling a story before! I had a team building nightmare. In my dream, before I woke up in a cold sweat, one of my competitors was chasing me up a mountain trail accompanied by three goons wielding huge knives. It was quite real and woke me up with a start. The embarrassing part is that I’m actually dreaming about team building… But the next morning, as I told my wife about the nightmare, I began to think it’s kind of cool that I care so much about this business that it’s creeping into my dreams. I’ve never been accused of doing things half-way and I’m willing to make mistakes… Continue Reading
Orlando Team Building Event
YES…mission accomplished…too much fun and so many friends at PCMA Convening Leaders last week. My Orlando team building session was a success. In fact, this presentation of Harnessing Your Creative Power was a lock for me, a step to the next level and here’s why. Internalizing the Program I’ve never considered my speaking presentation my strongest suit. I’d rather be at the piano when I’m delivering content. I’d rather be innovating while I’m talking about innovating, and creating music while I’m talking about creativity. Makes sense, doesn’t it? But when I began to do speaking presentations I got a bit bogged down in the mechanics of the ‘speaking part’. I knew I had to focus on a step-by-step process to… Continue Reading
Southern California Team Building Event
What did I do to deserve this? The first week in January and we got to spend two days at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel. Now that’s a fantastic setting for Southern California team building. Myself, Tony Award nominee, Lauren Lucas, and LA based performer Shevy Smith led the ALTOUR leadership team through a high energy, out of the box musical team building event. Southern California Team Building Goals ALTOUR’s goals were quite simple; Team building in the sense that everyone would have fun and get to know one another better in an informal environment. Creating a concise corporate message through our Kidbilly Music group songwriting process In this fantastic Southern Cal environment, it didn’t take long for everyone to relax… Continue Reading
Chicago Team Building
In my introductory post to the news section of my blog, I predicted this would read a bit like a travel blog rather than a team building blog. Chicago team building is the latest in our installment about the road we travel to help our clients have fun, engage and share meaningful interaction with a key take-away – The company song! Jump$tart Coalition Chicago Team Building Goals I love working with non-profit associations, especially those with an educational focus. Jump$tart Coalition helps K-12 teachers educate students to become financially literate. With associations like Jump$tart, our client’s team building goals may be different than with our corporate clients. In this case the goals included: A networking activity that allowed participants from… Continue Reading
Los Angeles Team Building
I can’t help myself, I just love getting out to the Los Angeles area. So anytime we have an opportunity to provide Los Angeles team building, I jump at it. Ok, I know what you’re thinking. I jump at every team building opportunity, duh…! But seriously, every locale has a personality that influences the creative process and the particular energy we bring to our team building programs in those areas. Los Angeles team building is loose and laid back, yet still purposeful and meaningful. Wescom Credit Union’s Goals – Los Angeles Team Building Get on the same page and unify a large group Create an ice breaker event that launches a successful meeting Re-energize a team by celebrating accomplishments after… Continue Reading