Celebration For Success Ideas
Most of the ideas used below come from a survey of the most popular ideas in the medium to large companies in North America. All ideas have actually been tried, and more importantly, they are accepted with pleasureand recognition and have produced positive results for the organizations they tried. Use these ideas or let them inspire you to customize your own group for your environment. The majority of them cost little or nothing, and requires virtually no time on the people over what is happening. You can weave them into the day or plan it to a special event. The most important thing is to talk not only about these ideas, but they actually do.
A. Fun Rituals:
1.Champagne Celebration: Maybe the office just landed that big, long-fought-for account sharing, or perhaps simply a productive week together. Why not celebrate — — for some reason, with champagne (or sparkling grape juice if you like)?
2nd Kazoo Applause: When Apple Computers, during a quarterly meeting, they spent Kazoos for the entire group. Instead of applause by clapping hands (how passé!), They Summte their appreciation withKazoos. How about trying slide whistles instead Gavels for formal meetings? In fact, such as call for a standing ovation. . . right now?
3rd Noses: There are a variety of rubber animal noses, red foam or plastic clown noses — bring 'em in and wear for staff meetings, difficult times, on Friday, etc.
4th Laugh a Day: The headquarters of Bank of America issued a "Laugh a Day Challenge" to all its Northern California employees. For the whole monthApril, employees faced with the challenge in a joke or cartoon every day to bring stocks with their co-workers. These people were given the successful completion of a Corporate Challenge Challenge T-shirt and a book published internally filled with the best answers. [It is important to the spirit of "challenge words" NOT the "competitors". They were not winning on the lookout for the best jokes, "but only the willingness to participate. So everyone is a winner, even the employees, not to bring theIn jokes, but they have heard.]
5th Thanks in Advance: Of course we enjoy and deserve to celebrate and be recognized for his achievements, when we retire. But why wait? How about a party and a celebration on the first day of a person's membership of your company / organization? What is a good way to set the tone and as a member of the team.
6th Contest: Try this during lunch or at social events: Balloon shaving, lip synch, Air-band (or in the airOrchestra), Worst Hair Day, giant soap bubbles, golf course.
7th Secret Pal: Let all write in the office / organization / department / etc, his / her name, address, telephone number, birth date (actual date of birth for those who have nothing to hide!), And a short list of things as () for example: flowers, sports, chocolate, funny hats, exotic post cards, music, etc.. Fold and put slips in a hat. As each man takes a note — make sure that no one has started its own name (ifso, all slips will go out and try again). Once all the notes are distributed and each has a different name, the fun begins! You are the Secret Pal, the person whose name you already picked up. In the course of the Secret Pal experience (we recommend at least three months) your "mission" is creative, spontaneous, fun to do to revive and things for your partner … all anonymously, of course. You can flowers on his or send her home, leave a message on her desk, how much you work, enjoytogether, or admire their professional competence, or appreciate his contributions to the organization, or, perhaps, just send them a Valentine's card in September, with the indication that you just could not wait until February to send your love. Important it is fun and uplifting – and not make your partner to guess, that is their Secret Pal. And of course the very special fun while doing a Secret Pal to your lucky partner, someone else in the group to become your secretPal, and is doing funny things for you! At the end of the predetermined time period, a public event at which Secret Pals will be revealed.
B. Theme Days:
1st clothing: hats, socks (only? Mismatch?); Sticky tourist, tacky / ugly tie, dresses have conflicting Casual Dress Day once a week / month. (there is a possibility that these "secret identities" we all seem to have confirmed that side of us that our friends, but who see that our employees, who – can, let's face it, weactually spend more time with — get to see rarely). In Hawaii, sometimes even wear Aloha shirts on television news anchor as a "business clothing" during broadcasts. It's a real allusion to the playful joie de vivre spirit in all of us, certain colors (such as a color or color family only, ebony and ivory, etc.), inside-out, crazy t-shirts, pajamas, eccentric accessories.
2nd Food: Have a previous meal; evidence of orange peel, hot-dog-banana, the use of food colors change colorblue foods (potatoes? purple pasta?), the management can cook and serve food to employees, do-it-yourself banana splits, gourmet lunch, food Olympics …
3rd Parties: Special Holidays, un-birthdays, Tuesdays, your giggling friends, standing ovation (in the meetings) in the coffee shop, crazy awards (with superiors, employees, part-time employees), a person on the first day on the job market ; enter the airport, Christmas in July, the summer beach party in February, helium balloons (notes inside'em away to decorate or write messages) on the outside; $ 1.00 this anonymous gift exchange; celebrity for a day; decorate your boss' office …
4th Flowers: Bring 'em to decorate the office, give' em away with a hint of recognition, which holds a bouquet of flowers for someone for an hour and then passes to the next person, balloon bouquets …
5th Photos: (baby, animals, cars, children) for the bulletin board, for newsletters, awards, meetings, training room.
6.Special Days person: Celebrate Secretaries; Family Day: bring in photos or bring in the family for lunch, eat out for lunch, special office picnic day; Gopher Day delegate things to people (that you please go to this or fer — that or) if you come and see your shadow, leave and not return to work for six weeks and offer massages at 30 April …
7th Be nice to other day: (Of course, this really be every day!) Do spontaneous, anonymous kind things for— another example., clean all the cups in the staff room, finishing a colleague's report to that you finish your wizard application …
8th Excuses: Place a sheet of paper and ask people the best excuse they ever heard or not for certain: Post too late to return goods are charged to their account, etc. (use a real, or make a to)
9th Honors: Night Every person is given the name of another person at work. Select an honor and a fitting title price, go with him.Select optimistic, not put-down prices. Here are some examples of titles and awards:
• Best blow-dried hair … can the salon mousse.
• impudent voice on the phone … new telephone headset.
• Most of the good-natured person morning … Gift certificate for 10 cups of chai tea at a local shop.
• The most legible handwriting … pen imprinted with their name and company name.
C. On Going:
1st Humor Section: Create laugh pounds (people write in funnyAnecdotes and jokes to bind non-toxic, and distributed at the end of the quarter or year); Cartoon Corner Jokes / cartoons on memos and newsletters, smile more, Treasuries or funny cartoon magazines in waiting areas and bathrooms, car pools, a laughter room comedy library of books, CD's and DVD's …
2nd games: Non-competitive/cooperative games, charades, skits, secret word (hear the word, crosses its legs or looks up or changes seats, etc.); TreasureHunting …
3rd Great Job Market: Trading jobs, clothes, offices for a day. OK, OK, at least try one hours. 10 minutes?
4th passenger: Smile make the people together (you do not know either) before anyone else, the cartoons on the side walls of an increased call session.
5th What's Good?: Begin meetings by asking each person "I wonder what goes in your Department?"
6th Joy Box Break: Instead of coffee or tea at 3:15,do take off for ten minutes to read, or play some fun (read a novel, thumb through a "Far Side" cartoon book, check out the movie pages for a comedy at a later time to see, hear, to a comedy tape) on your headphones, try to have a rule: "no-work-talk" on breaks, setting up a committee to occasional break Joybreak group interactions and activities to plan.
7th Stroll meetings go: For 2-3 person meetings, on a walk together in nature
(bring a mini-recorder, record ideas andDecisions for the minutes).
8th Best Mistakes: Stories to share allot 5 minutes during the meetings for the people of all recent embarrassing or funny stories from their work or personal life.
9th Mural: Place a large piece of paper in a common area. Choose a theme and ask people to help him over a longer period. You can paint, doodles, write the words, poetry, paste newspaper clippings, etc.
10th Lunchtime Fun: Go out to lunch with co-workers allNoses or wear fun hats. Enter an outrageously good tip to the waiter. Sing a song for the waiter doing such a good job.
11th Unbirthdays (pick someone and give them a surprise birthday)
12th Chief of decorating the office with streamers, flowers and balloons
13th Way To Go Notes: Have you ever wanted someone that you admire, respect or appreciate talk about it, but never got around to it for you? Create a large envelope for each person at work andput them in a common area. Each week, invite all the notes of specific recognition to their superiors, employees, or service – if you have caught them to write something right. Put your notes in the appropriate envelope. After one month, each with its envelopes.
14th Caption Contest: Create a cartoon without the caption to the field staff bulletin board. Invite people to a new label that fits the caricature. As people, they go through their dayscan read what other people and said to add to the list.
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