Original Ideas for a Successful Team Meeting

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Are your meetings too simple, too classic… and your employees are bored? It's time to change things up! Discover how to transform your moments of exchange into memorable experiences with original ideas for a company meeting. Between fun games, unusual places, and humor, your next meetings will not go unnoticed.

What games to liven up a team meeting?

To make your team meeting original, it is important to alternate moments of concentration and listening with moments of fun play. To do this, you can stimulate the creativity of the participants, especially on the theme of the meeting.

An inverted brainstorming is a very good way to find solutions while bringing an original idea. To do this, ask "How not to succeed in this project?", then reverse the ideas obtained into concrete solutions.

You can also draw the ideas of the collaborators. Each participant must illustrate their idea on a post-it or on a whiteboard.

A collaborative quiz can also be set up, whether on general knowledge or on the culture of the company. This will energize your company meeting.

These games to liven up a team meeting are original and allow you to stay in the collaborative spirit.


Break the ice during your meeting

During your team meetings, all your employees may not know each other. In this case, it is important to break the ice. To get to know each other, several games are available to you:


  • An original presentation tour: each person introduces themselves with an object or a surprising fact about themselves.


  • Two truths, one lie: each participant says three things, and the others must guess the lie.


  • Express question: a funny or original question for each "What superpower would you have?"


Thanks to this, you can set up original ideas for your company meetings. Games are always good to take to improve team cohesion.


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Team meeting with humor: energize your meetings

A team meeting with humor will always be more pleasant and appreciated. For this, do not hesitate to show spontaneity. Forced humor is felt, you have to stay natural. Laugh together with your employees, not just at one person in particular. It is essential that everyone feels comfortable and included: this is the most important factor in bringing humor to a company meeting.


During your team meeting, add humor to your presentation. Insert memes, GIFs or funny images to present the situation in a friendly tone. Be creative so that it is not perceived as something corny. Also share small funny and funny anecdotes. Finally, compare your complicated situations with humor to defuse tensions.

Bringing humor to your company meeting will make it more memorable, original and contribute to making it an effective team meeting.


Give an educational side to a team meeting

Humor in a team meeting will not detract from its effectiveness. On the contrary, the collaborators, being amused, will be attentive and ready to participate. Productivity can only be improved.

You can add an educational side to your company meeting through humor. Some important, social or environmental subjects can be approached by humor in the first instance. However, you have to be very careful, the participants must understand that this is intended to raise awareness and educate on important facts.


Rent an unusual meeting room for your meeting

In order to add original ideas to your team meeting, you can turn to an unusual place.


In the heart of nature, you can organize your company meeting in parks or gardens, public or private depending on your needs. By the sea or by a lake, the goal is simply to find the most pleasant unusual place for your meeting in the sun.

You can also organize your meeting on a barge or a boat to navigate during your presentation.


Many coworking spaces offer slightly less unusual places for company meetings, but the decoration is often very design and can sometimes create a "wow" effect.


Sports areas, such as equestrian centers or football stadiums, are really unusual places for a company meeting. If your company has a relationship with sport, your meeting will be all the more anchored in its sector.

Finally, unusual houses and treehouses bring an original idea to your team meeting. It's up to you to make your choice to get out of the ordinary.


FAQ

How to adapt activities according to team size?

For a small team, focus on collaborative and creative games. For large teams, you can divide them into subgroups to maintain energy and participation. Participatory online quizzes are also feasible with very large groups.


How to manage the logistics of an outdoor or unusual venue?

Remember to verify access, electricity, Wi-Fi, furniture and weather conditions. Plan a plan B in case of unforeseen circumstances. 


Can all companies integrate humor into their meetings?

Yes, but it must remain professional and inclusive. Light humor works in all sectors, as long as it doesn't target anyone. In small groups, it is possible to be more open about humor, if the team knows each other well.


How to ensure everyone participates and feels included?

Offer varied activities, encourage participation, value each intervention and avoid games that make someone uncomfortable.


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