Try Your Luck with Our Ranchy Games from The Party Collaborative

December 7th, 2011 | No Comments

November 7th marked the Catalyst Ranch 9th anniversary and we celebrated with a fantastic party filled with clients, family and friends. iluvphoto provided lovely shots of our revelry and those photos can be seen on our website.  There was delicious food, a giant birthday cake, specialty cocktails and, of course, party games; but not just [...]

The ADDIE Game (Analysis, Design, Development, Implement, Evaluate)

December 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Here is a meeting energizer that will jump start the problem solving juices in your attendees before the start of a brain-busting session.
Make up a reasonable problem scenario for your organization where people need to get introduced, e.g. “The manufacturing department is bringing in 20 temporaries to help with the peak season. They want us [...]

Realize Your Next Big Idea this Thursday- Create. Innovate. Repeat.

October 19th, 2010 | No Comments

  We all are innovators in our own ways. We know how creative you can be, we have seen it over and over again from focus groups to ideation sessions, you all bring the “sky is the limit” to the ranch. Now here is a chance to gather with like minded friends both new and [...]

Backwards Spelling Bee

September 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Noitavonni…. Say what? That “word” is innovation spelled backwards. Now try spelling creativity out loud, harder than you thought right? Having a backwards spelling can be a good brain teaser exercise to use before the initial start of a meeting. It throws people for a loop a bit and really gets those wheels spinning.
 
Assignment:  Several [...]

Have a Rock’n Meeting on the Waves

September 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Hop, skip, jump and now splash into a new direction with offsite meetings! We know a thing or two about how much people benefit from leaving their dusty drab office by springing into a colorful innovative space. Here is an office design I would like to share with you that just rocks out with innovative [...]

People Collages

August 25th, 2010 | No Comments

What in the world? Here is an icebreaker that brings out creativity and imagination from your meeting attendees. All you need is some old magazines and glue to create an out of this world person. Silly facial expressions, dog tails, robotic legs…. The sky is the limit.  

Assignment: Put together a person using various body [...]

Facial Expressions

August 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments

Supplies: Paper and pencils
Many people don’t realize that 70% of communication comes from non-verbal cues such as tone of voice or facial expression. According to the SunSentinel there are “80 muscles in the face that can create more than 7,000 expressions. Facial expressions are so much a part of our lives that it is easy to [...]

Feather Up!

July 21st, 2010 | No Comments

We know that good ice breakers will help get meetings, training and team building off on the right foot, but remember to be flexible when using them. They don’t necessarily need to be at the start of a meeting, sometimes adding it later in the agenda may prove to give a boost to lagging energy [...]

Javelin Throw

June 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Paper straw races! Here is an exercise that will bring out the “kid at heart” from your meeting attendees. I think almost everyone at one point in time has played with their paper straw wrappers at a restaurant, fighting the urge to shoot the wrapper at the person seated across the table.
Divide the group into [...]

Creative Mastermind

June 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Here is a project to bring out the “creative mastermind” within your next meeting’s attendees. In order to complete this project, team members will need to be innovative, creative, and able to think fast on their feet. It’s a great jump start for getting problem solving ideas floating around the room, as well as group [...]