| It had not just been since the start of the recession | | | | exact match for clients' learning and development |
| that organisations have required value for money | | | | requirements. |
| from their training interventions. Many firms have a | | | | Outdoor teambuilding firms can offer all the 'whistles |
| history of stopping training or at least reducing the | | | | and bells' of visually exciting and challenging activities |
| investment they make into their own staff during | | | | when they are required, but the focus must always |
| financially difficult trading periods. However some | | | | be on delivering the right learning experiences and |
| firms are the exception, feeling that during the tough | | | | training sessions to ensure the learning and |
| times, they need to ensure their staff are operating | | | | development objectives are fully met for the best |
| together as well as they can. This is combined with a | | | | price possible. Team event firms combine this with |
| need to demonstrate they are investing in their | | | | ensuring programs costs are tightly controlled, |
| teams and do value their staff, even though they | | | | establishing great relationships with suppliers and |
| are not in a position to offer bonuses or other | | | | keeping profit margins at modest levels. Some |
| financial rewards. | | | | training firms are also providing financially transparent |
| Teambuilding programs and team building events are | | | | program proposals to current and prospective clients |
| seen as a valuable and effective means to invest in | | | | so they can fully understand the costs involved and |
| staff teams. Whilst offering value for money; team | | | | play a role in ensuring they receive value for money. |
| events and teambuilding training interventions work | | | | In order to ensure outdoor team building programs |
| towards achieving learning and development needs of | | | | are effective and do meet the training objectives |
| firms as well as provide effective morale boosting | | | | set, some outdoor activity days include additional |
| events. | | | | services at no extra cost. These effectively help to |
| In order to achieve this, companies are requiring | | | | establish that training firms are confident the services |
| more proof that the training and events they are | | | | they offer do provide excellent value for money and |
| investing in, and in particular the teambuilding they | | | | the training interventions will achieve everything that |
| purchase, does represent good value for money. | | | | is required of them. A key service includes organising |
| In order to satisfy this justly growing need, Outdoor | | | | pre program meetings with the teams attending |
| Event organisers and team building providers using | | | | programs to ensure they are fully prepared and |
| experiential learning are producing team building | | | | aware of the training event. In addition to this post |
| events and team development programs on very | | | | program evaluation, follow up sessions with key |
| tight budgets. Working alongside clients, they are | | | | stakeholders should be offered to check the work |
| spending more time establishing the exact needs of | | | | and offer assistance to the teams if any other issues |
| teams to ensure the training products offered are an | | | | have developed since the team event. |