Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Super Australian Super

Perhaps the impressive performance by the 100 plus Australian Super delegates was inspired by guest speakers Tammy Van Wisse and John Bertrand? The group's ability to demonstrate positive team behaviours during the Project Apricot business game was super. The activity required 14 teams to collaborate within and across teams whilst dealing with the multi dimensional aspects of the exercise. Another highlight was the appearance of the laid back billionaire Wayne Kerr via his own private satellite.

SMS shines at Olympic Opening Night

 The opening night of the Beijing Olympics coincided with the opening night of the SMS conference at the Sebel Heritage in Wonga Park. All 12 teams participating were acronyms of SMS and the night was finally won by the Sip More Shiraz team slightly ahead of the Sexy Middle-aged Spunkrats. Whilst Big Mike was away in Queensland, the event was hosted by Mike's brother Dave. It was an action packed, fun and highly memorable night and I heard that the Olympics Opening Ceremony was good too.

Bendigo Blast in Brisbane

The Brisbane Novotel was the venue for the Bendigo Bank Queensland Conference. More than 120 bankers were involved in the Trivia Extravaganza. The night comprised 6 rounds of music, movies, questions, singing and dancing. The Kung Fu Panda team were very cute but not very competitive and finished in last place. Meanwhile the Rocky Balboa team and the Sex Pistols fought a close battle all night with the Rocky team achieving the fairytale win by the smallest possible margin. Dancing and partying continued well into the night and a great night was had by all. 

August Team Building Highlights

A fantastic and fun movie making session was conducted with the Academy from National Australia Bank at the Rydges Backlot. Seven teams made short films each with their own nominated genre. We had less than three hours to edit the films before presenting them at the film festival. The People's Choice Award was won by the brilliant documentary Cow With Gun.