The Perfect Venue for Team Building

Here is my wish list for the perfect team building venue:

1. Plenty of space for outdoor activities
2. An undercover area if the weather turns nasty
3. Good vehicle access with free parking
4. High quality audio visual equipment built into each conference room
5. Pleasant, friendly, professional onsite staff
6. Some shady trees with an impressive view
7. At least one private dining room for evening events
8. Dining rooms must be soundproof so that other diners are not impacted by groups having a good time
9. Onsite accommodation
10. An appropriate level of security so that valuables left in the conference room are safe.

If you are looking for the perfect venue for your next conference, please check out our favourite venues: http://www.acetraining.com.au/contact_venue.php

Team Building Trends

I have been involved in the corporate team building industry since1996 and during that time there have been a significant number of trends and changes.

• Offsite retreats tend to happen less frequently. Instead of a yearly corporate retreat, it now seems more common to have a conference every two or three years.
• The length of conferences has decreased. The most popular conference is now a two day/one night conference. In the past, it was much more common to have two, three or four day conferences.
• The number of conference delegates is increasing. So whilst companies are having less conferences, for shorter lengths of time, there seems to have more people attending.
• Travel has become more common. We now conduct more interstate programs than ever before. 

In conclusion: 
Conferences are now shorter, less frequent but with more people in more widespread locations.

ACE Website Updated

ACE Website has been updated

We are constantly trying to improve the quality and readability of the ACE website. We have listened to your suggestions and made the icons bigger. We have added some new headings, sections and pages. Check it out and let us know what you think. Here is the link www.acetraining.com.au

ACE New Activities

There have been some nice new sessions just added to the ACE website. For conference based team development, you might consider the High Performance Teams (HPT) session. If you are interested in an evening event with a difference you might like to think about the Dream Team After Dark session. Or if you are staying offsite at a conference venue, you might like to do the ACECAR rally session. Updates can be seen at www.acetraining.com.au

Quality Business Publication

I am very impressed with the quality of the magazine called Australian Business Solutions http://absmagazine.com.au/ which claims to be Australia's premier business publication. It is definitely worth a look or you could consider subscribing.

In this month's issue there are lots of excellent articles including an interesting article about the benefits of offsite team building (that I wrote).

ACE is Spreading its Wings

The ACE push for world domination is progressing with a couple of new webpages for Sydney
http://www.acetraining.com.au/team_building_sydney.php
and Brisbane
http://www.acetraining.com.au/team_building_brisbane.php

For the next few months we will be running interstate programs for the Melbourne office, then in 2013, we hope to have some new offices in Sydney and Brisbane. More information to come.

Can you franchise team building?

I am often asked about whether ACE has franchises interstate. The answer has always been 'no but we are happy to travel.' Well after extensive travelling over the last few months, I have been exploring the possibility of an ACE franchise in each Australian state. I even employed a company to conduct a feasibility study. The results strongly suggested that the ACE team building brand has a huge scope for a franchise. More information in the coming weeks and months. If you are interested or would like more information, drop me a line or check out www.acetraining.com.au