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Connective
Summary of Your Needs & Logistics:
Contact: Mandy Nider
Date(s): Monday April 29th and May 21st, 2024
Location: Loon Lake Lodge & Retreat Centre in Maple Ridge, BC
Timing: 2 separate one-day events: 9am-5pm each day
Number of Participants: 10 staff participants: average health and fitness abilities, some more competitive than others.
Summary of Invitation, Context & Objectives: Mandy Nider from Connective (formerly John Howard Society) has invited Jonathan and Pinnacle Pursuits to work with the 20 staff from two Connective residential group homes team for two one-day retreat days at Loon Lake
Retreat Logistics: These are sequential one day events, that we are proposing to make progressive . The Loon Lake booking is from approx. 9-5pm each day. Exact indoor workshop location space TBD.
The Group & People: There are 20 staff from two residential group homes, including 2 staff managers (one form each home). They include full-time and part-time staff. People are relatively happy, healthy and fit, know each other well, work well together, and get along.
Hopes and Goals for this Experience: Overall, the hope is to have a meaningful and memorable two days of programs. Focus is about building relationships, getting to know one another on a more diverse and deeper level, strengthening identity and connection with organizational values and behaviours, trust-building and fun! Weaving in stronger leadership, clear communication and team dynamics with learning about and respecting differences in leadership personalities, to then transfer back into the workplace in a good healthy manner, would be ideal.
Previous events have included: Professionally facilitated/led offsite programs or retreats have not been done in the past, however it is a hope going forward that the whole organization will undertake personal and professional development and training like this on an regular/annual basis.
Proposed Program for this year:
Based on our recent phone call, planning is just at the beginning stages at this point with exact agenda content and activities still TBD. For now, this is an initial proposal for two full days of experiential training and development.
Program Options: As discussed, we are including two days that are progressive and sequential so that we can build on the two experiences together. Mornings will include icebreaker and connection activities along with personal/group development workshops focused on fun Group Connection & Creative Leadership / Personality Styles, Emotional Intelligence or Communication; followed by one or two adventurous afternoon outdoor activity(ies) that may include the Low Ropes Course, Raft-building, Archery, Woodland Orienteering Adventure Race (Scavenger-hunt style), a competitive Team Spirit Challenge, or the High Ropes Course. *We have outlined two agendas/proposals with differing respective costs as discussed.
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Team Spirit Challenge
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A series of various adventure-based experiences and options from which participants can choose (ie. canoeing, raft-building, archery, low ropes and high ropes, rock climbing) that will help get people out of the board room and make any meeting or conference refreshing, interactive and fun! Located at one of our partner 'Adventure-Centre': Loon Lake Lodge & Retreat Centre, Maple Ridge.
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