OnTeamBuilding

In this episode we're learning from Al Leone. Al and Chris have been "Con-Friends" for years - only getting together once a year, traveling from different locations, to attend the National Challenge Course Practitioners Symposium in Boulder Colorado. Al has been been team building with a variety of different age groups for over 14 years. She shares with us her firm belief about team...

In this special Focused episode, Daniel and Chris talk about creativity - being creative, thinking about creativity and being open to creativity. Daniel is the author of, From Experience to Creativity: The Experiential Educators Incomplete Guide to Creativity and the creator of the Epic Cards: Tools for Teaching and Promoting Creativity . He tells us that he wanted to produce a resource to "d...

Dr. Amy Climer has been a team builder for over 24 years working with many different age groups. Currently, her post-doctorate focus has been helping teams be more creative - or be more, deliberatively creative. In this episode we find out about how she uses a Creative Problem Solving Process to program for her trainings and how many focused learnings she likes to provide in a day-long program. We...

In this episode, Phil shares one of his favorite versatile props and a super low-prop activity he's been using for over 12 years (one he brought with him from England). We talk about Maximizing Resources, Failing Forward, Preparing Participants for 'Struggle' ("The Struggle is Real"), Report-Out Fatigue, and the idea of using certain activities as a litmus test. Phil also...

Mariah Emond has a deep background in adventure therapy - using adventure-based activities and contexts to work towards positive change. Most of her work has been focused on helping youth navigate todays challenges. In this episode, Mariah talks to Dr. Cavert about how she was introduced to adventure methodologies and the book that helped her understand the power of adventure-based counseling - on...

Trevor Dunlap has been team building for well over 20 years. He is the Executive Director of Nuhop , a camp and retreat center that services all types of groups with many levels of abilities. Currently, he spends most of his team building hours working with corporate groups, but has a deep background with all ages. In this episode, Trevor talks about some 'high torque' activities (some h...

In this 'Focused Episode' Laurie and Chris talk about the important topic of community building during "social distancing" (what Laurie believes should be referred to as "physical distancing") and beyond, into the 'new' normal. Here are some vital questions and considerations (and concerns) explored during this episode: "We are pulling away right now......

Solomon Masala has been team building for over 30 years - working with groups of all ages. Recently he's been bringing his skills and energy into corporate groups, helping them learn and grow into their full potential. What others have said about his work, "transformational," "Insightful," "Inspirational," "Innovative," and "Refreshing." In th...

Dixie Reed is 5 years into team building, starting out as a static high course operator and now facilitating corporate groups. She tells us about how lucky she was with her introduction (on-boarding) into leading team building activities and how she is now able to help other team builders get started. We find out about the (noisy) Toy Pig and why it's her favorite prop for all populations, ho...

In this Part 2 episode of the OnTeamBuilding podcast, we're back with Dan Creely (40 years in and still going!). He tells us about a powerful book 'without words' (a team building favorite) that sparked a theme of adventure in someone's life. Dan also shares one of his biggest challenges - limited time - and how he views it "...it's part of the process, part of the fu...

Dan Creely is an early adopter of Adventure Education with over 40 years of team building experience and teaching team builders. He has directly educated over 30,000 people about the power and application of adventure ed. Dan was a co-founder of the T.E.A.M. Conference (Teachers of Experiential and Adventure Methodology) that was held for 25 years in Chicago to help area educators learn about and...

Kelli has been team building for over 30 years. In this episode we find out some of her favorite activities and why she has returned to using 'blindfolds' in order to explore concepts like vulnerability and communication. Kelli also shares how she uses the processing model What? So What? and Now What? (an extension of the basic model) and how she teaches her students to use 'anythin...

Josh Meyer (mt.adventure@gmail.com) has been team building for over 17 years. In this episode, he shares some of his favorite light-weight (and versatile) activity props and activity resources. We also find out about his favorite processing question he learned from Karl Rohnke related to 'failure.' Josh also shares about the importance of practicing reflection and team builder energy (ho...

This introduction, by Dr. Chris Cavert , details the content goals for this first season, the frequency of the episodes and the the interview content that will be discussed with team builders all over the world. Find out what's ahead in The OnTeamBuilding podcast. Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort...