The Sandstone Team Building Blog

There have been a few blogs now and although I’ve tried to avoid doing a real one (I said Happy Easter to everyone, but I’m not sure that counts!) I can’t get away with it any longer though. I’m someone who prefers to be in the background – the thought of standing up and running one of our events fills me with horror. This isn’t quite as bad…

Luckily here at Sandstone we have some wonderful facilitators who do enjoy leading events, so I’m spared that particular nightmare. I enjoy being one of the behind the scenes team. We prepare and mop up before and after each event. The teamwork involved is really quite amazing. Even for one of our smallest events there is much that needs to be done.

An example of this would be a recent Liberation event that was run for just a couple of teams. To ensure that the event ran smoothly there were a number of us working together to make this happen. The computer and printer for each team needed to be set up and thoroughly tested, plus a spare in case of problems on the day (rare though that is, it can happen and we’re always prepared). We printed and bound the booklets for every participant. We counted and checked the construction components along with some of the more specialist equipment. We called the venue to confirm that the conference room in use was correctly set up, the refreshments ordered and would be delivered when required. It all helps our team and the client on the day and we are pleased to do it.

Following the event everything is checked back in. We recycle as much as we can - printouts from Liberation are reused in the office for general printing before they are sent for recycling; booklets are unbound, new pages inserted and then the bulk is reused where practical.

There were three of us on this occasion but on much larger events our team grows. We each play our own role but it all comes together brilliantly and it’s all down to team work.

Barbara