Corporate Explorer Training

Keep Your Team Afloat!

This popular learning program is an active and engaging learning event where participants divide into teams and then have the opportunity to build a real boat constructed from cardboard and packing tape. This boat will be built and then evaluated in a number of areas including presentation, design, marketing, team cohesiveness and finally, functionality..

This means that each team will be putting at least one member into the boat to compete on the water in a navigational challenge. Winning the boat race will not guarantee the overall win, but it will be a big factor.

Among the various stages of the challenge, we will review and practice concepts like:

It was a great event and everyone had an awesome time and enjoyed themselves thoroughly! They loved the boat challenge and each aspect of it was very carefully thought out.  You guys were fantastic with energy and made the learning experience different and fun. - Jennifer Cho - APEG, BC

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During the course of the event, teams will have to deal with several curve balls that are not uncommon in the real world, new requirements, staff changes, etc. As this is at the core a business simulation, real elements of actual business will be built into the program.

At each stage teams will have the opportunity to change roles so that everyone in the group has a chance to be project lead. At the end of the building process, teams will put together a group presentation that will highlight their accomplishments and ‘sell’ their boat to the client.

After that, the fun and paddling begins in earnest. Parading a bunch of fantastic cardboard boats into a pool or body of water WILL be exciting. Photos and videos of the teams and their subsequent 'races' will ensure that the glory of the event is remembered.

Following the racing, there will be a facilitated debriefing session where the events will be dissected according to the concepts that were learned. This review will be invaluable to knowledge retention later. Participants will also have the chance to share what they observed and learned.

Finally, there will be an awards presentation where each team will be recognized for some outstanding element of their project. Of course, the coveted Cardboard Shipwright Contract will also be given to the winning team. Depending on location and available resources, this would also be a time where a very popular slideshow featuring participants from each team and the subsequent contest would be shown.

This is a very popular fun event - and one where the take-away lessons will benefit your business for a long time into the future.

Contact us today to explore how this event could be conducted for your people. We can adapt it to many unique locations. If no water is present, consider Corporate Explorer Training's Eagle Glider Construction Challenge as it is similar in nature - just without the water requirement!

From a happy FullTilt Cardboard Boat Building client:

"I think what was pretty unique about this event and a huge plus for us was that it allowed people of various abilities, athleticism, and energy levels to all participate. We've had events in the past that were hugely enegry packed and had people running all over the place (geo-caching) and it was intimidating for those who were less able to compete to jump on in. And so we scaled back and had teambuilding events that were much mellower, but then our energy/competitive people were bummed out. But I think with this particular event we struck a good balance in that the competion was there, the fun was there, but at any point an individual could pull themselves back a bit and not over-exert or exceed their comfort level. Had rave reviews from the employees that it was soo cool and so much fun." S. Maloney