T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves More… One of the best ways to get a team of people working together is to ad “a bit of adventure” and a “natural environment” into the mix. Every group has a different “plan for success” … regardless of the team or individuals' desire, capacity or propensity to have a go and take a risk, we can design a package to meet the needs of your organization. Packages can include a wide range of activities, like the Teambuilding Ropes Course, Whitewater Rafting, Horseback Riding, Mountain Biking, Caving, Sailing, Water-skiing, Rock-Climbing, Team Golf competitions for Corporate Retreats, Family Re-Unions, Association Conferences, At-Risk youth programs and Athletic Teambuilding programs…

Each and every activity is designed for individual and group participation regardless of age, physical limitation and ability level. Adventure education also promotes calculated risk-taking, enhances leadership and management skills, facilities organizational change, and builds effective teams.

All activities, including the Ropes Course are non-competitive in nature and based on a Challenge By Choice philosophy. All activities are voluntary. The decision to participate empowers people to perform to their potential freely and without pressure.

Athletic Teams UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, JR HIGH, MIDDLE   SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY             SCHOOLS, SPORT PROGRAMS,  COACH TRAININGS

Every TEAM can enhance their bond and success strategies through enhanced team-building, team-work, team-bonding activities. T.E.A.M. stands for “Together EVERYONE Achieves More and every team benefits from “achieving more”. Each team needs to have a common goal, vision, mission and purpose. Weather sitting on the bench or being the top performer and everywhere in between, every participant will benefit from participating in an experiential program to increase team success.

Challenge Courses, Low and High Ropes courses, Vision-Mission-Purpose workshops and initiative games and activities designed to empower the WHOLE TEAM will guarantee more cohesive play and success.

Call us today and we will custom design an Empowerment Program that will cooperate with your athletic trainings.

Corporations Every business succeeds more when ALL of the team is a T.E.A.M. In the corporate environment, ranging from small business’ to major corporations … all will benefit from a focused Empowerment Program.

Ropes Courses will build trust and camaraderie

Mission – Vision – Purpose workshops will anchor a sense of direction

Communication seminars will help the team to work together

The LEADERS EDGE program will train leaders to more Personal Power

For more information on the Ropes Course, Mission-Vision-Purpose workshops, Communication seminars and the Leaders Edge program, click here

Groups, Organizations & Associations Large or Small … Cause-Driven, For-Profit or Not-for-Profit … MLM or traditional, every Organization and Association will benefit by engaging into a Teambuilding Retreat. Although in a more “cooperative” model of doing business, all groups, organizations and associations will become more connected and work more efficiently as a team.

What is a Ropes Challenge Course? The Ropes Challenge Course is one of the most effective ways to unite, bond and empower groups, teams, families, at-risk youth and corporations. A Teambuilding ~ Ropes Course is a series of outdoor team building activities that challenge your team members to work very effectively together.

Modeled under “Experiential Education” and “Adventure Empowerment”, Ropes Courses are designed and engineered to physically, emotionally and mentally challenge the individual and group. Activities traditionally known to Wilderness and Adventure enthusiasts, the Ropes Challenge Courses are proving convenient access to adventure-type activities with a learning emphasis within urban environments.

Teambuilding Ropes Courses invite “Intentional groups” to “choose in” for an experience-based learning retreat. All programs are “custom-designed” to meet each groups goals and are set up as Half-Day programs to Multi- Day retreats. Every activity is set up as “Challenge by Choice” in a series of activities which increase in difficulty and focus in cooperation with the “Team Goal” and participants' physical and intellectual capabilities.

Who could benefit from a Ropes Challenge Course experience?

• Corporations ~ Organizations ~ Associations ~ Small Companies

• CEOs, Executives, Administrators

• Sales and Marketing Teams

• Leadership and Management Teams

• Work Departments ~ Factory Supervisors ~ Office Staff

• Youth Groups

• Church groups ~ Sport Groups ~ Birthday Parties

• Athletic Teams

• Professional Sport Teams

• Collegiate Sport Teams

• High-School and Middle-Jr. High Teams

• Coach Trainings

• Families

• Family Reunions

• Family, Mother - Father – Son – Daughter Retreats

• At-Risk Youth

• Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs

• Empowerment Programs and Camps

• Sexual Abuse and Awareness Programs

• Teambuilding for Residential and Boarding School programs

So … Tell me more There are two types of activities are involved in the Ropes Challenge Course … all involving trust and support. Initially we will facilitate Strategic Games – Low Ropes Initiatives that are done at ground level and then gradually “step up” to the High Element activities that range from 3 feet to 50+ feet above the ground. All activities have a purpose and goal behind the lesson. Some may be designed for bonding, trusting, creative thinking and problem solving.

From A Learning Perspective Our provocative ropes course and team building programs are very effective tools for impacting your people’s leadership and team skills. Your people will develop a greater understanding and appreciation of their performance strengths and limitations.

Issues of group norms, change, conflict management, decision-making, risk taking and planning can be addressed through these activity-based workplace team building simulations.

From A Fun Perspective Your participants will have a blast on our both our high ropes and low ropes courses. They will get to know each other deeper and faster that any other experience can offer. They will walk away motivated and realizing their ability to accomplish things they never thought possible.

 

Custom – Designed Programs Programs can be designed to meet any of a variety of needs, from training and developmental, to motivation, bonding and positive risk-taking for healthy living.

 

Each program is designed to support your goals…therefore we do not have “pre-designed” programs. Each group is different and each environment needs special attention. We will interview you, evaluate your goals and design a program that will empower your group to more success.

 

On-site Training  If you prefer, we can also bring our mobile training course to you … your campus, your area, your program or your corporate office. A normal experience on the teambuilding course will begin with field initiatives, and progress through 3 - 6 physical challenges on the course to be accomplished by group interaction. We can create the experience you need.

 

Additional Adventures and Teambuilding Activities

• White – Water River Trips

• Mountain Biking

• Rock Climbing

• Corporate Campouts

• Caving

• Hot Air Ballooning

• Hiking and Hot Springs

Team Games & Activities

• Team Olympics

• Scavenger Hunts

• Human Foosball

• Game Shows

• 4-way Volleyball

• Climbing Towers Walls

• Paintball Games

• Inflatables

• Orienteering

Fees Since each program is custom designed and facilitated … the costs vary with the size of the team and other amenities requested by the client.

 

A specific fee proposal will be provided upon request. Contact ALIVE adventures for a personal consultation.

 

Theory behind Ropes Challenge Courses The underlying psychological and educational assumption behind Ropes Challenge Courses is that if a person is supported to move out of his/her comfort zone, and has a successful experience, then powerful conditions exist for positive change. This is a "development-by-

 

Research on Ropes Challenge Courses Currently, the best research reference with regard to the efficacy of ropes courses for effecting psychosocial change is the meta-analysis by Camille Bunting and John Donley, a poster presented at the Bradford Woods Research Symposium (2002). Unfortunately, the study remains unpublished.

 

Here's a summary of their study Bunting and Donley (2002) compiled the findings of 15 empirical studies of the effects of ropes challenge course programs and found a moderate positive on self and team development (d = .55). This is an impressive effect size (compared with the average effect size of .3 to .4 for other outdoor education research), however the sample of studies is limited. Nevertheless, it represents a significant forward in developing a scientific understanding of the impacts and potential of Ropes Challenge Course programming for enhancing self-perceptions and team functioning.

 

Note: To date, the organization, dissemination and communication of research findings about the educational and psychological effects of ropes challenge courses has been limited. This is partly due to the relatively recent development of ropes courses and the rapid changes in the industry with regard to engineering, construction, curriculum, instruction, training, professionalism, etc. As these issues are gradually worked through, there is increasing attention being paid to the educational and psychological aspects of ropes challenge courses.

 

References Bunting, C. J., & Donley, J. P. (2002). Ten Years of Challenge Course Research: A Review of Affective Outcome Studies. Poster presented at the 6th Coalition for the Education in the Outdoors Research Symposium, January 11-13, Bradford Woods, IN.