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Out of the box strategies for bottom line results
Wilderness Survival
A Survivor Team Building Simulation for Corporate Retreats
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In this turbulent economy, no organization is immune from setbacks. Even companies that are doing well need to be on top of their game and prepared to respond effectively to changes in the marketplace.
Wilderness Survival will take you through a step by step "tune up" to enhance team performance and pull your strategy together.
Available Late April to Late October
We can offer this session at a country resort or lodge and incorporate canoeing, tubing, shelter construction, fire starter challenges, trail rides, and night hikes into your experience.
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Through this Survivor team building session, you and your team will:
- Fine-tune your marketing and sales strategy
- Identify new sources of business
- Forge stronger links between geographically dispersed teams
- Identify and eliminate communication barriers
- Break down silos
This 2 - 3 Day Survivor Team Building Session Includes:
- Participant Profiles and Learning Surveys
- Pre-session Team briefing package to get "buy in" from entire team
- Post Session Team Briefing Package
Please note: 1 day format is viable as a primarily recreational team building event. However, we can incorporate a short debriefing exercise and a keynote.
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Recreational Actitivities
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A range of recreational activities can be incorporated into this retreat:
- Orienteering with a Compass
- GPS Geocache Treasure Hunt
- Fire Starter Challenge
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Tubing (Available Elora)
- Zipline (Available Elora, Collingwood, or Algonquin Park)
- Treetop Walking (Collingwood - May to early November)
- Giant Corn Maize (Available July to Late October)
- Bon Fire
- Night Hike
- ...and much, much more
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COST EFFECTIVE OPTIONS
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If YOU really want to go for it or if you are working with a limited budget, your team can camp out overnight in tents and cook their meals over an open fire during all or part of this Survivor style Wilderness Survival experience. (If there are a couple of team members who don't want to go camping, we can find a reasonably priced bed and breakfast for them. Another cost effective option is available from April - June and in September and October. We can offer this Survivor team building simulation at picturesque ranch 45 minutes from Toronto and include trail rides on horseback and an outdoor barbeque without breaking your budget.
Please note, these cost effective locations are not licensed for the serving or consumption of alcohol.
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BOOK EARLY TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY
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Overview
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It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime - we hike (canoe or ride our horses) to the heart of the Canadian hinterland. A short course at the Wilderness Survival Academy to get us comfortable in this environment and a short familiarization trip and we’d be on our way.
But, we just couldn't resist going for it.
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What Happened
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A wild race, lots of laughs - and suddenly we’re separated from our guides and the rest of our party.
We've lost our money, our identification, our passports and our airline tickets. We have enough food to last for the rest of the day. All we have is our camping supplies, the clothes on our backs, our survival packs, and the one “luxury” item we managed to sneak into our gear. We’re alone in our teams, struggling to get back to civilization.
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We’re not too worried, our Native Canadian guides told us they’d send out a search party. In the meantime, we must come up with a plan. Our guides will help us implement it and get the word out. To get home, we have to raise money for our plane fare and to replace our supplies.
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The only way to survive is to take stock of our situation, figure out where we want to be, make our plans and take action! We toss around a few ideas while we construct makeshift shelters and start a bonfire to keep warm. We decide to get a good night’s sleep before we fully explore our options.
The next morning, we fish for our breakfast and cook it at our campfire. After breakfast, we begin to map our strategy using our Wilderness Survival Toolkit as a guide. We take a break and cool off in the river. We're making excellent progress by using tools like mind maps, storyboards, force field analysis, and flow charts. These are the elements of our plan:
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- Team Ground Rules
- Product Development
- Identifying New Market Niches
- Marketing & Sales Strategy
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- Project Management & Planning
- Planning a New Facility
- Sources of Capital
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Other Survivor Team Building Simulations |
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We pause, hunt for a bear and start a fire to cook it for lunch. Then we fine-tune our strategy and await rescue. After we are rescued, we reflect on how we can use our new toolkit to tackle real world business challenges. Our guide takes us through a number of business exercises to help us make the transition apply what we have learned when we return to work.
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Our payment terms are 50% at the time of booking and the balance 1 calendar month prior to the session.
Events and sessions booked less than 1 calendar month in advance must be paid in full at the time of booking. There will be a 10% late booking surcharge due to the compressed timeframe for logistics. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To describe your requirements and find out how we can help you achieve your objectives, please submit the Booking Request Form that you can access through the Book Services tabs or links.
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The
Rules of Survivor
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The
goal of the game is to survive. The game begins when 2 teams
of strangers are left in a rough terrain. There is no opportunity
for planning before the game begins. Both teams scramble to
gather whatever supplies they can grab. They trek across rugged
terrain in search of their campsite. Exhausted, hungry and
in the middle of no where, they work together to construct
some make shift dwellings, get a fire going (without matches)
and figure out what they're going to eat.
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Official Survivor Web Site
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The inevitable jockeying for position and politicking
begins almost immediately. The teams compete in a series of
survival challenges. The winning team gets a valuable prize
and the immunity idol. The loser must vote for one of their
members to leave the island. This continues for about 40 days.
At the end of the game, the last survivor wins $1,000,000.
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