Available Mid-January - Mid-March

Survivor Team Building for Executive Retreats in Toronto (Canada)

A Winter Team Building Retreat to Fine-tune
Your Sales, Marketing & Corporate Strategy

Business Team Building Retreat in Toronto

• Boost morale and inspire team performance.
• Fine-tune your marketing, sales and corporate strategy.
• Help your team "ramp up" for the challenges of a rapidly changing environment.
• Generate strategies to help your organization succeed even during turbulent times.

We help organizations succeed even during turbulent times

Arctic Survival: Stranded in Snow Country is a Survivor team building simulation for executive retreats. This team building simulation will enhance team and organizational performance through a proven process. We draw parallels between the arctic exploration theme and exploring uncharted territory in the business world.

A variety of business exercises and recreational activities will introduce you and your team to strategies and a toolkit that you can use on an on-going basis to improve processes and fine-tune your corporate, marketing and sales strategy.

Nobody gets voted off!

For other business simulations available in Canada and globally,
please also see "International Team Building" (on the side menu).

Foreign executives. Come to Canada. The value of our currency vis-a-vis the US dollar is in your favour. Stretch your team building budget. Experience winter for the first time through this unique Survivor style Simulation for Executive Retreats.

Venue For Exclusive Use by Small Executive Teams

• Business Facilitation
• Outdoor Facilitation
• 3 Meals and 2 Coffee Breaks Daily
• Main Meeting Space
• Stunning Waterfront View
• Hiking Trails Access
• Transportation can be arranged at extra charge

Outline

• Benefits
• Highlights
• Business & Brainstorming Tools
• What we Offer

  What We Don't Offer

• Activities Included
• Agenda
• Luxury 1 Day Team Get-Aways

"I believe mixing the different levels of employees was critical to the success of the activities and projects. All energizers and immunity challenges were excellent. I plan to encourage my staff to more freely. The mind maps encourage equal participation from all."

Chris Goodwin, Store Manager, Mister Safety Shoes

Anne Thornley-Brown, our owner, was interviewed on CBC Radio 1's "The House" on the Saturday, December 6, 2008 broadcast.

If you missed it, you can listen to the podcast. You can hear Anne around the 30:00 remark, right after Harper's comments about trust building :

How Team Building Can Help the House of Commons Resolve its Crisis

Important: To offer this team building retreat with the name Survivor and include elements from the show, we will have to collect royalty charges from you and pass them on to CBS, Disney or Touchstone depending on your location.

For Serious Inquiries Only

We would be pleased to handle your inquiry, check availability of dates and venues and send a proposal if:

• a budget has been allocated
• you are certain about your numbers
• you are DEFINITELY ready to select and book a service provider within 5 business days of receiving our quote

We require a US$500 deposit before any hotels or other venues are contacted on your behalf. [Why?] This will be deducted from your final invoice if you book your team building retreat with us.

Review Terms & Conditions Before Requesting Quote

Request Quote by E-mail or On-Line Form

If you are not ready to select a supplier and make a booking, we'll be pleased to give you a rough idea of pricing and options but please use:

Contacts For Preliminary Inquiries

Benefits

Click here for full overview of the benefits of and our approach
to Survivor Team Building for Executive Retreats.

Highlights

Available:

Group Size:

Mid-January to Mid-March

10 - 60+
(Optimal = 12 - 40)

Time Required:

Locations:

Skills/Competencies:

3 FULL Days/2 Nights
(Beginning After Lunch on Day 1)

Canada (Ontario: Toronto, The Muskokas, Haliburton, Huntsville, Quebec: Mont Tremblant), USA (Alaska), Japan

• Marketing Skills
• Change Management
• Tolerance of Ambiguity
• Risk Taking
• Creativity
• Brainstorming
• Out of the Box Thinking

Programme Details

Please contact us and let us check availability
before you lock in your dates.

Dog Sledding sells out early in the season.

Book Early to Avoid Disappointment.

Request Quote by E-mail or On-Line Form

Upgrades Available

We can upgrade this team building retreat by:

• transporting you and your team to the resort by helicopter, private plane or limousine
• adding spa treatments to your itinerary
• including a gourmet cooking challenge
• arranging celebrity appearances by Survivor cast members
• customized recorded introduction by Survivor host
• obtaining official Survivor apparel and memorabilia

Similar Programmes

Wilderness Survival: Survivor Team Building
is available in Canada from May to November.

We are based in Toronto, Canada. We regularly travel to other parts of Canada to deliver team building retreats.

We require 1 night's accommodation prior to your retreat so that we can finalize all logistics with the venue and set-up for your arrival. If we are driving to destinations more than 2 hours from Toronto, we require transportation or an additional night of accommodation after your retreat is over so that we can avoid night and winter driving after a full day of facilitation.

Business & Brainstorming Tools

• Corporate Landscape Analyzer
• Storyboards
• Priority Grids

• Force Field Analysis
• Mind Maps
• Flow Charts
  (Not reviewed)

If your team is already familiar with these tools and using them on a regular basis, we can substitute with other tools. Alternatively, we can make the team building exercises process focused rather than tool focused. This will involve additional costs as we will require one observer/assistant facilitator per team to observe and provide feedback about group dynamics during team challenges.

"Thank you Anne for keeping me motivated throughout the conference. I will use the tools (e.g. mind maps, force field analysis, storyboards, flow charts). as everyday problem solving techniques."

Celeste Thompson, Store Manager, Mister Safety Shoes

Activities Included in Arctic Survival: Survivor Team Building Simulation

• Business facilitation
• Snow Shoeing Relay
• Day or Night Snowshoe Treks
• Orienteering with a Compass
• GPS Geocache Treasure Hunt
• Fire Starter Challenge
  
  
  1. Firestarter Intro. Videoclip
  2. Starting the Fire Videoclip
  3. Arctic Survival Interview Videoclip
     
     
• Cooking Challenge (Bannock on a Stick)

• Bon Fire with Marshmallows, S'Mores and Hot Chocolate
• Broomball or Hockey (Used to Teach Force Field Analysis)
  1. Broomball Intro. Interview Videoclip
  2. Broomball Action Videoclip
  3. More Broomball Action Videoclip
  4. Broomball - Team Spirit Videoclip

To ensure your safety and produce optimal results, we discourage the use of alcohol during our executive retreats, particularly prior to activities that require physical exertion. For rugged activities that require a high level of alertness, we reserve the right to refuse participation to any individual who is intoxicated.

            During your arctic survival winter team building simulation in Canada, we can also offer:

• Dog Sledding
• Cross Country Skiing
• Ice Climbing
• Snowmobiling

• Quinzhee (Quincy) Building
  Those who dare You can even sleep for a night in this snow shelter that is similar to an igloo

What we Offer

We are an executive consulting firm with expertise
in the design and facilitation of business simulations.

We bundle our expert business facilitation with recreational activities and team challenges flawlessly executed in collaboration with our global network of local alliance partners. We provide the business facilitation and event planning services. Our alliance partners provide the recreation, transfers, and ground logistics based on our specifications.

You can select from:

• a team building simulation or executive retreat
• a customized package bundling our expert team building facilitation with hotel, meeting space, transportation, recreational activities, a reception, themed dinner, and entertainment.

Agenda

Day 1

Check In

11:00 Team Leader Briefing

Lunch in Tribes

CEO/Executive Presentation

2:00 Team Briefing

• Introductions
• Orientation
• Luxury Item Inventory
• Team Names with Mind Maps

Arctic Survival Academy
including Safety Guidelines

Immunity Challenge:

• Arctic Survival Case

3:30 Break

3:45 Immunity Challenge Options:

• Snow Shoe Relay
  
• Quinzhee Construction Challenge (Part 1)
  or Makeshift Shelter Construction
• Quinzhee Decorating Challenge (Indoor)

5:30 Dinner

6:00 Product/Target Market Selection with Mind Maps [View Videoclip]

6:30 Marketing Strategy with Marketing Grid

7:30 Immunity Challenge Options

• Quinzhee Construction Challenge (Part 2)
• Snow Shoe Trek
• Quinzhee Construction Case (Indoor)

9:00 Bonfire with S’mores and Hot Chocolate

Day 2

Breakfast in Teams

8:00 Broomball or Hockey

8:30 Feasibility Analysis with Force Fields

9:15 TV Commercials with Storyboards

10:15 Break

10:30 Immunity Challenges

• GPS Bear Hunt Simulation on Show Shoes - Omit if Dog Sledding Scheduled
• Fire Starter Challenge

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Debriefing

• Preparation
• Debriefing Panel

2:00 Re-configure teams and Assign Business Issues

2:15 Executive Think Tank:

• Business Issue Analysis with Simulation Tools
• Think Tanks: Opportunity to Brainstorm and Get Input for Specific Real World Business Challenges

2:30 The Rescue via Dog Sled or

3:30 Presentation Development

Free Time

7:30 Reception with Tropical Theme

Dinner

Musical Show/Improv or Casino

Day 3

• Debriefing
• Re-configure Teams
• Business Issue Analysis with Simulation Tools
• Mini- Presentations Development

• Mini-Presentations & Discussion
• Lunch
• Other Agenda Items