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Executive Oasis International is a Toronto based team building and consulting firm that helps rapidly changing companies survive, thrive, and grow even in the midst of turbulence.
During 18 tours of Asia. We have delivered workshops and team building to over 2,000 executives, managers, and professionals.
Our President has blogged regularly for The Huffington Post, Plan Your Meetings by MPI, Event Manager Blog, Meetings.net, EventMobi, Cvent, Event Coup, Elite Meetings, and more.
We specialize in bespoke face-to-face and virtual team building and executive retreats, custom-crafted to achieve your organization’s specific objectives.
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Fast Fun Facts
- Owned by Anne Thornley-Brown, MSW, MBA – Bio
- Expertise: We facilitate executive retreats, team building, and meetings to help rapidly changing organizations survive, thrive, and grow even in the midst of turbulence.
- Services: Our Services at a Glance
- Reach: We have have worked with companies from 18 countries.
During 18 tours of Asia. We have delivered workshops and team building to over 2,000 executives, managers, and professionals.
Our President has blogged regularly for The Huffington Post, Plan Your Meetings by MPI, Event Manager Blog, Meetings.net, EventMobi, Cvent, Event Coup, Elite Meetings, and more.
Our Services
About Our President
Anne Thornley-Brown, President
Team Building Facilitator, Keynote Speaker, Actress, & Writer
Anne Thornley-Brown, our founder, has shaped the vision for Anne has shaped the vision for Executive Oasis International and it’s sister company, The Training Oasis Inc.
Anne has an M.B.A. from York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada.
She has had the pleasure of travelling to 14 countries to serve corporate clients from 19 countries.
You may have seen Anne on the Netflix series Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker staring Octavia Spencer and Blair Underwood.
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Where to Find us on Social Media
Executive Oasis International has an active and robust social media presence. Our President has managed a number of virtual communities.
LinkedIn: Anne Thornley-Brown
- Group Owner: International Team Building Network for Executives,
Members from 30+ countries - Group Manager: Event Planning & Management Group, Grew from 4,000 members in 2008 to 350,000+ members in 2017
- Group Owner: B2B Bloggers Network
Instagram: Executive Oasis International
Twitter: Executive Oasis International
Facebook: Executive Oasis International
- Group Owner: B2B Bloggers Network
Given the market uncertainties, companies relying on conventional wisdom may discover that the world they knew and want to recreate is no longer there…the way in which leaders created plans and playbooks in the past may no longer be relevant…
Anne Thornley-Brown, President
Executive Oasis International
HuffPost
What our Clients Say About Us
Why an Oasis
Often, when people think of a desert, they picture a flat and sandy terrain that stretches for miles. Deserts are actually rugged environments with towering sand dunes, desert storms, extreme hot and cold temperatures. Jeeps race up and down desert sand dunes in roller coaster fashion. If they don’t, it’s easy to get stuck and end up spinning your wheels. In the desert, one can travel for miles upon miles without seeing any sign of growth.
This is a perfect description of the business environment since 2001. Wide fluctuations in corporate and stock market performance, the increasingly tough environment in which to grow business, and the sweeping effects of political upheavals, terror attacks, flooding, tsunamis, H1N1, SARS, 9/11, and other cataclysmic events have their parallel in the desert storms. The pace of change has accelerated. Organizations have to move at break neck speed to stay ahead of the competition.
Our History
1996: Launch The Training Oasis, Inc., a consulting firm specialing in accelerated learning, experiential learning, and instructional design.
2000: International First programmes delivered in Malaysia, Singapore, and India.
2003: International First programme delivered in Thailand.
2003: Executive Oasis International brand created for executive team building.
2006: International First executive retreats delivered in Dubai.
2007: International Delivered first programmes in the Caribbean.
2007: Blogs Executive Oasis International launched its 2 official blogs.
2011: Our President and founder started blogging for Cvent, 5 times a week.
Where You May Have Seen us - Major Publications
- Meet The Woman Who Reinvented Herself And Expanded Her Brand Into 18 Countries Forbes Magazine, August 2017
- Corporate Team-Building Activities: The Good, the Bad and the Really Ugly U.S. News & World Report, September, 2014
- When hitting targets means hitting the beach – and a nail head Globe & Mail, May, 2010
- During Tough Times, Smart Firms Retreat, National Post Archive
- Make work fun: Corporate retreat, Canadian Business Magazine
Where You May Have Seen us - Publications
- Teaming for Success: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Team Building Smart Meetings, 2018
- Why event post mortems matter and how to do them right Ignite Magazine
- How to Plan a Successful Executive Retreat Successful Meetings Magazine, August, 2016
- 5 Steps to Create a Better Executive Retreat Successful Meetings Magazine, August, 2016
- Ideas to Help Keep Tempers Cool at Meetings Smart Meetings Magazine, March, 2015
- Corporate Team-Building Events: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly Huffington Post UK, April, 2014
- Team building, le agenzie devono ripensare i propri concept per gestire le sfide del mercato, January, 2014
- Middle East: Rules of Engagement, International Meetings Review, May, 2013
- Extreme Team Building, ASME, December 2012
- Team Building 2.0, Global Forum, Drug Information Association, June, 2011, page 86
Where You May Have Seen us - Publications
- Executive Survivor – Jungle Retreats in Malaysia, Incentive Spotlight, MICE Now, China Economic Review, 2011 (In English & Mandarin)
- Optimal Business Teams 1.0: A Beginning Blueprint, Global Forum, Drug Information Association, April, 2011, page 69
- Corporate Event Ideas to Deliver Expensive Contracts Canadian Business Review, September, 2010
- Executive Retreats Move Your Company in the Right Direction Smart Meetings Magazine, May, 2010
- Should Companies Cancel Incentive Travel During a Recession? Incentive Magazine, March, 2009
- “All for One and One for All” Biz Bash To. Guide to Meetings September/October, 2006, Page 30
- How the Other Half Meets: Planning Special Events for Fortune 1000 Firms
- Corporate Retreats Event Solutions Magazine (.PDF File)
- Step Away From the Fish Eyes
10 Tips for Planning Retreats Abroad Web Extra, Event Solutions Magazine - The Race is On: Team building exercises draw from reality TV for inspiration Contact Magazine, Canadian Professional Sales Association
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