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ISSUE 685 - June 28, 2017 |
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8 Fun at Work Summer Ideas |
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Summer is finally here for the NHers! (Northern Hemisphere-inians), so here are 8 summery ideas to add a little fun to your workplace and life this summer.
1. Take a team field trip through a local city park, zoo or interesting outdoor location. Make it a team building event, inspirational break, or a creative treasure hunt where you use the field trip to spark innovative ideas you can take back to work.
2. Set up an ice cream sundae bar for Friday lunch hours or Friday afternoons.
3. Have teams sell lemonade to raise money for charity or your social fund. Turn it into a contest to see who can raise the most money.
4. Practice "Fishbowl Fridays" all summer: Everyone's name goes into a fishbowl, draw one name each week to see who gets released one hour early on Friday afternoons.
5. Hold a weekly "summer vacation memories" lunch where people share stories or even slides about past vacations.
6. Take a "staycation" and book a day off to play tourist in your own backyard.
7. Hold a family open house where you invite relatives to tour your workplace, meet colleagues, and discover the latest and greatest happening in your workplace.
8. Hold a tackiest/loudest/most Hawaiian shirt theme day and contest.
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Mike's Fun at Work Tip |
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Oscarbait Crackersprout here with another alter-ego name generator to use at your next meeting or team social. This time it's your Benedict Cumberbatch (the brilliant actor with a unique name) alter ego name:
Benedict Name Generator.  |
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Quote of the Week |
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“The one thing powerful people cannot abide by is humor. Humor punctures and deflates pomposity.” John Cleese
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It's a Wacky World |
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July is official International Retailer Month, Grilling Month, Ice Cream Month, Watermelon Month, Hot Dog Month and Cell Phone Courtesy Month. And I've posted the usual assortment of offbeat theme dates for July on the website, including ones like:
July 1: Canada Day; International Cherry Pit Spitting Day!
July 3: Compliment Your Mirror Day
July 5: Work Without Your Hands Day
July 7: Tell the Truth Day
July 8: Bald is In Day and SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)
July 11: International Town Criers Day
July 13: Embrace Your Geekness & Gruntled Workers Day
July 15: Toss Away the ‘Could Haves’ and ‘Should Haves’ Day
July 19: Take Your Poet to Work Day
July 24: Tell an Old Joke Day
July 27: Walk on Stilts Day
July 28: Talk in an Elevator Day
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Cost-Savings to Bring Mike in to Speak
"Need to See Mom Special": Kelowna or Penticton, B.C. on-going
Montreal: August 31 or September 5
Toronto: Sept. 7-12
Cleveland: Sept. 25
Montreal: Nov. 23 or 25
Ottawa: Dec. 11-13
New Zealand: Feb. 15 - 20, 2018
Psst...Don't Miss Out! Even if you're in Canmore! It's the Customer Service Leadership Summit featuring four outstanding speakers and a panel of industry leaders. November 15, Calgary. For details pop over to Customer Service Leadership Summit
Humor at Work TV
Speaking of summer and getting outside, check out Mike's thoughts on the importance of Blue Sky Thinking (1-minute).
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