Here at Terrapin Adventures, we are very proud of our guides and team building facilitators, so we decided it was high time that we shone the spotlight on a few of our great guides, our fantastic facilitators, our energetic employees,… Read More
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Staff Highlight: Missy Lauterbach is a Naturalist, Guide, & Team Building Facilitator
Terrapin Adventures is all about fun! In fact, you may say that we are on the cutting edge of fun. We have created a new realm of aerial adventures using only wood, rope and cable. Our high ropes course, which… Read More
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Terrapin Adventures Staff Highlight: Steve Cohen, Team Building Facilitator
Terrapin Adventures is all about fun! In fact, you may say that we are on the cutting edge of fun. We have created a new realm of aerial adventures using only wood, rope and cable. Our high ropes course, which… Read More
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The Science behind Team Building
Team building is one of the most commonly applied group development interventions in organizations today, according to the scientific study “Does Team Building Work?”1 But what everyone wants to know is why? Why is team building so popular? And, most… Read More
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Terrapin Adventures Staff Highlight: Brett Self, Operations Manager and Team Building Facilitator
Terrapin Adventures is all about fun! In fact, you may say that we are on the cutting edge of fun. We have created a new realm of aerial adventures using only wood, rope and cable. Our high ropes course, which… Read More
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Terrapin Adventures Staff Highlight: Matt Baker, Chief Adventure Officer and Team Building Facilitator
Terrapin Adventures is all about fun! In fact, you may say that we are on the cutting edge of fun. We have created a new realm of aerial adventures using only wood, rope and cable. Our high ropes course, which… Read More
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The 5 Building Blocks of Relationships
Relationships are the building blocks for good business. However, like Rome, relationships are not built in a day. They take time and effort to construct – step by step, brick by brick. But where do you start? What makes a… Read More
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The Therapeutic Nature of Challenge Courses & Team Building Activities
Challenge courses, also referred to as ropes courses, have been in use since the early 1940s.1 These courses can be characterized as either low or high ropes courses. Low challenge courses are activities “generally focus on group problem solving and… Read More
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Custom Ropes Course Experiences Drive Team Building Results, Research Says
Challenge courses, also known as adventure or ropes courses, have been around since 1941. They started as a military tool to train soldiers and foster a sense of teamwork in a relatively short period of time. Today, these fun and… Read More
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Case Study: Team Building within the United States Public Health Service
“Groups don’t become teams because that is what someone calls them.” – Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith1 The Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) is a branch of the U.S. Uniformed Services comprised of medically-oriented health… Read More