biz-events has partnered with the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding - to offer clients an amazing awareness and learning program on Arabic culture.

Charitable teambuilding activity that fuses CSR with human interaction to create fulfilling experience.

Build a process, build a team and help a child in need. Toy Factory is a new Corporate Social Responsibility concept with focus on efficiency and creativity.

Have you experienced Beatswork and been blown away by sense of unity that this event creates? How about taking this further a sharing this positive experience with the wider community? Ask for internal volunteers to organise and facilitate this event with worthy groups in the local area – set up a sponsored Samba Band.

Due it its market relevance, Big Picture has been very successful and many clients have used the activity as a vehicle to 'give back in some way'. Some of our clients have used the decorative nature of Big Picture to brighten up wall spaces in hospices, play groups or old peoples' homes. The most popular CSR angle has been auctioning the picture for charity post event, earning a lot of money over the last decade.

Considering that Breakthrough is a great platform for learning, how about considering an ‘event in kind’? Donate a full Breakthrough event to a school, youth group or any charitable foundation that would benefit from the educational relevance of this challenge. To play our part we will provide this at a heavily discounted price.

Bridging the Divide can be tailored so that each bridge portion is presented by the team as the rationale for the side messages concerning sustainable development.

The end goal requires teams to share resources, minimise unnecessary journeys, control budgets and use recycled materials wherever possible. It’s a route to creating awareness of the impact of any project on the environment and the expectations of diverse stakeholders.

Creative Juices sets a scenario of one company collaborating internationally. The first part of the challenge presents complex distribution issues that need to be resolved. This is a crucial element of the game and one that can be tailored to demonstrate how teams can successfully work together to reduce their carbon footprint.

Why Crescendo?

Many organizational teams are bogged down in the stress of day-to-day operations, where problems are exacerbated by poor communication and enjoyment can be hard to find.  When a team shares a fun and creative team building experience like Crescendo, however, it can go a long way toward fixing these morale and communication issues. 

Musical team building activities let teams interact in a fresh context, one that is enjoyable and creative.  Fresh contexts like this can reset broken relationship dynamics.  Crescendo also enables your team to conquer a seemingly impossible challenge through cooperative effort, which helps bonds to be repaired and grow.

Crescendo works equally well between conference sessions, or after dinner.  It’s a budget-friendly yet elegant teambuilding activity that can happen in a single room with a minimum of disruption and a maximum of reward. 

With a quality musical result guaranteed, contact us now to let your team enjoy the benefits of this incredible team building program.

Adventurous groups might like to take their creations out in public and perform to earn money for their chosen charity.

As part of Catalyst's commitment to our own CSR policy, one of our global partners recently donated this activity to a school. Not only did the children receive the educational benefits of this dynamic challenge, they also raised a large sum of money for charity. Prior to the actual event the each of the competing teams were tasked with raising actual corporate sponsorship for their F1 constructions. Character building stuff for go-getters in their formative years! (See case studies for more detail)

Set a sustainable tone and tailor Haute Couture so the collections only use recycled or recyclable material. Wining Team? – Yes, but don’t drown them in bubbly and corporate gifts, how about donating to their chosen charity on their behalf. The fashion industry is not without its critics, so why not contribute to an organisation that assists with liberating children in third world countries from exploitation and child labour?

This exercise often asks people to project news into the future. It presents a useful vehicle to explore elements of your own CSR statement: predicting ‘tomorrows news’ provides a great sounding board for participants to explore their impact on the environment and what steps can be taken to maintain a committed CSR policy.

Orchestrate is a totally unforgettable extravaganza where participants feel truly uplifted. Why not share some of that feeling? Invite others to join you and sponsor their place in the Orchestra. Are you affiliated to an external organisation with individuals who would really appreciate this opportunity? Prior to the event you may wish to set up competitions with local schools where pupils can earn their seat. Consider donating a number of classical instruments after the event.

River Runner simulates a commercial business operating in an environmentally sensitive environment. The depth of game structure allows the game to be specially tailored to explore ethical issues such as community liaison, conservation, responsible practice, resource management and the socio-ecomonic impact of tourism on a fragile economy.

Streetbeat conveys a very strong message of sustainability; the useof back to basics trash style instrumentation is good demonstration of how powerful results can be achieved with limited resources. This concept can be driven one stage further with participants bringing/finding recycled materials to build their own instruments!

Use Two Tribes to raise awareness of the environmental and social challenges of indigenous people and third world countries. Points earned can be converted to a cash donation for an indigenous cause chosen by the winning tribe.

Add a ‘bolt on extra to this activity’ where the points accumulated by teams are matched with cash donations from your company. Here’s how it works:

• Teams are rewarded with star icons according to their performance in each challenge.
• All teams total their stars at end of the competition; a winning team is recognised and applauded.
• A spokesperson for the company announces that all stars earned during the competition will be matched on a cash ratio e.g. 1 star = $1
• Several Perspex ‘post boxes’ are provided, representing 2 or 3 charities your company has chosen to support.
• Teams divide their stars evenly between individuals in their team.
• All participants are invited to post their stars according to the charities they personally wish to support.