Hi Friends,
Let us think outside the box for Christmas/New Year celebrations this year. We have all conducted a Treasure Hunt or Chris Ma/Chris Child activities, but what else can we do as part of employee engagement activities for Christmas and New Year? With just a month left, let us plan something different for our employees.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OUT-OF-THE-BOX IDEAS, PLEASE SHARE.
I am sure that if we all come up with unique ideas, we can surely make a difference in our respective organizations.
Best Regards,
Ramya P
From India, Madras
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Let us think outside the box for Christmas/New Year celebrations this year. We have all conducted a Treasure Hunt or Chris Ma/Chris Child activities, but what else can we do as part of employee engagement activities for Christmas and New Year? With just a month left, let us plan something different for our employees.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OUT-OF-THE-BOX IDEAS, PLEASE SHARE.
I am sure that if we all come up with unique ideas, we can surely make a difference in our respective organizations.
Best Regards,
Ramya P
From India, Madras
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Hi Ramya,
First of all, let me congratulate you on planning the activities a month in advance, which will ensure that whatever you do will be well thought out and executed.
Here are a few suggestions, and you can tweak them to suit your organization's style, employee strength, and budget.
1. Plan a Christmas carol evening. This might be unique for many who have not experienced it. One way is the simple way of getting in touch with a church youth group or a professional choir who would come and sing a variety of carols. Distributing the lyrics of the carols to the employees can get them to sing along.
A more interesting variation, which would also work as a team-building activity, is to get departments to sing some carols. With time on their side, it would be for them to find the right resource person to train them and, if there are musicians, to add the right beat and music too. You can make it into a competition too.
2. Have a Christmas tree on the premises, and employees can decorate it. Then follow it up with gifts for every employee, which can be given on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve. You can give budgets to each department to source a variety of gifts, one for each of their staff. The twist is to ensure that no names are put on any gift and instead have someone (preferably an outsider who does not know any employee) choose a gift and pick a name from a bag that contains all the employees' names. Thus, no one knows what he/she is getting.
You can combine the above with the Carol Singing activity.
I am sure you will have a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration with some more novel ideas being sent in by Citehr members.
Best Wishes.
From India, Mumbai
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508First of all, let me congratulate you on planning the activities a month in advance, which will ensure that whatever you do will be well thought out and executed.
Here are a few suggestions, and you can tweak them to suit your organization's style, employee strength, and budget.
1. Plan a Christmas carol evening. This might be unique for many who have not experienced it. One way is the simple way of getting in touch with a church youth group or a professional choir who would come and sing a variety of carols. Distributing the lyrics of the carols to the employees can get them to sing along.
A more interesting variation, which would also work as a team-building activity, is to get departments to sing some carols. With time on their side, it would be for them to find the right resource person to train them and, if there are musicians, to add the right beat and music too. You can make it into a competition too.
2. Have a Christmas tree on the premises, and employees can decorate it. Then follow it up with gifts for every employee, which can be given on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve. You can give budgets to each department to source a variety of gifts, one for each of their staff. The twist is to ensure that no names are put on any gift and instead have someone (preferably an outsider who does not know any employee) choose a gift and pick a name from a bag that contains all the employees' names. Thus, no one knows what he/she is getting.
You can combine the above with the Carol Singing activity.
I am sure you will have a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration with some more novel ideas being sent in by Citehr members.
Best Wishes.
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Ramya,
Here are some interesting ideas:
1. Secret Santa - All the staff members' names are written on pieces of paper and put in a box, and each one draws a name (like drawing lots). However, no one is allowed to mention the name of the person they get. On an assigned day, each one buys a gift (limit the value) and places it under the Company Christmas tree. You can have someone dress as Santa to give away the gifts. Although it is childish, it brings a lot of joy and excitement even to adults. It is great fun to do... something everyone will enjoy.
2. On a different level, why not get together as a company and go to spend the day at a children's home or orphanage? After all, Christmas is all about giving and all about kids, and there is nothing more heartwarming than getting together and doing something that brings a smile to a child's face. It is also great CSR and good for bringing people together as a company for a common good.
Just some ideas. Hope you find something useful.
Regards,
Anusha
From Sri Lanka, Colombo
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Here are some interesting ideas:
1. Secret Santa - All the staff members' names are written on pieces of paper and put in a box, and each one draws a name (like drawing lots). However, no one is allowed to mention the name of the person they get. On an assigned day, each one buys a gift (limit the value) and places it under the Company Christmas tree. You can have someone dress as Santa to give away the gifts. Although it is childish, it brings a lot of joy and excitement even to adults. It is great fun to do... something everyone will enjoy.
2. On a different level, why not get together as a company and go to spend the day at a children's home or orphanage? After all, Christmas is all about giving and all about kids, and there is nothing more heartwarming than getting together and doing something that brings a smile to a child's face. It is also great CSR and good for bringing people together as a company for a common good.
Just some ideas. Hope you find something useful.
Regards,
Anusha
From Sri Lanka, Colombo
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