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Spence602
Joined: 16 Sep 2003
Posts: 475
Location: USA TX Houston
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 Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:54 pm Post subject: A potentially interesting eMail request... |
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I received this in an eMail this evening - from a large hotel chain Sr. Sales Manager:
| Quote: | | I am trying to locate someone who could help with the idea of using kite building & flying as a team building event for our sales & catering team. Can you suggest a facilitator, a teacher and a supplier? plus a good local "windy" location for the outing? |
I asked him/her a few questions:
| Quote: | Q1: Where will the outing be? In the Houston area, or is it undetermined?
Q2: What are you trying to get out of the event? Just team building, or are you looking for creativity, ingenuity, and/or leadership?
Q3: Are you going to offer different prizes (i.e. highest flying, most creative, best use of resources, etc.)?
Q4: How many will participate, and how big will the teams be?
Q5: How much are you prepared to spend?
Q6: Do you have any suggestions as to the materials they'll use (i.e. anything that can be found in a hotel supply closet - like trash bags, feather dusters, toilet paper rolls, pillow cases, etc.)? |
I haven't started looking for options, but I immediately remembered the NYKE Kite Builders Challenge Kit kit - although I still don't know what's in the kit.  So I'm not sure if it would work with this group...
Are there other 'kits' already packaged for this kind of 'challenge' event?
BTW - if this event is located in your neck of the world, I might ask for your assistance 
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CJQ
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 27 Dec 2003
Posts: 674
Location: Coopersburg, PA - USA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject: Team Building |
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I remember watching A segment of 20/20 on tv where the u.s. postal service had a work shop with postal employees grouped into teams to make things . Its purpose was to get individuals to function as a team and improve and be more productive.
So the idea you posted makes good sense. |
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kiteguy
Kite Builder II
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1454
Location: USA - Kansas, Overland Park - Near Kansas City
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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I have done team building activities just as described in your email with some companies in this area.
If you need any help, let me know.
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KiteSquid
Master Kite Builder
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Posts: 3496
Location: USA Virginia King George
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:26 am Post subject: |
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I would try the kite in an hour type challange...
You provide all tools/parts/equipment and they have to build a kite that flyes in that time.
Provided are
1/4" and 1/8" dowels
Trash bags (to skin the kites) aslo if you bring draw string type bags it can be used as a reinforcemnt or tail... if they think that far ahead
Tape on a dispensor
String on winders (also to fly it on)
Cheep scissors
Pliers (this keeps people who carry leathremans from "cheating")
Nylon Wire ties (easyer on the hands than wire or stirng to lock spars toghether
Molded dihedrals in 1/4 and 1/8" sizes
A slide show of kites would be nice as set up and tear down of a bunch of your kites would kill you and would also set a precident of kites that actualy fly well as things to copy (might be good or bad)
Just my $0.025 worth
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P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Doesent he ever shut up???
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Charles Bojarski
Kite Builder II
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 256
Location: USA PA Philadelphia
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Spence:
Steve carries a packaged kit - Frustrationless Flyer Kit - that will build 20 kites. Best thing about these is no sticks. Into the Wind also carries the same type of kit.
Hope this helps.
Good winds...CharlieB |
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kiteguy
Kite Builder II
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1454
Location: USA - Kansas, Overland Park - Near Kansas City
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Charles Bojarski wrote: | Spence:
Steve carries a packaged kit - Frustrationless Flyer Kit - that will build 20 kites. Best thing about these is no sticks. Into the Wind also carries the same type of kit.
Hope this helps.
Good winds...CharlieB |
And the same kind of kite is on Gary Engval's site. Made from a paper bag.
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knotronda
Kite Builder II
Joined: 22 Jan 2004
Posts: 804
Location: Lincoln City, OR USA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:15 am Post subject: |
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I helped coordinate a team building event with Columbia Sportswear execs. I provided the rokkaku kits (4' tyvek no sew) and friends Ron and Cindy Thrall instructed. Great feedback.
How much do they want to spend on the project? What kind of quality/durability do they want to have?
Tyvek Della Portas are another nice project. I have done events with children and adults. Smallest done was 24" x 32" and largest was 42" x 48". Costs go up dramatically with the size of the kite.
So many options and so little time!!
knot(tier)ronda |
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