High 5 TeamBuilding- Products and Games

Team Bowling!

2011-10-11T15:34:00.000-06:00

Brand new to our list of facilitated team building activities is TEAM BOWLING! Great fun, affordable and very team focused! Contact us to check available dates.

Create an Indy Themed Event Anywhere!

2011-05-13T20:23:00.000-06:00

Great way to energize a team or boost morale. Let us facilitate an Indy themed event at your workplace, conference room or anywhere you choose.

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Employee/Client Appreciation Ideas

2011-05-06T10:44:00.002-06:00

What's the best way to show you appreciate your employees or your clients? Have a party! Organizing a casual get together with some lively entertainment is an affordable way to demonstrate how much you value the people who make your business what it is. Check out the link for some great ideas to make the event a sure-fire success!

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CSR Team Building

2011-04-27T15:33:00.000-06:00

Team Building that also benefits a worthy cause!

CSR Team Building

Great Addition to Summer Events

2011-04-26T10:43:00.000-06:00

Pony Hops! Giant rideable ponies for kids and adults! Each pony can hold up to 750lbs! Great addition to summer events as they are as much fun for spectators as for participants. You might want to host you're own Kentucky Derby! We have some great ideas for making these very interactive for your team building event!

Ice Breakers

2011-04-21T13:38:00.000-06:00

Just arrived in stock Ice Breaker and Meet & Greet Thumballs! One of the best “icebreakers” ever! Learn more about yourself and others with participation in this fun team building activity. Allows people of all ages to get to know each other. Great for parties, corporate trainings and team building, counseling and therapy. Throw it. Catch it. Look under your thumb. React to it!

Easy: Answer for self; Hard: Recall all answers given; Difficult: Predict responses of others

TEAMPLAY: Players must provide an answer within 30 seconds that appropriately relates to the question to earn a point. If that space comes up again under another players thumb, the player must provide their response to earn a point PLUS if the player can recall the other players answer they earn a bonus point. Play to 20 points.

Great affordable way to liven up your next gathering!

A Win Win Event

2011-04-06T14:37:00.001-06:00

At a recent client's customer appreciation event fun was had by all who participated in our lively Teddy Bear Bonding Activity! It was an interesting mix of participants as ages ranged from toddlers to...well... let's just say more grown-up folk. We're happy to say that everyone got involved in the activities and excitement filled the room as the completed bears were put on display. The end result was a room full of participants interacting and having fun and 24 Cute & Cuddly Teddy Bears to donate to Edmonton's Zebra Foundation for children in distress! Way to go Team Chona!

Philanthropic Team Building?

2011-02-17T11:27:00.001-07:00

Philanthropic Team Building or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the latest popular trend. What is it? It is team building with an outcome of giving back to the community. It may be teddy bears to children in distress, care packages for those in need, food for the hungry or kits for schools.

It is a hugely rewarding experience to participate in a fun, interactive activity with the end result directly benefiting the community.

We've got an assortment of Philanthropic Team Building programs to accommodate groups of 15-500 and time frames of 2 hours to full days. We've even designed some packages that you can facilitate yourself. Contact us today for a quote and availability!

KIds Up Front Fundraiser Fun Casino

2010-11-09T13:22:00.001-07:00

What a great time was had by all at the Kids Up Front Gala Fundraiser this past Saturday November 6th. There were over 350 guests enjoying not only a fun casino, but spectacular food, an ice bar with signature martinis, wine and beer tasting, gourmet ice cream, delectable cupcakes, impressive silent auction items and a truly awesome band. But most importantly everyone came together for one very important reason- to support the kids! High 5 was delighted to be part of such a great cause again this year!
Check out the video below for some highlights.

Kids Up Front Fundraiser Fun Casino Edmonton

Fun Casinos

2010-11-02T13:36:00.001-06:00

Great for any upcoming social or event this holiday season! Have a peak into our premier Fun Casinos!

Fun Casinos

Party season is almost upon us!

2010-10-29T15:00:00.000-06:00

In Edmonton the weather is getting chilly so it's time to look forward to the holiday season that is fast approaching. We're very excited about heading into the season with many new products. We've hugely expanded our Fun Casino inventory and now have more games to choose from, a wide assortment of glitzy decorations and shiny new vests and bowties for all our dealers!

And speaking of Casinos we're looking forward to the annual gala fundraiser for Kids Up Front taking place on November 6th at the Arts Barns. This is an event not to be missed! All proceeds go towards helping underprivledged kids and if that isn't the only reason to come it is also a really fun lively time. Tickets can be purchased at http://kidsupfrontedmonton.com/donate/online. Hope to see you there!

Alberta Venture Magazine

2010-06-24T13:03:00.000-06:00

High 5 is very excited to be Spotlighted in the July issue of Alberta Venture Magazine! Pick up your copy at newstands very soon!

Summer Newsletter just released

2010-06-24T13:01:00.000-06:00

If you're not already a preferred customer sign up now to get a copy of our just released Summer Newsletter with some great ideas and special savings!

It's Getting Warmer Outside!

2010-04-16T11:21:00.000-06:00

Depending where you live you might not think that springtime is fast approaching, but it will be here before you know it. Warm weather is an opportunity to take things outdoors, get some fresh air, sunshine, exercise and overall rejuventation!

Plan an outside meeting with Copter Darts! Place participants into teams. Ask teams a number of topic related questions. Award "Darts" for each correct answer then give teams their "earned Darts" to hit the target for the most points.

Organize Office Olympics! Have Marshmallow Archery where teams use a marshmallow bow & arrow to shoot at paper cup targets for points. Hoppin Sack hop-off where competitors race each other in durable adult sized sacks to be first to cross the finish line. Twirl Ball Tryouts where teams must outlast the others by keeping the ball moving the longest without slipping up and Donut Dash where teams race other teams by cooperatively and effectively rolling a giant 10 ft lightweight donut shaped ball a set distance in the best time.

Don't forget to send us pictures or videos of you or your group using our products to energize, share some laughs or have fun. Our staff will select one winner each month to win a $100 gift certificate!

Having Fun on Breakfast Television on Citytv!

2010-03-25T13:48:00.000-06:00

High 5 staff was happy to have an opportunity to demonstrate a few of our clients most favorite items on Citytv's Breakfast Television. Click the link to watch the segment!

Join us at breakfast time!

2010-03-19T15:23:00.000-06:00

High 5 will be demonstrating some of our newest and most popular products on Breakfast Television on Citytv Tuesday March 23rd 7:40am MST!

Photo & Video Contest!

2010-03-12T11:54:00.000-07:00

Send us pictures or videos of you or your group using our products to energize, share some laughs or have fun. We'll post them annoymously on our website and our staff will select one winner each month to win a $100 gift certificate! Get creative and win some cash so you can have some more fun! (No zip files please)

March/April Newsletter

2010-03-09T12:54:00.001-07:00

If you are a preferred customer of High 5 TeamBuilding then you would have been lucky enough to receive issue 1 of High 5 TeamBuilding's newsletter! Along with tips and suggestions for using our products to liven up your life we also included a special discount offer that's hard to beat. If you missed the boat this time get on our mailing list to receive the next issue!

Liven Up Your Next Meeting

2010-02-20T09:43:00.000-07:00

If you are part of the workforce chances are you find yourself in a meeting at least once a week. How often have you noticed your fellow workmates daydreaming, squirming in their seats or nodding off? That's the topic of our poll this month and we are curious to see what the results will be. Studies have shown that after 20 minutes of listening most of our minds will begin to wander. So really it's not our fault if we start thinking of what we're going to make for supper or how many calories were in those three doughnuts. But the problem is when we're thinking of these other thoughts we aren't absorbing anything to do with the meeting. That equates to a big waste of time for everyone. Taking breaks at least every 20 minutes can do a World of good for improving overall retention levels. Here are some suggestions:

In a large meeting room, surprise the group by tossing a Giant Lightweight Ball into the room and challenging them to keep the ball in the air circulating around the room. Great for getting everyone up and feeling energized!

In a Boardroom, have target practice. Set up empty water bottles as the targets and use Flingshot Monkeys or Marshmallow Bow & Arrows and see who can knock the most bottles over.

Make teams and have a relay race around the boardroom or through a convention room using a Fun Fly Stick. One team member takes the stick and must carry the floating shape to another team member waiting a distance away. Have them go around chairs and tables to make it even more challenging. You can also set-up a race course and have individuals race their way to a finish line. The cheers from the spectators can be deafening.

These are simple and easy games to incorporate into your meeting environment and it will definitely energize your group and hopefully diminish the nodders!

Another reason to add some fun into your work day!

2010-02-19T21:28:00.002-07:00

CANOE - Lifewise Work: Boring work may kill you early

Quote for the month

2010-02-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

The truly great advantages of this generation will be made by those that can make outrageous connnections, and only a mind which knows how to play can do that. - Nagle Jackson

Edmonton Journal Article

2010-01-02T21:50:00.002-07:00

By Bill Mah, Edmonton JournalDecember 22, 2009

You're chairing a meeting when suddenly the eyes around the table glaze and the yawns gape.

It's time to let the monkeys fly!

Not the winged simians unleashed on Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, but the fun kind sold by Edmonton online store High 5 TeamBuilding.

The e-tailer claims its products will do the seemingly impossible -- enliven tedious business gatherings and boost the morale of stressed workers.

The Flingshot Monkey, for example, is a plush toy that a worker grabs by the furry arms and tail, stretches and releases. Once launched, the monkey soars as far as 15 metres and screams as it hurtles over desks and cubicles.

"You don't have to shoot it at people," clarifies High 5 co-owner Robin Hardin, with a laugh.

High 5 has an older, more conventional division that helps plan corporate events and facilitate team-building activities.

"We were constantly being asked by clients what we had for meetings; they're doing a meeting and just needed something fun."

But at the same time, Hardin noticed companies, watching costs in a downturn, were balking at bringing in a professional to energize meetings.

"They were looking for something affordable, and something they could do for just five minutes as a break in a meeting. There just wasn't anything out there."

So High 5 branched off into providing do-it-yourself products for employers to add a little fun for staff into the work day.

Paradoxically, clowning around can make work more productive, Hardin says. "A lot of times in meetings, after the first five minutes of a speaker talking, people's minds are drifting. It's just a natural occurrence," she said.

"In the studies we've researched, they find that if they have five-minute breaks every 20 minutes to get people up and energized, their retention levels soar."

One suggestion involves placing a flying monkey at every meeting participant's spot to spark immediate interest as soon as they arrive. Some clients have broken up meetings with flying-monkey bowling using water bottles as pins.

"We're very particular about what we carry. ... We test it on people that are hard to entertain."

bmah@thejournal. canwest.com

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