5 Reasons Your Company Should Hold an Offsite Event
Sure, working in Goho’s office is fun, every day is a fun day, we work hard but have a good time doing so, but sometimes we enjoy an offsite event to shake things up and not only have a great time, but make amazing memories while seeing new places and meeting great new people. We at Goho think you deserve to get in on the fun, so here’s five reasons we believe your company should invest in holding an offsite event too:
1. Boost Performance
Holding an offsite event for your company is not only fun - it can also provide a welcome break in environment and routine which will assist in boosting colleague performance. Goho doesn’t offer the usual mundane workspace, our offices are temples of Events Management and PR perfectionism, built upon pillars of hard work, freedom, fun and creativity, but a change in scenery can provide a new perspective, stimulating your workforce mentally, decreasing stress and helping to inspire new ideas, all essential elements for the growth of an innovative and successful business.
2. Learn About Your Staff
An offsite event can provide the ideal chance to get to know your staff. By getting out of the office, playing games, having fun, participating in team building exercises, sitting down to eat and drink together while engaging in general conversation is the perfect opportunity to learn about your employees' passions, skills and interests. Watching and learning what motivates your team, what do they find fun and not so fun? An offsite event may give the chance to mentor certain staff individually in a much more casual environment. Which leads us to our next point:
3. Build Relationships
In this day and age, online meetings via video calls are often commonplace, where colleagues spend a lot of their time attending conferences online, in some circumstances remote workers rarely get to meet face to face even at all. Offsite events provide the opportunity for your workforce to meet in a more casual environment, offering the chance for colleagues to meet and collaborate in ways in which they maybe feel they cannot do in the office, for example, that question or idea that you never seem to find the right moment to ask or express, an offsite event may well just provide the perfect habitat to foster that perfect moment, and one question or idea can have an enormous effect.
Colleagues seeing others outside of the workplace may show them in a different light, building relationships in different settings can improve the way people communicate, presenting occasions to connect, bounce energy off each other and forge ideas organically, something we are seeing less and less of in this ever-changing digital world. But one thing will always remain the same, evoking emotional conversation and developing bonds in physical meetings will always be the most effective way of building quality relationships - Never underestimate the power of old-school chit-chat over a cocktail or ten.
4. Utilise New Technology
Holding an event at an offsite venue can provide the opportunity to utilise new and advanced technology that may be unavailable in your current workspace. Many people would be surprised at how cost-effective an event with state-of-the-art equipment to deliver or launch that exciting new idea or awesome presentation you’ve been working on. In the ideal location, an offsite event can provide a grand stage and give access to a bigger audience, who are there with a fresh perspective, focused and eager to witness what is being presented, the perfect situation to execute the ultimate presentation, in this way, a huge impact can be made.
5. Have Fun!
Let's not beat about the bush here, offsite events are great fun. Team building exercises are proven to help develop a united and effective group within the workplace, and there is no better place for this than with an off-site event. It’s not rocket science, having fun together is great for team morale, and helping your employees feel proud of their job and happy about their work - A happy workforce is the best workforce.
Summary
So there you have it, five reasons why we believe your company should hold an offsite event. Not every meeting should be held out of office, but certainly, there are many reasons you should consider this option, as we have shown, offsite events are a great alternative that can provoke emotive conversations, free-thinking and casual bonding, via fun and effective activities, all the while boosting performance in the place of work. Whether your employees need a break from the confines of your office routine, or whether your company simply needs a breath of fresh air, Goho has you covered. Please contact our professional team, who will gladly assist in answering any questions you may have, and let's get to work on giving your workforce, and business a new lease on life.
