Off-site Gettogethers

What Makes an Offsite Event Successful?

September 5th, 2024 | Off-site gettogethers

Your conference venue is booked. The hotels are reserved. Dinner reservations were made. The agenda is ready. Finally, you are all set to run your off-site event!

But how to ensure that you get the most out of your time and investment? And what makes an offsite event successful?

For us, the success of an offsite event lies in building new relationships and exploring possibilities among your people. Real human connections and improved collaboration should be the goal of any offsite gathering.

Multiple bold leaders have now decided not to take a laissez-faire approach toward building connectivity at their offsite events and turned to Innovisor for help.

With our Offsite Network Accelerator solution, we facilitated real connections and educated a wide variety of teams about their hidden informal organizational network – all while having fun.

The Why

Whether it be a closely knit R&D team or the top leadership of a global organization, it is important to be aware of your current collaboration patterns and how they must be improved. After all, solid connectivity and understanding of your colleagues are the keys to successful teamwork.

In previous Offsite Network Accelerator sessions, approximately 60% saw a potential to collaborate more with their coworkers. More than half of these groups saw value in collaborating with someone they are not currently in touch with, despite being on the same team!

The How

In as fast as one week, we map the informal organizational network of the given team. We use this information to optimize their connectivity and answer questions such as:

• Where are the untapped potentials within the team?
• What is the greatest barrier to collaboration?
• What needs to be improved in how they connect with one another?

Based on this data, we create intentional seating plans to boost the connectivity of individuals who could bring value to each other’s work. We outline discussion groups and prompt them with exciting questions to make them reflect on their connectivity. Finally, as part of a keynote speech, we educate them about the structure and health of their own informal networks and show them how to get connectivity right.

The Outcomes

After the offsite event, the participants are aware of the potential hidden in their informal networks and they are well-equipped and ready to make the most out of it. The numbers speak for themselves: a leadership team improved their connectivity by 31%, while an R&D team saw an 18% increase.

Most importantly, the event becomes a place where team members make valuable connections, explore each other’s potential, and learn how to take their teamwork to the next level.

What’s In It For You

Are you ready to get the most out of your investments in an offsite event by creating real and valuable connectivity within your team? Check out our Offsite Network Accelerator, ready-to-go solution!