Benefits
of A Treasure Hunt
A treasure hunt offers an intense, challenging experience,
a simultaneous intellectual and aerobic workout that draws out each player’s
knowledge and personality. It’s a great social ice-breaker, and fosters
camaraderie. Treasure hunts are excellent tools to:
- Acquaint participants with the history, geography and resources of
a location.
- Enliven social gatherings and events
- Educate participants in new ways of seeing and exploring their environment
- Introduce new employees to the company and / or location
- Introduce employees working together on a project
- Emphasize team-building skills at a formal training session.
- Provide a break at a conference or convention
- Reward a department for successful completion of a project
Treasure hunts provide more than just a fun afternoon
discovering fascinating new locations. They reward good team work, and require
many of the skills necessary to succeed in business, or in life:
- Creative thinking
- Good listening skills
- Using effective research to arrive at a correct conclusion
- Seeking and building a consensus for a plan of action
- Plotting a strategy, then having the flexibility to change it when
anticipated results do not appear.
