Jul
27
John Gagliardi: Most Wins of Any College Football Coach Ever
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Dana Buttenhoff asked:
John Gagliardi has done something no other human being has ever done. He has coached college football teams to 449 wins in 59 collegiate seasons.
John has only coached at two places in his 59-year college football-coaching career. John’s first assignment was at Carroll College in Helena, Montana during the 1949 to 1952 seasons, winning three conference championships in those four seasons. John Gagliardi’s next venture would bring him east to take on the head coaching position at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. The Johnnies had not won a conference title in 15 years when John Gagliardi arrived to take over the program from legendary coach and charter member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame, Johnny “Blood” McNally. John Gagliardi has remained at Saint John’s for the balance of his career. During his time at Saint John’s Gagliardi has coached the Johnnies to 28 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and 4 National Championships.
Along the way Gagliardi’s teams have a combined record of 449-120-11 during his 59 seasons. His 1993 Saint John’s squad was know as “The Point a Minute Team” setting a national record by averaging 61.5 points per game that season, establishing a scoring record that may never be equaled in college football.
John Gagliardi and the Saint John’s University Johnnies football team has been the subject of many national publications over the years such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. The Today Show and CBS News Sunday Morning have also done featured pieces on Gagliardi and the Johnnies for their television shows.
During the 1999 season, Sports Illustrated feature writer Austin Murphy moved his wife and two young children to Collegeville from the San Francisco Bay Area to spend the season with the Johnnies. The result of his time in Stearns County living with and writing about the team was a book named The Sweet Season published by Harper Collins.
One of the main subjects of interest that visiting reporters have when covering Gagliardi and the Johnnies are the principles of “Winning With Nos”
KENDRICK
John Gagliardi has done something no other human being has ever done. He has coached college football teams to 449 wins in 59 collegiate seasons.
John has only coached at two places in his 59-year college football-coaching career. John’s first assignment was at Carroll College in Helena, Montana during the 1949 to 1952 seasons, winning three conference championships in those four seasons. John Gagliardi’s next venture would bring him east to take on the head coaching position at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. The Johnnies had not won a conference title in 15 years when John Gagliardi arrived to take over the program from legendary coach and charter member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame, Johnny “Blood” McNally. John Gagliardi has remained at Saint John’s for the balance of his career. During his time at Saint John’s Gagliardi has coached the Johnnies to 28 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and 4 National Championships.
Along the way Gagliardi’s teams have a combined record of 449-120-11 during his 59 seasons. His 1993 Saint John’s squad was know as “The Point a Minute Team” setting a national record by averaging 61.5 points per game that season, establishing a scoring record that may never be equaled in college football.
John Gagliardi and the Saint John’s University Johnnies football team has been the subject of many national publications over the years such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. The Today Show and CBS News Sunday Morning have also done featured pieces on Gagliardi and the Johnnies for their television shows.
During the 1999 season, Sports Illustrated feature writer Austin Murphy moved his wife and two young children to Collegeville from the San Francisco Bay Area to spend the season with the Johnnies. The result of his time in Stearns County living with and writing about the team was a book named The Sweet Season published by Harper Collins.
One of the main subjects of interest that visiting reporters have when covering Gagliardi and the Johnnies are the principles of “Winning With Nos”
KENDRICK
Jul
21
Mainstream U.s. Media Controlled by Conservatives
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michael Webster asked:
From a national survey by “Fair” which showed that the idea that the mainstream media have a “liberal bias” has long been conventional wisdom. At various times, public figures and media personalities from Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Bill O’Reilly, Neil Cavuto, Sean Hannity and Rupert Murdoch of Fox Networks (Rupert Murdoch now major stock holder of “The Wall Street Journal) they and others have all taken refuge in the claim that the “liberal” media were out to get them. A legion of conservative talk show hosts, pundits and media-watch groups pound away at the idea that the media exhibit an inherently “liberal” tilt. But the assertion is based on remarkably little evidence and is repeatedly made in the face of contradictory facts.
In particular, the conservative critique of the news media rests on two general propositions: (1) journalists’ views are to the left of the public, and (2) journalists frame news content in a way that accentuates these left perspectives. Researchers and analysts have discovered persuasive evidence against the latter claim. Content analyses of the news media have, at a minimum, shown the absence of any such systematic liberal/left tilt; some studies have found a remarkably predictable press usually reflecting the narrow range of views of those in positions of power, as well as a spectrum of expert opinion that tilts toward the right.
The report goes on to say that the powerful corporate interests which own and sponsor the news media ensure that news content never strays too far, for too long, from protecting the status quo. You don’t understand the corporate ideology of General Motors by studying the personal beliefs of the assembly-line workers, the argument goes. Ideological orientation is introduced and enforced by those high in the organizational hierarchy who have the power to hire and fire, to reward and punish. Working journalists, despite their sometimes high visibility, usually do not call the shots in the nation’s media corporations. (The documentary “Fear and Favor in the Newsroom” provides vivid illustrations of this situation.) Consequently, the private views of individual journalists often matter little.
The latest available stats show that most mainstream media is owned and/or controlled by the conservative lift. Large corporations and the wealthy are able to weld major political clout because of their media holdings. In turn they are collectively able to shape government policy by controlling the slant of the mainstream news.
GENERAL ELECTRIC –(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)
Television Holdings:
* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with then Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Bill Gates Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
The “MS” in MSNBC
means Microsoft
The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected and more cash for re-election.
Other Holdings:
* GE Consumer Electronics.
* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.
* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.
* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.
===================================
WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
whose #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than:
Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)
Television Holdings:
* CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US.
* CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.
* Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks.
* Group W Satellite Communications.
Other Holdings:
* Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry.
* Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US.
* Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance. =================================
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
Television Holdings:
* Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix.
* 20 major market US stations.
Media Holdings:
* Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.
* Simon & Schuster Publishing.
==================================
DISNEY / ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW’s 2000 campaign)
Television Holdings:
* ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.
* ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America.
* ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!
* Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.
Media Holdings:
* Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.
* Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.
* 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.
* Hyperion book publishers.
* Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).
Other Holdings:
* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.
* All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines. ==========================
TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL (donated 1.6 million to GW’s 2000 campaign)
America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner–the largest merger in corporate history.
Television Holdings:
* CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%).
* Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated 13 million subscribers.
Media Holdings:
* HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera.
* Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the world’s largest music company.
* 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life, DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine.
Other Holdings:
* Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World Championship Wrestling.
============================
NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch) (donations see bottom note)
Television Holdings:
* Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households.
* Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%); Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB, India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting, Japan (80%).
* The Golf Channel (33%).
MEDIA HOLDINGS:
* Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight.
* 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.
* 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard.
* HarperCollins books.
OTHER HOLDINGS:
* Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby League.
* Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines.
* Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).
*(Phillip Morris donated 2.9 million to George W Bush in 2000)*
Later data is being collected and is expected to show even more dominance of the mainstream media by rich and powerful conservatives.
Sources:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2447
go to the “columbia journalism review and click on the
“who owns what” link on the right side of the page
http://www.cjr.org/
The presidential donations for GW can be found at
http://www.boycottbush.net/bgrnd_info.htm#donors
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
FRONTLINE: home | PBS
EDDY
From a national survey by “Fair” which showed that the idea that the mainstream media have a “liberal bias” has long been conventional wisdom. At various times, public figures and media personalities from Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Bill O’Reilly, Neil Cavuto, Sean Hannity and Rupert Murdoch of Fox Networks (Rupert Murdoch now major stock holder of “The Wall Street Journal) they and others have all taken refuge in the claim that the “liberal” media were out to get them. A legion of conservative talk show hosts, pundits and media-watch groups pound away at the idea that the media exhibit an inherently “liberal” tilt. But the assertion is based on remarkably little evidence and is repeatedly made in the face of contradictory facts.
In particular, the conservative critique of the news media rests on two general propositions: (1) journalists’ views are to the left of the public, and (2) journalists frame news content in a way that accentuates these left perspectives. Researchers and analysts have discovered persuasive evidence against the latter claim. Content analyses of the news media have, at a minimum, shown the absence of any such systematic liberal/left tilt; some studies have found a remarkably predictable press usually reflecting the narrow range of views of those in positions of power, as well as a spectrum of expert opinion that tilts toward the right.
The report goes on to say that the powerful corporate interests which own and sponsor the news media ensure that news content never strays too far, for too long, from protecting the status quo. You don’t understand the corporate ideology of General Motors by studying the personal beliefs of the assembly-line workers, the argument goes. Ideological orientation is introduced and enforced by those high in the organizational hierarchy who have the power to hire and fire, to reward and punish. Working journalists, despite their sometimes high visibility, usually do not call the shots in the nation’s media corporations. (The documentary “Fear and Favor in the Newsroom” provides vivid illustrations of this situation.) Consequently, the private views of individual journalists often matter little.
The latest available stats show that most mainstream media is owned and/or controlled by the conservative lift. Large corporations and the wealthy are able to weld major political clout because of their media holdings. In turn they are collectively able to shape government policy by controlling the slant of the mainstream news.
GENERAL ELECTRIC –(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)
Television Holdings:
* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with then Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Bill Gates Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
The “MS” in MSNBC
means Microsoft
The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected and more cash for re-election.
Other Holdings:
* GE Consumer Electronics.
* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.
* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.
* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.
===================================
WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
whose #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than:
Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)
Television Holdings:
* CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US.
* CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.
* Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks.
* Group W Satellite Communications.
Other Holdings:
* Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry.
* Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US.
* Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance. =================================
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
Television Holdings:
* Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix.
* 20 major market US stations.
Media Holdings:
* Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.
* Simon & Schuster Publishing.
==================================
DISNEY / ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW’s 2000 campaign)
Television Holdings:
* ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.
* ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America.
* ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!
* Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.
Media Holdings:
* Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.
* Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.
* 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.
* Hyperion book publishers.
* Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).
Other Holdings:
* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.
* All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines. ==========================
TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL (donated 1.6 million to GW’s 2000 campaign)
America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner–the largest merger in corporate history.
Television Holdings:
* CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%).
* Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated 13 million subscribers.
Media Holdings:
* HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera.
* Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the world’s largest music company.
* 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life, DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine.
Other Holdings:
* Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World Championship Wrestling.
============================
NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch) (donations see bottom note)
Television Holdings:
* Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households.
* Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%); Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB, India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting, Japan (80%).
* The Golf Channel (33%).
MEDIA HOLDINGS:
* Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight.
* 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.
* 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard.
* HarperCollins books.
OTHER HOLDINGS:
* Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby League.
* Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines.
* Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).
*(Phillip Morris donated 2.9 million to George W Bush in 2000)*
Later data is being collected and is expected to show even more dominance of the mainstream media by rich and powerful conservatives.
Sources:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2447
go to the “columbia journalism review and click on the
“who owns what” link on the right side of the page
http://www.cjr.org/
The presidential donations for GW can be found at
http://www.boycottbush.net/bgrnd_info.htm#donors
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
FRONTLINE: home | PBS
EDDY
Jul
19
Who was the middle aged guy that beat Michael Jordan one on one at his camp? Also, is the video online?
Filed Under Teams Sports | 3 Comments
David H asked:
I read about this in one of Rick Reilly’s articles in Sports Illustrated but can’t remember which one. I know there was a video, but I didn’t know if anyone put it on Youtube.
TYLER
I read about this in one of Rick Reilly’s articles in Sports Illustrated but can’t remember which one. I know there was a video, but I didn’t know if anyone put it on Youtube.
TYLER
Jul
15
c4l26 asked:
trying to find different magazines that would be good for customers to read ? any suggestions would be good.
was thinking like
sports illustrated
hunting mags
Good House keeping mag
Glamour
etc..
I’m trying to get different kinds of mags in there that everyone will like and enjoy.
from kids to older adults.
AMOS
trying to find different magazines that would be good for customers to read ? any suggestions would be good.
was thinking like
sports illustrated
hunting mags
Good House keeping mag
Glamour
etc..
I’m trying to get different kinds of mags in there that everyone will like and enjoy.
from kids to older adults.
AMOS
Jul
4
Brett Favre: What Should We Expect From Him?
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Charly Nicole asked:
Brett Favre is in the news again. But this time it is for not showing up to mandatory practice for the Packers. Team relationships were already tense with Favre mentioning that he doesn’t feel like a part of the team since he retired and came back. He has even said that he wouldn’t mind being traded to any other team. And because things weren’t sorted out before Sunday’s beginning of camp, he didn’t show. The Packers have reported a little apprehension with all of this because they are a little nervous that he will sign with a rival. But luckily for them, his contract puts him with the Packers until 2010. Whatever happens in the next few weeks and months, we can be sure that we will be hearing a lot more of Brett Favre, and we can probably expect great things for him if he decides to play.
Favre has been in the public eye for many years, including being a huge motivator for those looking into football picks. Let’s take a look at some of his background and past achievements:
Favre played one season with the Atlanta Falcons in 1991.
He was then traded to the Green Bay Packers in 1992.
Since the fourth game with the Green Bay Packers, he became quarterback.
He has started every game from 1992 till his first retirement in 2008.
He holds the record for the most career NFL touchdown passes: 442
Most career NFL passing yards: 61,655.
Most career NFL interceptions thrown: 288
Most career victories as a starting quarterback: 160.
Most career pass completions: 5,377.
Favre was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of 2007.
In 2003, Favre was voted by the Men’s Health Magazine as the toughest person in America.
Favre has had an incredible career—with hopefully more to come. If he has his way, he will play for the 2008 season. And that will be great entertainment
JESS
Brett Favre is in the news again. But this time it is for not showing up to mandatory practice for the Packers. Team relationships were already tense with Favre mentioning that he doesn’t feel like a part of the team since he retired and came back. He has even said that he wouldn’t mind being traded to any other team. And because things weren’t sorted out before Sunday’s beginning of camp, he didn’t show. The Packers have reported a little apprehension with all of this because they are a little nervous that he will sign with a rival. But luckily for them, his contract puts him with the Packers until 2010. Whatever happens in the next few weeks and months, we can be sure that we will be hearing a lot more of Brett Favre, and we can probably expect great things for him if he decides to play.
Favre has been in the public eye for many years, including being a huge motivator for those looking into football picks. Let’s take a look at some of his background and past achievements:
Favre played one season with the Atlanta Falcons in 1991.
He was then traded to the Green Bay Packers in 1992.
Since the fourth game with the Green Bay Packers, he became quarterback.
He has started every game from 1992 till his first retirement in 2008.
He holds the record for the most career NFL touchdown passes: 442
Most career NFL passing yards: 61,655.
Most career NFL interceptions thrown: 288
Most career victories as a starting quarterback: 160.
Most career pass completions: 5,377.
Favre was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of 2007.
In 2003, Favre was voted by the Men’s Health Magazine as the toughest person in America.
Favre has had an incredible career—with hopefully more to come. If he has his way, he will play for the 2008 season. And that will be great entertainment
JESS
Jul
4
GRASSY asked:
Grassy has a feeling the Media would report it this way.
Grassy has a feeling the Media would report it this way.
USA Today: WE’RE DEAD
The Wall Street Journal: DOW JONES PLUMMETS AS WORLD ENDS
Playboy: GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Microsoft Systems Journal: APPLE LOSES MARKET SHARE
Victoria’s Secret Catalog: OUR FINAL SALE
Sports Illustrated: GAME OVER
Wired: THE LAST NEW THING
Readers Digest: ‘BYE
Discover Magazine: HOW WILL THE EXTINCTION OF ALL LIFE AS WE KNOW IT AFFECT THE WAY WE VIEW THE COSMOS?
America Online: SYSTEM TEMPORARILY DOWN. TRY CALLING BACK IN 15 MINUTES.
FERDINAND
Jul
1
Team Building Activities are not Just for Sports Teams Any More!
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Daiv Russell asked:
There are many team building activities which can help people develop the habit of working effectively with one another. Most team building activities are exhilarating tasks which require a group of people to work together toward common accomplishment.
Sports teams have used team-building activities for years, but businesses are starting to adopt them as well. These activities help to eliminate petty problems like rivalry and jealousy, which are common among coworkers in business. Therefore, team-building activities help employees to work more efficiently and peacefully.
A “Ropes Course” is an activity that helps personal development and team building. It is one activity to consider when trying to improve your business in team building.
There are two types of ropes courses: low ropes courses and high ropes courses. High ropes courses are more complicated than a low ropes course. However, both types of ropes courses play a critical role in making people aware of the importance of “Team Building”.
Most ropes-course programs involve small teams of players participating in events of different difficulty levels over a period of a few days or weeks. These teams compete against each other in devising ways to get through or around man-made hurdles on a ropes course. Such a program tests the players’ smarts and savvy as well as their physical strength.
Off-site team-building activities are valuable in a variety of fields - particularly business and those professions concerned with organizational development. Educators and education administrators can also use team-building activities for students in both primary and secondary schools. This illustrates strength of ropes courses: people of any age can use them.
Any corporation can benefit from using a ropes course. Business gatherings such as meetings, workshops, seminars, and training courses can incorporate a rented ropes course as part of their itinerary. More and more businesses are realizing the benefits of the teamwork attitude built by coworkers through completion of a ropes course.
After participating in off-site team building activities like this, employees develop better coordination among themselves, compared to those who do not participate. You will notice, just as many others have, that their team works together at an informal level, truly involved and engaged in one other’s success.
GARTH
There are many team building activities which can help people develop the habit of working effectively with one another. Most team building activities are exhilarating tasks which require a group of people to work together toward common accomplishment.
Sports teams have used team-building activities for years, but businesses are starting to adopt them as well. These activities help to eliminate petty problems like rivalry and jealousy, which are common among coworkers in business. Therefore, team-building activities help employees to work more efficiently and peacefully.
A “Ropes Course” is an activity that helps personal development and team building. It is one activity to consider when trying to improve your business in team building.
There are two types of ropes courses: low ropes courses and high ropes courses. High ropes courses are more complicated than a low ropes course. However, both types of ropes courses play a critical role in making people aware of the importance of “Team Building”.
Most ropes-course programs involve small teams of players participating in events of different difficulty levels over a period of a few days or weeks. These teams compete against each other in devising ways to get through or around man-made hurdles on a ropes course. Such a program tests the players’ smarts and savvy as well as their physical strength.
Off-site team-building activities are valuable in a variety of fields - particularly business and those professions concerned with organizational development. Educators and education administrators can also use team-building activities for students in both primary and secondary schools. This illustrates strength of ropes courses: people of any age can use them.
Any corporation can benefit from using a ropes course. Business gatherings such as meetings, workshops, seminars, and training courses can incorporate a rented ropes course as part of their itinerary. More and more businesses are realizing the benefits of the teamwork attitude built by coworkers through completion of a ropes course.
After participating in off-site team building activities like this, employees develop better coordination among themselves, compared to those who do not participate. You will notice, just as many others have, that their team works together at an informal level, truly involved and engaged in one other’s success.
GARTH