Program

Build a Boat

Challenge your team to work collaboratively to design boats out of cardboard and other materials that actually float in this team building activity!

Program Progression

  • Introductions and Overview
  • Roles and Goals
  • Boat design
  • Construction time
  • Boat presentations
  • The Race
  • Debrief

Nuts & Bolts

  • Indoor or outdoor
  • 3–3.5 hours
  • Team size of 4-5; group size of up to 300
  • All fitness levels
  • Portable: Pool, lake or ocean

Challenge your team to work collaboratively to design cardboard boats that actually float. Brainstorm, design and custom-build a vessel of your own making: pontoons, catamarans, skulls or kayaks. Once built and boat pilots chosen, watercrafts are presented to the other teams, the race is on and only the successful stay dry.

Benefits

  • Enables latent leadership and engineering talents to emerge and flourish in a positive team setting.
  • Challenges participants to be innovative and practical while executing under tight deadlines.
  • A tactile experience that affords learning opportunities for individuals often overlooked by traditional training approaches.

Printable Sample Agenda

Blend with Corporate Training

Whether your group is learning about resource sharing, problem-solving, collaboration vs. competition, or just looking for a fun way to celebrate success, Build a Boat is even more effective when combined with corporate training workshops like Decision-Making or Communication Skills.

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