If you can dream it, you can theme it!

Quick, what was your favorite birthday party? I bet you can remember; was it Strawberry Shortcake, My Pretty Ponies, a Luau or a Baseball party? I can see the balloons, plates, cups and feel the excitement and fun, can’t you? Themes make everything more fun, whether it’s a party, convention, incentive or your personal team. We use themes to engage our customers and hostesses, now let’s use them to engage our teams! Team themes are a simple, fun, exciting and creative way to keep your team engaged and producing. The perfect length of time for a team theme is 90 days. Long enough to see some real movement toward a goal, short enough to keep the excitement high. The best benefits from a team theme are:

  • Your team will know what to expect
  • Your team will know what is expected
  • You will experience a stress free season, the planning is complete and its only about execution

Over the next few blogs we will explore the 5 Easy Steps to Create at Team Theme. If you complete each step as we go along, your summer will be set!

STEP ONE

Pick a theme that energizes ­you

As the leader it’s your job to keep the theme alive and exciting. What excites you? What gets your imagination cooking? Is there a ‘hot trend’, TV show or Movie you can build around? Here are some ideas to get you started!

  • The Amazing Race
  • Take Me Out to the Ballgame
  • Earn Your Stripes (Tiger or Zebra theme)
  • Off to the Races (cars or horses)

Looking for inspiration? Head down the kids’ birthday party aisle or scout around at OrientalTrader.com Be sure to consider how easy it will be to find things to support the theme. (More about this later)

That’s it for today – go ahead, pick your theme, step two is on the way!

Need some help picking the theme? Go to First Friday and sign up. Last month’s recording is the complete package – a summer team theme ready to just implement!