OnTeamBuilding
At the On Team Building podcast you and Dr. Chris Cavert (from OnTeamBuilding.com and FUNdoing.com) will meet and learn from a wide range of team building facilitators all over the world - every team builder has something to share. They will be at all points in their careers - just starting out, been at it for a while and been at it for quite a while. Listen in to valuable information as they share their favorite team building activities and team building books. We'll also find out about their favorite team building props, group processing tools and processing questions. Some will tell us impactful team building stories from their careers and some of their biggest team building challenges and how they manage them. Others will share programming ideas and nuggets of advice they have internalized to help us learn and grow. And, of course, there will be the rabbit holes we get to explore with them - each guest has so much to offer it's difficult to stop asking them questions. Join in. Let's learn and grow together.
Episodes
31 episodes
#31: Michelle Cummings - (27+) 52 Card Pick Up, Bonding-Building-Development, Avoiding Debriefing Fatigue and Make Valuable Connections
In the final episode of Season 1 of the OnTeamBuilding podcast, Michelle Cummings (the BIG Wheel at Training Wheels), shares one of her favorite activities, some programming wisdom and her go-to proces...
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29:27
#30: Tom Heck - (32+) Making What You Need, The Power of the Infinite Circle, Being in Community, Dive Deep and Stay Curious
Tom Heck is a master of the team building craft. He has worked with groups of all ages, committed to the deep dives he can take groups into. Tom shares some of his most memorable stories lined with possibilities for all of us! He holds to guidi...
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Season 1
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45:15
#29: Rohan Shahani - (12+) Lots of Activity Favorites, Eliminating Blindfolds and Changing It Up, Using Dice and "Framing Is Key"
Rohan is the Training Manager for ChallengeWorks out of California. He is simply an amazing source of knowledge in the area of challenge course training and operations. Rohan shares several of his fa...
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Season 1
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41:52
#28: Floyd Hinman - (22+) Powerful Books, "What's Up?" Processing Tool, Participant-Centered Facilitation and a Favorite Activity
Floyd, as a team builder, has a deep background in working with youth diagnosed with severe emotional challenges. In this episode, he shares some of the books, processing tools and activities that have helped him navigate programs with these yo...
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25:30
#27: Kema Geroux - (30+) A Commitment to Social Growth, Places to Learn, Rohnke & New Games and Some Favorite Props and Activities
Kema started her (now 30+ year) career helping youth as a recreational therapist working with them on physical, emotional and social growth. Her 'job' was to find therapeutic value in anything recreational - from cooking to canoeing. When she d...
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31:25
#26: Chris Schuhmann - (13+) Focused Episode: Some Adventure Psychology - Forming with a Group Using Group Juggle
Chris Schuhmann has been a teacher and adventure educator for over 13 years. Early on, Chris saw the amazing potential of adventure ed and has been using its methodologies to help bring about powerful life lessons. He categorizes what he does a...
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37:47
#25: Andrew Florence - (10+) Adventure-Based Counseling, 'Embodied' Processing, Head-Heart-Feet, Overthinking and Experiment
Andrew, with a background in social work, uses adventure-base counseling methodologies with groups of all ages. His primary focus is helping youth populations practice pro-social behaviors through team building experiences. Andrew shares some o...
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24:10
#24: Kristina Book - (17+) Peer Facilitation in High School, Challenges 'Growing Up' in the Industry, What Are We Worth? and Learning Through Conferences and Books
Kristina is the Instructor for Experiential Based Learning for the Center for Character and Leadership Development at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado. It is the first position of its kind at the Air Force Academ...
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40:46
#23: Jaime Amling - (17+) Gold in Threes - 3Cs, 3Ds, 3Rs, Hey! What's Up? You Rock!, Engaging Activities, Mid-Movement and The Value of Feedback
During this episode of the OnTeamBuilding podcast, Jaime shares with Chris four different frameworks that help him program, observe and process team building experiences - all of them are organized in groups of three steps (easy to remember). J...
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34:06
#22: Dr. Jim Cain - (40+) How He Got Started - the Engineer Turned Team Builder, Jim's Favorite Books and Props and Powerful Stories from the Field
Dr. Jim Cain, from Teamwork & Teamplay, and Dr. Cavert dive into some of Jim's favorite books, activities and team building props and hear stories from the field about how 'simple' activities ca...
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32:36
#21: Scott Goldsmith - (20+) Focused Episode: Emotional Intelligence and Team Building
Scott Goldsmith, author of Experiential Activities for Enhancing Emotional Intelligence shares his three keys to success focus and other emotional intelligence (EI) connections we can make with our team building groups. We have traditi...
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Season 1
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40:58
#20: Dave Vermilye - (30+) Focused Episode: Moving Into Team Building Programs While Safely Distancing (Data 3)
In this episode, Dave shares some of his recent experiences team building face-to-face with groups while safely distancing. He shares some of his thinking on preparing for his programs, what activities worked for him and some of his biggest tak...
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Season 1
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38:36
#19: Jennifer Steinmetz - (19+) Her Favorite Props and Activities, the 'Card' Collection, Tell Me Three Things, Define Success, Asking Permission and the Time Challenge
Jennifer and Chris get into a fruitful conversation about favorites. We find out about Jennifer's favorite props (some of which are Chris' favorites as well), her favorite activity (and a bonus share from Chris), her favorite processing tools a...
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Season 1
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28:43
#18: Ed Caplan - (24+) Finding What You Need, Understanding Processing, Processing Tendencies Quiz, Keeping Your Eyes Open, Using Their Words
Ed and Chris get into a steady up hill climb conversation about a team builders journey working with groups over the years. We all seem to start out looking for activities we can use with groups - having enough of them to fill the time we are a...
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Season 1
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31:58
#17: Mo Kappes - (20+) Focused Episode: Moving Into Team Building Programs While Safely Distancing (Data 2)
We are learning from Mo Kappes in this focused episode about team building while safely distancing. Mo is the Advisor, and facilitator trainer, for the Adventure Learning Programs at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Mo shares her re...
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39:39
#16: Jeremy Yarbrough - (16+) Focused Episode: Moving Into Team Building Programs While Safely Distancing (Data 1)
In this episode, we're learning from Jeremy Yarbrough, the Program Development Manger for Group Dynamix out of Carrollton Texas. Group Dynamix is starting to bring groups into their 35,000+ sq. ft. indoor...
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Season 1
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35:25
#15: Jon Grizzle - (13+) Purposeful Conflict, Card Perspective, That One Thing, Open to Outcome, Respecting Each Other
We get to learn from Jon Grizzle in this episode of the OnTeamBuilding podcast. Jon has been team building for over 13 years. He got hooked on team building through his scouting program and has never looked back. Today he spends most of his con...
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30:39
#14: Al Leone - (14+) Start Them Early, Showing Up Differently, Be Compassionate with Their Story, The Alchemist, "It Works If You Work It"
In this episode we're learning from Al Leone. Al and Chris have been "Con-Friends" for years - only getting together once a year, traveling from different locations, to attend the National Cha...
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Season 1
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39:02
#13: Daniel Cape - (15+) Focused Episode: How Team Builders Can Leverage Creativity for Themselves and Their Groups
In this special Focused episode, Daniel and Chris talk about creativity - being creative, thinking about creativity and being open to creativity. Daniel is the author of,
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31:34
#12: Dr. Amy Climer - (24+) Creative Problem Solving for Programming, Climer Cards Processing & Stories, Post-It Notes, Pausing for Ideas
Dr. Amy Climer has been a team builder for over 24 years working with many different age groups. Currently, her post-doctorate focus has been helping teams be more creative - or be more, deliberatively creative. In this episode we find...
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Season 1
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33:42
#11: Phil Brown - (13+) Versatile Prop, Push-Catch, Failing Forward, Litmus Testing, Framing, Journaling, 'Legacy'
In this episode, Phil shares one of his favorite versatile props and a super low-prop activity he's been using for over 12 years (one he brought with him from England). We talk about Maximizing Resources, Failing Forward, Preparing Participants...
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Season 1
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35:53
#10: Mariah Emond - (24+) Adventure-Based Counseling, A Required Prop, Processing 'Individually' in a Group, Check & Balance Norm of Support
Mariah Emond has a deep background in adventure therapy - using adventure-based activities and contexts to work towards positive change. Most of her work has been focused on helping youth navigate todays challenges. In this episode, Mar...
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Season 1
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27:44
#9: Trevor Dunlap - (20+) High Torque Activities, A Simple Tool to Create Engagement, Play Testing, Stretch Your Comfort Zone, A Powerful Book List
Trevor Dunlap has been team building for well over 20 years. He is the Executive Director of Nuhop, a camp and retreat center that services all types of groups with many levels of abilities. Currently, he spends...
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Season 1
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40:28
#8: Laurie Frank - (35+) Focused Episode: "A Call to Action" Figuring out what social connection means and what it looks like in times of physical distancing (and beyond).
In this 'Focused Episode' Laurie and Chris talk about the important topic of community building during "social distancing" (what Laurie believes should be referred to as "physical distancing") and beyond, into the 'new' normal. Here are some vi...
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Season 1
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59:44
#7: Solomon Masala - (30+ years) Wisdom Gathering, F.U.N.N. (Rohnke), Programming Mind, Moving the Process Forward
Solomon Masala has been team building for over 30 years - working with groups of all ages. Recently he's been bringing his skills and energy into corporate groups, helping them learn and grow into their full potential. What others have said abo...
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32:13