Are you ready for Q-4 and 2010? page 1 Team Building at WorkShop in September page 2

1. www.creativeworkplace.com
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Do you need to plan a meeting
with a limited budget?
Offsite meetings are a challenge these days because of cut
backs. There are still plenty of opportunities to make offsite
meetings work.
A limited budget usually means you still need everything
you have always needed to facilitate a great meeting but you
may only have half the money you used to have or even less.
Greater Louisville Inc Member to Member discounts help
chamber members work within their new budget restraints.
GLI Members can go to www.greaterlouisville.com, then
click on Chamber, then click on Cost Savings under Mem-
ber Services, then click on MemberMarket, then look for
what service you need. Click on Business Service and then
With the start of fall, now is a great time to set aside a day scroll down to WorkShop to view our coupon.
or two to re-evaluate your company's situation. Take time Our coupon is Free Breakfast to help with the food budget
to determine how you can alter, modify, or shift some exist- cuts. The meeting space at WorkShop is half the cost of
ing products or services to make your company more attrac- other local meeting space and provides you with all the
tive to potential customers or existing customers over the
amenities you would need for your meeting in one low price.
next three to six months. Think outside the box.
No plus, plus, plus here.
Ask yourself and your team what client “need” has been Set your teams up for success. Set the stage for creativity at
created by the downturn, but is not currently being ad- your next meeting and see the difference in the results you
dressed by you or your competitors? How can you meet a
get.
need that is currently not being met, or, even better, how
can you create a need?
If you are not planning or taking actions to adjust to the BRING IT WITH FUN! Sales Managers,
current market, you may be putting your company at risk. Executive Assistants, Team Leaders, Supervisors
A shift in a new direction does not have to be costly, but
failing to shift could be. Do your team members place themselves in
the team vision? At your next meeting bring
Remember the Albert Einstein quote: "Insanity is doing the out the flip chart paper and markers. Ask your
same thing over and over again and expecting different team members to individually draw a picture of
results." Make a difference - meet somewhere different, who they are and what their vision is for them-
ask different people on the team for ideas, do an activity selves in the context of work in 2010. This
that sparks the creative thought process with your team will give you an idea if they have individual goals and if they
and most of all allow the team to share your vision. even see themselves in the big picture. Their pictures are a
great expression of their personal thoughts so use them to initi-
ate planning discussions.
Provided by Rita Ernst, Executive Coach and Facilitator

2. Page 2 October 2009
WorkShop Gives Back. We are excited to say that when some teams participate in Team Building Adventures, they help a local charity.
The items collected during the Frankfort Ave “Adventure in the Ville” were placed in gift bags and delivered to the children of Cralle
House at the Home of the Innocents.
http://workshoplouisville.wordpress.com/ The Businesses on Frankfort Avenue!
Bussman’s Bakery, Pottery Rowe, Divinity Fine Catering,
Mona & Lisa, Quest Outdoors and the Printing House for
the Blind
October
SPECIAL
$100.00 off full day
meeting space
ONE COUPON PER VISIT
Please present coupon for discount.
Valid thru 11/01/09
Have you ever thought about writing a song as a Corporate Team
Building Activity. Fred Bogert (www.fredbogert.com ) a three
time Grammy nominated song writer is a friend of WorkShop who
uses music and the art of songwriting as a team building exer-
cise. Here is a sample of our Fun with Fred….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAr_VJMCPTY
T eam Bui l di ng Ad ven t ur es
at Wor kShop. Cal l T oday !