Posts by Paul McKeon
We're Thrilled to be the Dallas Venue for the 2016 MGM Resorts International Recipe Showdown
Each year, MGM Grand Resorts invites meeting planners, event managers and others to compete in a nationwide recipe showdown. The goal is to celebrate food, hospitality and good old fashioned competition. This year, we are proud to announce the Dallas regional event event will be held Tuesday, August 16 at Team Building with Taste. More…
Read MoreFor a Unique Culinary Team Building Experience Try Cooking in a Real Commercial Kitchen!
Culinary Team Building in a Real Commercial Kitchen A lot of people hear “culinary team building” and think it’s simply a chef sharing a few cooking tips and everyone cooking a nice meal together. Well that’s part of it. But real culinary team building puts the participants in more of a unique and unexpected situation:…
Read MoreAgile Team Building for Agile Consultants
Matrix Resources is an IT firm that specializes in the agile development process, the modern way to develop software and implement IT projects. Recently they held a team building event at Team Building with Taste that featured our Taste of Innovation program. Unlike our more traditonal team building, this program features a “market basket” of…
Read MoreTeam Selling Requires Team Building Exercises
Conventional wisdom says great sales people are eagles. They don’t flock. They’re not good collaborators. Instead they’re hunters; they work on their own, searching out and landing their prey-and being handsomely rewarded for their skills. While sales workers may appear solitary, experienced sales people learn the value of team selling. This makes team building exercises more relevant…
Read MoreWant to Win Like Leicester City? Try Culinary Team Building!
By now, everyone knows that the Leicester City soccer team pulled off one of the most amazing upsets in the recent history of sports. They won the vaunted English Premier League championship over the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and other traditional powerhouses. In fact, Leicester was such long odds that British bookmakers, like Ladbrokes and…
Read MoreFive Differences Between Team Building and a Team Activity
Knowing the differences between team building and team activity is important. At Team Building with Taste, we get calls all the time from people who are looking for “team building.” But after a few questions, it becomes obvious that what they are really interested in—and have budgeted for—is a simpler, “team activity.” What’s the difference?…
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