OnTeamBuilding
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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, bee...
Recent 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 activ...
#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 share...
#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 traini...
#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 t...
#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'...
#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 us...
#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 pop...
#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 Acad...
#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 b...
#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 fro...
#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 int...
#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 thin...
#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 a...
#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 l...
#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 th...
#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 star...
#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 bu...
#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 diffe...
#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. Dani...
#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...
#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...
#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 w...
#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...
#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 shoul...
#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 corp...
#6: Dixie Reed - (5+ years) The Toy Pig, 'Planting Seeds' to Process, Small Group Activity, Co-Planning, Helping New Facilitators
Dixie Reed is 5 years into team building, starting out as a static high course operator and now facilitating corporate groups. She tells us about how...
#5: Dan Creely, Part 2 - (40+ years) A Book without Words, Limited Time, Psycho Geometry, Freedom of Choice, Evolution of Confidence
In this Part 2 episode of the OnTeamBuilding podcast, we're back with Dan Creely (40 years in and still going!). He tells us about a powerful book 'wi...
#4: Dan Creely, Part 1 - (40+ years) It's a What?, "I'm in!" Contract, Energy Ball, Chiji Cards, Power of Touch
Dan Creely is an early adopter of Adventure Education with over 40 years of team building experience and teaching team builders. He has directly educa...
#3: Kelli McMahan - (30+ years) Tennis Ball Pass, Blindfold Outcomes, What? Processing Model, Processing using Anything, Finesse, Be Yourself!
Kelli has been team building for over 30 years. In this episode we find out some of her favorite activities and why she has returned to using 'blindfo...
#2: Josh Meyer - (17+ years) Portable Props, Processing 'Failure,' Practicing Reflection, Team Builder Energy, Programming Tips, Stuck on a Bus
Josh Meyer (mt.adventure@gmail.com) has been team building for over 17 years. In this episode, he shares some of his favorite light-weight (and versat...
#1: OnTeamBuilding Podcast Introduction with Dr. Chris Cavert
This introduction, by Dr. Chris Cavert, details the content goals for this first season, the frequency of the episodes and the the interview content t...