Our wonderful team members Zoe and Demetri were drumming up some Unbeatable Energy with a fantastic team in the sunny North last week. Read Zoe’s words on how it went..
Corporate Drumming Workshop for MJ Gleeson
By Zoe Jeffreyes
I was so excited to be back on the road again for my first corporate workshop since, what I like to call, the ‘before times’. Just seeing the drums neatly packed and ready to go lifted my spirits. It was a suitably sunny day. I collected my colleague Demetri on the way. We hadn’t worked together since the ‘before times’. It was wonderful to be reunited.
We were soon arriving at the venue in the beautiful main hall of a country estate in North Yorkshire. We were lucky enough to have the domed atrium for the workshop. The acoustics beneath the dome were excellent.
The whole event was very well organised and we soon had the circle of drums set up and ready for some actual ‘in person’ people. And, what a brilliant bunch they were. The bulk of the session was African Drumming. Everyone really engaged in this activity. It was such a lot of fun and sounded great. ‘We smashed it’ said one of the participants.
The other part of the session was the ‘numbers game’ which is basically a route into improvisation using hand percussion. It’s also a great opportunity to think about adapting, changing, listening, working together and finding patterns.
I really enjoyed leading the workshop. We received lots of very positive feedback afterwards and I quote:
“Thanks to you and Demetri for a great session. Lots of learning and many memorable moments for people”– Jonathan Harris Change 2
“It was great to get the full team together and do something that was so different – what a fantastic experience” – Beth Broughton, HR Director, MJ Gleeson Team Leader
Now, we just have to sanitise everything and our work here is done!
Our special thanks goes to Jonathan Harris from the learning and development company Change-2 Ltd for organising this event and including our activity in their client’s programme. We look forward to working with them again in the future!
As restrictions are starting to ease, we are finding a surge of interest from companies looking for a special way to inspire staff and raise their spirits and moral. If you are needing some energy, inspiration and quality interaction between staff in your company do get in touch with us. Our contact page is here.