Winter Events at the Carey Institute Thinking About Planning a Winter Retreat? Here Are 4 Reasons Why We Think You Should While you might be hesitant to bring your team on a retreat or host an offsite meeting in the depths of winter, we can think of plenty of reasons why you should! Not only […]
Tips from the World of Improv to Improve Your Presence as an Offsite Leader and Facilitator Kat Koppett, Koppett’s eponymous founder, brings to our work a deep commitment to serving the needs of our clients with whatever tools, styles and approach are best suited to them. Kat holds a B.F.A. in Drama from New York University […]
What to Expect From Action-Based Teambuilding Dominic Cataldo, MLIR owns one of the oldest experiential, activity-based teambuilding companies in upstate New York. He has published an article on experiential teambuilding entitled “How to Get Off to the Right Start” in the Association for Experiential Education’s Horizon newsletter. His company, OnTarget Teambuilding LLC, has continually maintained […]
Preparing Your Offsite Meeting to Get the Outcomes You Want Shem Cohen, MSOD is an organization and management consultant who specializes in strategic planning, leading change and the design and facilitation of mission-critical meetings. His work is included in three globally published books on best-practice collaborative planning and has served clients across large corporate, not-for-profit, government […]
Historic campus experiences new life as millennial and tech workforce retreat Carey Institute’s unique access to outdoors, craft brewery and vintage Catskill feel add to rustic modern appeal Rensselaerville, N.Y.— The entire 70-member international remote staff of Parse.ly, a tech company helping brands leverage data for digital audience engagement, gathered at the Carey Institute for […]
TOP TIPS: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR EVENTS BUDGET Our campus has been hosting groups since 1924, and our staff are experts at planning events of many sizes and budgets. A common challenge faced by our clients is how to make the most of their often-shrinking meeting budget, or justify offsite meetings to colleagues […]
A company retreat is an investment in your team and your organization’s future. It is an opportunity to connect and forge lasting relationships, break down barriers built by computers and technology, inspire creativity and new ideas and reinforce the company mission. It should become a part of your organization’s culture and tradition. Unplug to reconnect. […]
Barbara SwansonAssociate Director of Professional DevelopmentNYS Association of Independent Schools As the Associate Director for Professional Development for the NYS Association of Independent Schools, I host a lot of meetings and training events. One of my favorite locations to bring groups is the Carey Institute for Global Good. For more than three decades now, their property in […]
Get away from your day-to-day. It was Albert Einstein who said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Similarly, you will keep producing the same results, even with your best people, if you keep turning up to the same office and going through the same routine each […]
Be honest with yourself. We would all like to think that our teams are already in peak performance mode, but it takes time and effort to get a bunch of individuals functioning as an effective group. Psychologist Bruce Tuckman classifies teams into 4 types of groups: Forming groups don’t know their individual roles and display […]