How We See Ourselves

I think one of the fun things about the blog is to let you see a little “behind the curtain” and this particular blog is fun because this is our entry to the Forbes Magazine “Build Your Business” contest for $100,000 cash and advertising prize and the first part of the contest is to send them 500 words on who we are, what we do and what we would use the prize money for. I think you’ll like it!

“TeamBonding is a fun, dynamic company that designs and facilitates custom team building programs for groups of all sizes. TeamBonding also delivers team and leadership development programs including Myers-Briggs, Change Management, DiSC Profile, Change Management and Effective Communication.

We’ve been considered a cutting-edge leader within our industry since starting the business in 1986 with a personal loan. For the past 22 years, our company has been fully funded by cash flow from operations. Typically our clients are companies and organizations located in North America, though we do work internationally as well.

Our pricing is competitive. We establish pricing for each program by building a profit margin into our costs which include professional program design and customization, production materials, marketing, travel and expenses, top-shelf facilitators and staffing.

Company founder David Goldstein has been in charge since the beginning. Our management, sales staff and lead facilitators are all active in business and social networking, and attend the meeting and conventions of leading industry organizations including ISES, MPI, NACE and PCMA. Many have been interviewed and/or asked to contributed information for articles by a range of industry publications. We’ve also made the Inc 5000 each of the past two years.

TeamBonding offers over 70 different customizable programs through our various websites including TeamBonding.com, Scaventures.com and RecipeForSuccess.com. Our events are as diverse as our clients: indoor, outdoor, low tech, hi tech, culinary and philanthropic programs are all part of the mix. We even have a complete line of custom scavenger hunts and game shows. Our event designers are continually dreaming up new programs; for the past two years, we’ve focused primarily on Philanthropic and Go Green team building.

Our philanthropic programs include a Charity Bike Build that has participants assembling and donating bikes to kids in need; a Team Teddy Rescue Bear program for making and donating stuffed animals to children in distress; a Fare to Share program that involves cooking and donating food to shelters; a Habitat for Humanity event that designs, builds and donates accessories to new Habitat homeowners; plus an Operation Military Care program that packs and ships care packages to soldiers serving overseas.

Once you’ve seen one of these amazing efforts first-hand, it’s hard not to be moved by power and potential we all have when working together. You simply cannot forget the joyful face of a terminally ill child receiving a bicycle assembled and donated as part of a corporate event. The grateful eyes of a man without home or family who has gone too long without tasting a home-cooked meal. Our military care package events are emotion-filled gatherings as well.

All of which makes answering the next question easy: TeamBonding will use the $100,000 contest money to continue developing and implementing CRS programs that focus on environmental awareness and education, and Philanthropic team building programs that gives back to the community. We’d also like to expand the network of chartable organizations that receive the fruits of our philanthropic team building programs. There is still much to be done…"

Wish us luck!