In both my professional life as a Scientist and my private life as an
Artist, I loved showing people how to do things. I always wanted, as a
hobby, to teach art classes but never had the confidence in my art to
teach.
In Dec 2013, I started a canvas painting party business this year
called Social Artworking. It is a great way to get a few friends
together and have a bit of fun creating a piece of ArtWork. There is
no experience needed to create your very own artwork.
Though I still do private computer consulting and teach computer classes at neighbourhood houses, my
main goal this year is to take the Social ArtWorking business to the
next step. I want to do Corporate or Small Business Team Building
workshops using the Social ArtWorking technique.
Why I want to do Corporate Team Building?
I
have worked professionally in both large and medium sized companies.
Each day many people go to work with their "work attitude", but get
them out of the office in a social atmosphere and they are more often
than not very different. They relax. They spend time talking about
other things besides work. I personally found that was when you really
bonded as a team. I saw a different side of my work colleagues which
gave me a different perspective on them as both a professional and a
person.
How Art transformed my stress levels
I worked for most of my career in a high stress environment. I was
expected to solve problems and get results on a day to day basis. At
the same time I was a mother of two teenagers. I needed an outlet to do
something for me, and to relax. When I took up painting classes, I never
thought of myself as an artist. It was my way of doing something
completely different to my professional life.
How out of office activities built work relationships
I
believe using Art as a Team Building excercise could be a great way to
get people out of the day to day of work related problem solving and
allow them to do something completely different. Team
building and out of office activities are so vital both as a "debrief"
from the pressures of work and a way to build a relationship with their
work colleagues that can help bond them as a team. Let's face it a team can work more effectively than individuals.
How does Art facilitate Team Building?
Art
and Science are polar opposites! One is logical, step by step, problem
solving. The other is thinking, feeling, and very visual.
Though
I have always been a lateral thinker, art allowed me to look at the
world in a completely different way. My goal is to take art to
businesses as a way to facilitate team building by getting their
employees to use the thinking, feeling, visual way to facilitate team
solutions to their business. Even if they are not scientists art is a
way to facilitate creativity in a different environment to the daily
work environment.
My Challenge....How to get a gig?
My challenge and my goal is to look for companies that want to use art for team building or out of office activities.
My challenge and my goal is to look for companies that want to use art for team building or out of office activities.
Happy Blogging
Tracy
I also love doing art, and I have full confidence that I can win a game if its related to art. I am happy to say that when I will do corporate event planning, then I will suggest my team for an art game so that everyone will enjoy it. Art also helped me to get out of my day to day related problems.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually a great outlet for building a relationship between individuals. It may not have a particular niche with an employee’s JD or the company’s function, but it will strengthen a team’s rapport, and their communication skills will definitely be developed. Thank you for sharing this with us, Tracy. Good luck with your future endeavors!
ReplyDeleteJay Hastings @ London Business Games