Climbing the Giant Ladder

“GO-Adventures provides opportunities for individuals and groups to participate in high quality team building programs and adventure sports instruction. The goal is a positive experience through a mixture of teamwork, fun and education.

We feel that people learn and develop from overcoming challenges – our programs are designed to give participants enough challenge to stretch their limits, with enough guidance and instruction to expand them.

Over the years, we have seen clients from a variety of backgrounds and populations – from elementary school students to corporate executives.  The activities and metaphors we use with a group of high school students will differ from those we employ for a corporate project management team.  However, our dedication to providing great service and a program with value and lasting benefit is ever-present.  Many clients in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC area have benefited from our team building challenges and adventure sports instruction. We invite you to become another satisfied customer.” – Eriq Powers, Founder

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We at GO-AdventureSports have been listening.

We have gone through each of our team building options and tried to focus on and fine-tune the activities and programs that are most beneficial to our clients.  We want to make sure that we are giving you the highest return on your investment as well as giving you a program that will fit your goals and your budget.  Here are a few of the highlights:

The DIY Team Challenge was created for teams whose goals are recreational team building with a small budget.  The program works best with teams who already work well together or who are just coming together for the first time.  If you are adding a few staff and you want to achieve instant buy-in without the need for deeper team development, then the DIY Team Challenge is a great fit.  Getting ready to begin a new school year, and want an energizer?  DIY Team Challenge is the team building option that will fit the bill.

The PORTABLE Team Challenge brings the team building to your location or to a park or retreat center near you.  The Portable Team Challenge is a facilitated team building experience – our expert facilitators will sequence activities that are not only fun and challenging, but relevant to your goals, needs and group dynamics.  Following most activities, your facilitator will lead the team in a debrief that relates the lessons learned in the activity back to the ‘real world’ of work dynamics and interpersonal relationships.

The ROPES Challenge combines the facilitated team building of the Portable Team Challenge (getting-to-know-you activities, problem-solving initiatives and trust-building exercises) with the individual challenge of the high elements (challenging climbing, traversing or leaping activities that take place up to 40 feet in the air) to create a uniquely powerful team building experience.  Although much of the actual team development takes place in the initial low elements, the accomplishment of the high element portion of the day is often the most memorable and individually satisfying component.

The NEXTeams Process begins where traditional team building programs end.  Designed for teams whose goal is to get to the root of organizational dysfunction and build a foundation of trust that will foster commitment, innovation and higher performance, the NEXTeams Process bridges the gap between team building and ‘teams working’.  NEXTeams is “The NEXT Step” in team development.  Check out our other professional facilitation services at The NEXTeams Companies website:  www.nexteams.com.

Learn more about our different Team Building options…

Adventure Team Challenge on the National Mall

GO-AdventureSports specializes in team building and adventure instruction for youth and adults.  Our program offerings include:

Team Building

• Portable Team Challenge – on-site or off-site activities that can either be recreational or goal-oriented. For businesses and governmental agencies interested in providing an environment that fosters communication and an opportunity that promotes positive change. We will help open the door – you will choose whether to walk through or not…

• Adventure Team Challenge – for large groups interested in a recreational team building program on a tight budget… Teams are given instruction booklets and sent through a rotation of different team building activities.

• ROPES Course – combining elements of the Portable Team Challenge with additional High Elements, the ROPES Course is a great way for groups to either work on specific goals, or simply enjoy a recreational team building program.

Boy Scouts in the 'Pancake Room'

Adventure Instruction

• Rock Climbing – top-roping courses teach the basics of the simplest and most popular form of rock climbing – knots, belaying, anchors, and movement.

• Mountain Biking – join our guide on some of the best trails in Maryland for this single-track mountain biking skill building instructional program.
• Wilderness Skills - learn valuable outdoor survival skills in this one or two-day program.  Popular topics include – fire-building, water, shelter, preparation and land navigation

• Caving Adventures – beginners and experts alike will be challenged as we explore the wild caves of West Virginia, where ancient stalactites and stalagmites add to the challenge and wonder of the narrow tunnels and wide open caverns.

• Adventure Weekend – a multi-day team building and instructional event for teams of up to 14 participants. Each day is packed with adventure training opportunities (choose from a combination of rock climbing, caving, mountain biking, canoeing, and via ferrata), and each experience requires significant commitment from the members of the group. Our team of expert guides will give you the skills you need to accomplish every challenge.

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What We’ve Been Working on for 2010…

NEXTeams - The NEXT Step in Team Development

In our continuing efforts to create engaging and relevant team building activities for our clients, we are launching NEXTeams Team Development – www.nexteams.com – which will focus on a long-view, goals-driven approach to team development and facilitation.  Combining experiential education and traditional team building activities with professional facilitation for meetings and strategic planning sessions, the NEXTeams Process of Team Development will start where other team building programs leave off.

A couple of cross-over events that will be shared by GO-AdventureSports and NEXTeams include:

• RACE Day Team Builder – An exciting and competitive event for smaller groups, RACE Day enhances teamwork through the creation of a Soapbox Derby Racer. Working in teams of 2 to 4 participants, your group will compete to build, brand and race their vehicle, producing their creation on time/under budget and, with a little luck, taking the trophy home!

• Team Project Events (TPEs) – An opportunity for groups and teams to participate in a combination of traditional team building activities and a community service project. Projects have included: Building a ropes course element at a local camp, fence building at a local community farm, and planning and running an adventure race at a local elementary school. How will you choose to “Pay it Forward?”

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As time has passed, we have grown and evolved as professionals in our industry, and our interests and experience has grown with us. Today, our expertise has expanded to include the professional facilitation.  With this new additions to our repertoire coupled with a strong desire to affect positive change within organizations, we are introducing our new Team Development company – NEXTeams – whose mission is to provide professional facilitation services to organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Please see our newly re-designed informational sites at www.go-adventuresports.com (recreational team building and adventure instruction) and www.nexteams.com (professional facilitation and team development), and we look forward to working with your organization in 2010 and beyond.