Our Favorite Team-Building Event Ideas Inspired by BoomPop Clients
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Our Favorite Team-Building Event Ideas Inspired by BoomPop Clients
BoomPop Team · 5/7/2025Creative and engaging team building retreat ideas inspired by successful BoomPop client events.
Looking for inspiring team-building retreat ideas? Bringing your team together for an offsite or retreat can be the perfect opportunity to strengthen your team’s connections, foster growth, and develop team alignment.
When exploring team-building retreat ideas, consider opportunities to tie these back to your event theme, enhancing the experience and reinforcing your core message with attendees.
Team-Building Retreat Ideas that People Love
Our guide to team-building retreats explores the why and how of crafting the perfect team-building retreat. Now, let's double-click into the what and explore some real-world team-building ideas that BoomPop clients have loved!
Take a look at these examples as you start curating the perfect mix of team-building activities for your next company retreat or offsite.
Unleash Creativity & Imagination
Unleash your team's creativity and tap into their imaginative side with team-building activities with engaging, hands-on experiences.
Game Show Competitions: Future Partners spiced up their California retreat with an immersive, experiential game-show style competition complete with a host, lights, and spinning wheel! Another client wrapped up their sales kickoff with a personalized Family Feud game with questions tailored to their company culture, which was a huge hit. A game-show style activity is a fantastic way to add a fun experiential element, encourage some competition, and highlight meaningful aspects of your team, culture, and event itself!
Improv Class: One BoomPop client’s team took a center stage approach with an improv class focused on celebrating people for taking risks, even when they fail. This activity encourages quick thinking, collaboration, and developing resilience.
Cooking Classes: Several BoomPop clients (and even our very own BoomPop team,) have enjoyed cooking classes as a fun and delicious way to learn new skills and bond as a team. Look for cuisine or themes that highlight an element of your theme, celebrate your location, or offer a way to learn about another culture when selecting a cooking class for your offsite.
Group Art Classes: Honor your inner artist with group painting, pottery, or drawing classes. No experience required! From facilitated painting activities to team-led decor crafting sessions, art-related team-building events have been a hit with several different clients.
Foster Collaboration & Connection
Strengthen team bonds and improve communication through collaborative experiences that will stand out and leave a lasting impact.
Team Building Scavenger Hunts: During a recent event in Savannah, tesa’s team embarked on a scavenger hunt, exploring their surroundings while working together to solve clues.
Escape Rooms: This team-building activity has become a classic for a reason, and many BoomPop clients enjoy adding them into the mix! These days, you’ll find a range of escape room themes and experiences, making them a fun way to challenge your team's problem-solving and communication skills while providing a memorable experience.
Ropes Courses & Adventure Centers: For the outdoorsy team-building experience, a ropes course can be the perfect blend of adventure and building relationships. Some clients enjoy experiences at adventure centers that offer multiple types of excursions for small groups to select from based on their interests (and feelings about heights!)
White Water Rafting: Push your team's limits and build trust with adventurous watersports activities like white water rafting. This activity is not for the faint of heart, but for some teams it’s the perfect team-building and bonding experience.
Build Bonds Through Giving Back
This idea has been a hit with many clients, although it might not strike you to think about volunteering during a retreat or offsite that’s not based where you live! But with the right planning and coordination, finding a charitable organization to support during an offsite can add an important element to your team-building event. Consider volunteering at a charity or non-profit that speaks to your team’s culture and values. Finding a charity your team is passionate about can be a great way to bring your values to life and boost morale. Focus on making a positive impact and strengthening connections with team-building activities like:
Animal Shelter Volunteering: One animal-loving team spent time volunteering at a local animal shelter, helping with important activities around the shelter and (bonus!) getting to spend some time with some adorable animals.
Service Projects: Many shelters, food banks, and other non-profits need volunteer help to pack meals, care packages, and other items to distribute to people in need. One BoomPop client took some time out of their offsite to pack meals for kids through a food bank in their offsite location, marking an incredibly memorable experience the whole team loved. In just an hour and a half, their small team packed over 17,000 meals, which amounts to feeding 47 children daily for a year!
Bike Build for Charity: One BoomPop client held a high-energy, hands-on event where their team worked together to build bikes for kids at local Boys and Girls Clubs, combining teamwork with a charitable cause.
Humane Society Puppy Photobooth: Who doesn’t want to snuggle an adorable puppy, snap a fun photo, and support a local humane society all at the same time? We recently helped a client event level up their company event with this hugely popular and wildly adorable activity. Sign us up for the next one, team!
Create Unique & Memorable Experiences
Team-building moments offer an important way to underscore your values, celebrate your team, and even create unique traditions that your team will look forward to from offsite to offsite. Offer your team something truly special with these standout experiences.
Create a Company Tradition: Embrace and celebrate your company's unique culture by creating your own tradition for each offsite—for example, at every BoomPop retreat, we do a baton pass between our co-founders, a highly-anticipated part of our event wrap-up!
Karaoke: Belt out your favorite tunes and let loose with a karaoke night. It gives your team an opportunity to learn more about each other, celebrate, and generally have fun. (And speaking of BoomPop traditions, a Karaoke night has become a highly-requested offsite event staple over the years.)
Hot Air Balloon Ride: Atomic took their team to new heights with a breathtaking hot air balloon ride over the Napa Valley. Imagine your team gently ascending as the sun rises (or sets) over picturesque landscapes, fostering a sense of shared wonder and tranquility. This unique experience provides a stunning visual backdrop for conversation and connection, creating memories that will last long after you've made it back to solid ground.
Celebrity Speakers Sessions: We’ve had the honor to work with multiple BoomPop clients to secure celebrity guests for their events, like a legendary basketball coach who spoke at one client’s company event. Giving your team access to an inspirational speaker or celebrity guest is sure to make a memorable moment!
Company Olympics: Ignite some friendly competition with a company-wide Olympics. This classic is always a hit, whether during a field day, in a local gym or activity center, or when your team offsite just so happens to be in Greece and goes to the ancient site of the first Olympics!
Laser Tag: AppOmni brought out the competitive spirit with a fun-filled laser tag session. It’s a great high-energy activity that encourages quick thinking, communication, and friendly rivalry, providing a dynamic and engaging experience that gets everyone moving and laughing.
Balance Educational Elements with Fun Activities
Educational team-building workshops can be a cornerstone of a team-building retreat. It’s a great idea to bring in an expert facilitator so that everyone on your team can fully participate, including key company leaders.
For example, at their recent offsite, BoomPop’s client Future Partners incorporated a structured workshop with TeamDynamics into their program alongside some lighter team-building experiences. This balance is ideal for a team-building focused event, so you can help everyone foster deeper understanding and collaboration within their teams alongside providing memorable experiences that will serve as a touchstone after the event.
Looking for Personalized Team Building Retreat Ideas?
The possibilities for team building events are endless—anything that incorporates some structure, facilitation, and intentionality can provide an opportunity for team building. For expert guidance and help crafting an unforgettable team-building retreat itinerary, reach out to the BoomPop team. Our expert event planners can help create a retreat that's perfectly tailored to your team's needs and goals.
