Every year, many seminars are organized in companies. These are not superfluous expenses, these meetings often annual, have an important beneficial contribution for the company which organizes it. Discover the interest of taking the time to organize an event like this.
The seminar, an important axis for the company
What is a seminar?
A company seminar is an important management tool, whatever the size of the company. The goal is to bring together participants over one or more days and around an unusual activity, fun or a common project. This kind of event was initially created to allow participants to get to know each other better.
It is often organized in september to get back to work smoothly, but also during the rest of the year to take stock, announce projects, objectives or encourage employees. The seminar has become a trendy event, which favors exchanges while developing a real company culture.
The different types of seminars
To make a success of this type of event, it is important to determine beforehand the target and the objective. Defining your needs is essential to plan a seminar with an adapted format and theme. There are different types of seminars;
- The induction seminar is an event organized for the arrival of a new person in the company. It is a way to introduce the new member and to get to know the other employees. It also helps to integrate the new person and to share the company culture.
- The motivation seminar allows to reinforce and motivate the teams. These seminars are often organized around an outdoor and unusual activity.
- The training seminar is a way to inform the team when there are changes in a company. It is a way to communicate and train on the new changes.
- The working seminar is organized with people from the same department or outside to answer a problem together. It allows several people to meet in a room to work more efficiently.
- The management seminar is a meeting in small committee and composed of company managers. The objective of this exchange is to make an assessment and strategic reflections in order to ensure the objectives to come.
The value of an internal seminar
Maintain links between employees
It is necessary to take the time to organize moments between teams. Indeed, it is the best way to maintain close links, to learn to discover more about your colleagues and especially to decompress.
In normal times, outside of the sanitary crisis, the ideal is to plan a more “intimate” moment around a team building activity, which means fun or sports activities (culinary or artistic workshop, sports events or treasure hunt…). And in this period, there are intermediaries such as digital seminars where we can propose interactive moments (games, surveys, quizzes…).
Getting out of the usual professional framework, by doing playful activities also allows to develop creativity and to set a common challenge to the team. Together they will have to be united and communicate to move forward and win! A great way to create more affinities!
Wellness, the key to productivity
In order to maintain productivity in your company and to guarantee its development, it is important to make sure that each employee feels good professionally. The second advantage of a seminar is that it allows employees to decompress and invites them to communicate with the management. It is a break from the professional environment, which involves exchanging on common or personal objectives and projects. The seminar will help the employee to de-stress, evacuate his fears and ensure a better professional development. A good format to give time and space to employees!
Organize a seminar despite COVID-19
Due to the current situation, companies are cancelling or postponing their seminars. It is however important to continue to organize this professional meeting which allows to meet, to share and to forget a little the context.
It is however possible to maintain the seminars while respecting the barrier gestures. Summer is not far away, so it is the opportunity to favor outdoor activities, to encourage distancing by providing masks and hydroalcoholic gel. In case face-to-face seminars seem complicated, it is possible to organize a seminar in another format, in digital.
During digital seminars, it is interesting to set up playful activities, workshops, games, by dividing the number of participants in virtual rooms. Humanizing these gatherings allows to maintain a certain interactivity and dynamism. The idea is to do everything possible to make the participants feel like they are physically present and to provide them with a positive interlude.
Saybus always available for your events
Saybus continues to transport passengers while implementing sanitary measures in the coaches. You can therefore call on our services for all kinds of corporate events.
During this period, cleaning and disinfection are reinforced at the end of each day to guarantee full security during your trips. For more information, do not hesitate to consult the sanitary protocols established for the coaches.
In spite of the period, it is important for a company to use this type of managerial tool which will generate exchange and reinforce the employees’ self-confidence. Motivation will be stimulated and the desire to produce, create, and innovate will also be stimulated!