Compass Connections

Over the past three days I’ve seen eight snapping turtles laying eggs. These ancient creatures that have been around for hundreds of thousands of years virtually unchanged. I watch the mother turtles dig, dig, dig, then drop gooey ping pong ball eggs into the 12 inch deep hole and cover them over before returning to the […]

Harmonious Meetings don’t just happen. They are the result of setting the stage for success. At Northern Edge Algonquin we’ve been hosting meetings for almost twenty years with team members responsible for delivering experiences at our Algonquin Park home. Over the years we’ve had many successful meetings and others that have dragged on, or left

Explorer’s Edge Best Practice Mission Sustainable Tourism: Culinary • Cultural • Experiential • Nature Nov 16-21, 2014 Defining Best Practice Mission: Tourism industry professionals travel to locations outside their home region (in this case PEI, NL, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) to gain knowledge and experience with educational and interactive learning experiences that illustrate best

We’ve been beset by numerous computer challenges recently including virus attacks and a recent hard drive crash. The regularity of our computer woes is a bit alarming and I seem to be the most affected by these bi-annual meltdowns. A few years ago when this would happen, I would take the computer to the repair

Many businesses now require that their employees be “unplugged” – from laptops, BlackBerrys, iPhones and other devices – during face-to-face meetings. The trend is in response to too many workers being distracted by technology when they’re supposed to be connecting with each other. Being “always on” can be a real turnoff to really listening to

Great Teams take time for the important things. Great Leaders take time for the important things. The key is determining which are the important things and which are not. Then making the decision to do what is best for ourself, our families, our teams. A few years ago, my brother reminded me that you only

I’m sure in some culture, some dialect, some language there is a word for what I’m thinking of today. . . but not in English. Often in work or home life we are engrossed in our own activities, striving for a feeling of personal accomplishment or did-it-ness. In team work, we are faced with an

I’ve just returned from two weeks of “Community Team Building” working with two good friends in delivering an Experiential program in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland. The Wonder of such places, motivates and inspires all people to look at the potential within themselves and their team. Whenever I deliver a team building program I

Clutter makes it difficult for me to get things done. Two years ago I picked up a book in the airport when I read on the back cover the invitation to – Empty your Inbox. At the time, I was floundering in information. Numerous projects, inquiries that needed to be responded to and the information to

Four team building components that we have been using over the past 8 years are crucial to creating meaningful, memorable, successful Corporate team building experiences for executive teams. By simple trial and error, we’ve found that ensuring there is Appreciative Inquiry time for Discovering (Adventure), Dreaming, Designing (Creative Expression), and Tribal Community Gathering we engage our guests in a way that is