Some questions seem obvious and yet, their answers are not that obvious! Here, try to answer this question now, with a concise and simple sentence: why organize internal events?

It's more complicated than you think, isn't it?

This is why it is never a bad idea to remind people about this type of essential problem. Reading this article will help you clearly identify your motivations before you start organizing your internal events. Let's go!

👬 Create links and strengthen team spirit

Without internal events, you can very well have worked in the same company for 10 years without knowing each other. Everyone wavers in their activities, their priorities, and in the end we only cross paths. We think it's pretty sad.

Thanks to The longest study on happiness who has been following the lives of 724 men since 1938, we had learned — even if we already suspected it — that wealth and fame do not have the power to make us happy. Good relationships are the foundation of our happiness..

Well that goes for relationships between colleagues as well! And we won't teach you much by telling you thatA happy employee is an involved and therefore efficient employee.

Organizing internal events therefore makes it possible directly to ensure the quality of life at work and the well-being of your employees.

What types of events should you organize?

Afterwork, Team building, Seminar, Evening

💪 Develop the skills of your talents

Your talents certainly already have access to individual or online training courses, and that's already a very good point!

While there are indeed many solutions to develop theoretical and technical knowledge, organizing internal events makes it possible to put this theory into practice and work on collective skills and soft skills.

Employees can even Learning from each other by sharing their knowledge during workshops or simple discussions.

However, be careful when choosing the location: bet on a place that will make them say “I want to stay there all day and even all night”, rather than “Please let me go home!” ”

What types of events should you organize?

Kick Off, Conference, Workshop, Team Building or Seminar, with time dedicated to training

🎉 Celebrating your successes

Since we are talking about “corporate life”, your employees are like a second family. It is important to punctuate their daily lives with events that remind them of them. Why do they like being part of this family, but also Why do they like to participate in the life of the company.

Whether it's the launch of a new product or service, a stimulating annual review, a fundraiser, a won project, or the company's anniversary, seize as many opportunities as possible to Bringing everyone together around good news !

Remember to say the magic words “well done” and “thank you.” Recognition is also a powerful driver of commitment at work.

What types of events should you organize?

Kick off, Corporate Birthday, Party

🙏 Thank your teams

You may not always realize it, but your employees work hard. And even though most do it out of passion or professionalism, it's important to know Take time to thank them and recognize the work done.

One of the best ways to do this is to set aside time and bring them together, to tell them, but above all to show them that you mean what you say. During these events, Suggest that management speak briefly to express their gratitude.

That done, don't talk about work anymore about the whole event! On the contrary, make your teams forget their daily lives during an event: take them away from your offices, offer an original theme, entertainment, a caterer that will make them travel. In short, please your guests for one evening and simply enjoy.

What types of events should you organize?

Summer party, Winter Party, Annual Party, Offsite

🤔 And then what?

Is that it? Are you convinced that events should be part of your roadmap from now on? Superb decision!

You now have two choices: do everything alone, write a strategic plan, negotiate a budget with your management, search for locations, contact service providers, and learn on the job, or surround yourself with an event agency who can support you, help you make the right decisions and save you time! It's up to you to choose,;)