Scavenger hunt is a very fun activity, the rules are quite simple. The players are asked to find a few objects that are present around them. The only important thing is that you have to be very fast. This game can be made more thrilling by adding quizzes and riddles. The person who can solve any riddle or puzzle, answers the questions and finds all the items first is crowned as the winner. In this article, we are going to explore some new ways by which the scavenger hunt could be made more fun and easy to play.
Gone are the days when you had to plan the whole thing way before. The organizers had to put their brains in order to come up with some creative ideas. Everything has now been made very easy and effortless. You just have to download the scavenger hunt app from your app store and the whole task is sorted. No matter if you want to plan the activity indoors or outdoors from mapping to listing the hidden objects, the application will decide everything for you. The effort on your part would be asking all the members to just sign up and register as players.
Scavenger hunting not only helps one enjoy leisure time but also imparts some skills among the players that can help you deal with many real-world situation. Let us discuss in detail what skills one might develop while playing Scavenger Hunt:
- GOOD COMMUNICATION:
As we all know communication is the key. No matter if it’s an office setting or you are a student if you are good at communicating your ideas with the people around you, you will be more appreciated. Engaging people in an activity like this helps them interact with one another. Before playing the game they strategize, and share creative ways by which they can defeat the opponent teams. Such activities helps people to open up more and form some good bonds.
- PROBLEM-SOLVING:
A person who has the ability to come up with solutions in stressful situations where nothing is going right is always considered a leader. It takes courage to take responsibility for your decision as in case if it doesn’t go right you and your team might have to face consequences. So, people who are confident enough to not only propose ideas but also implement them without caring a lot about the bad consequences usually succeed in solving the problem. As discussed above the scavenger hunt could be made a little more challenging and complicated by adding some complex puzzles and riddles. The team that solves those problems that are a hindrance and ends up guessing the object first, wins.
- TEAM BUILDING:
It is very much important for any employer to understand that if he wants his business to flourish well he has to build strong teams. Team building is not a one-night task, it is not always easy to gather people having different mindsets and ask them to work together expecting no conflicts. But this could be done through a proper channel. If you indulge your workforce in healthy team-building activities they will get to know each other well. After interacting with one another, those having similar mindsets will bond with one another. A scavenger hunt is one of those activities that prove very beneficial in making some good teams at your office. If you want to plan the activity you must download the Globe Chaser’s scavenger hunt app and subscribe to their team building edition where you will be able to customize the whole challenge by yourself while interacting with the makers of the app.
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First published in this link of The European Times.
