State of the Company Meeting: Bring Inspiring Food to the Corporate Catering Table at This Event
Posted by Amelia K. on Monday, December 8th, 2014 with Comments Off on State of the Company Meeting: Bring Inspiring Food to the Corporate Catering Table at This Event Comments
When it comes to large offices, one common yearly tradition is a big state of the company address. While your event might come with a different name, the overall goal is the same: to create an engaging, fun event that tells employees what the company accomplished over the last twelve months and the goals are for the upcoming year. It’s an excellent way to show your staff how their contributions have supported the firm’s growth, and giving your team a purpose to put behind their role in the company is a great way to keep everyone motivated! Plus, making the event fun for everyone can really build excitement going into the new year. To help you build an inspiring, memorable event for your team, we’ve come up with our favorite ways to engage groups like yours.
At your big company meeting, remember that great food can help support your goals and values – it just takes a little creativity!
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Company Values
As you’re thinking about what you most want your staff to take away from your state of the company address, don’t forget that this is an excellent opportunity to continue the conversation about your company values. One fun way to get people talking is to have everyone create fake company commercials. To start, separate your staff into different teams and try to pull together individuals from different departments. This will help to show your employees that the company fosters collaboration and encourage them to start building relationships across the company, creating a stronger sense of teamwork when they’re working in the office. Ask each team to pick one of your values and create a short skit about it. It can be funny, inspirational, or whatever they want – the key is to get everyone talking in a creative way. Then have each team present their ‘commercial’ to the group as a whole; it’s a great way to make your event memorable and help everyone enjoy learning more about how other people see the company in a positive light.
Department Goals
As you start talking about the company’s goals for the year, make sure you give each department some of their own goals to strive towards that help them better understand how their work supports the company’s future. For example, if your firm goal is to grow by 12% in 2015, discuss with the marketing department how they can help to support that particular target. Then, have each department sit down as a team – either at a breakout session within your state of the company meeting or separately – to talk about what they’ll specifically do to help the company reach that goal. Encourage managers to do a monthly check-in with their team to ensure that they’re on track to reach their departmental goals. This also serves as a way to ensure that no issues fly under the radar and that teams are proactively finding solutions to any problems they encounter throughout each month.
Great Food to Inspire
One thing that pretty much everyone looks forward to at a big state of the company address is the great food that will be at the corporate catering table. Typically, buffet style lunches work best at these types of events. It gives everyone a taste of something they like and helps manage the food production costs to the firm. Coming up with a fun theme that supports the messages you’re communicating at the event can be a great way to inspire your team to really go after their work goals in the new year, too.
For example, if collaboration is one of the values your business celebrates, use a fancy salad bar as a fun team building activity. Have each table create a ‘collaboration salad’ of sorts, where each team member adds one tasty topping into the mix. Let each person choose their own dressing (on the side), and use it as a simple way to show how collaboration can create something really great that you might not have made on your own. To take this activity to the next level, use your marketing department to come up with some great ways to communicate the concept behind your food inspiration to your employees.
Using a great corporate catering team to help you design the best food inspiration for your state of the company meeting can help you create a truly memorable event. And Waiter.com is the perfect partner for this! Our catering team can pull together a delicious spread that takes your event to the next level and help you to inspire your staff to continue building a great company in 2015. Ready to start planning? Reach out to us today – we’ll come up with some awesome options you’re sure to love!
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