Make Work More Fun: How to Get Budget Approval for Team-Building Events

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You love awesome events. You’re itching to do cool stuff. Your team (and company) could use some fun. And who doesn't want to make work more fun?! Maybe you’ve been eyeing one of our exciting scavenger hunts, virtual puzzle & creativity competitions, in-office escape rooms, or you heard about our Field Day events.

But, you’re running into one issue–you’re not the one with the company credit card. (If you are, stop reading and just schedule a call!)

No problem. We’ve got you. We've created a guide to help you get budget approval for team-building events. Follow the plan below to get the person who does own the budget on your side (and make everyone happy).

The Great News? Someone at Your Company is Looking for This

That's your starting mindset. Team-building boosts collaboration, creativity, and employee retention, which is management-speak for “We should totally do this.”

We bet there’s at least one person at your company who is constantly looking to set up these kinds of events to elevate the employee experience.

Now, we've tailored the guide below to help you get approval for events that will stack up (and maybe even surpass) that goal: Handstand events 😉.

Here's How to Get Approval for a Team-Building Event

One thing to note. There are two main ways to go about this. You can either tell your manager about Handstand and get them to sign off on an event for your team, or you can share the information with your Employee Experience Manager/Event Planner, and they'll set up an event for your entire company.

Either way. You got this.

Step #1: Know Your Audience

Is your Manager, Employee Experience Manager, or company Event Planner data-driven? Lead with stats. Here are ours:

• We’ve been doing this for 12 years and counting.
• We’ve produced 300+ events and engaged over 25,000 participants.
• We can scale from 20 to thousands of people. We’re not kidding. We created a 3,000-person multi-week global event last year.

Are they all about culture? Emphasize fun and bonding!

• Our scavenger hunts are designed to get you to think outside the box, be creative, be funny, and most importantly, to work together.
• In-office escape rooms, like our Journey to Jidara room, bring some magic to the workplace so you can solve puzzles and meet new folks.
• Teams have come together to make masterpieces in our virtual competitions. Just check out these Homeschool Hunt videos.
• Does a Field Day with Survivor-style challenges and creative team activities sound up your company's alley? We can do that too.

Step #2: Pitch the Benefits of Handstand events

The short and sweet:

• Suitable for any team size–we can scale from 20 to 20,000.
• Build trust and communication while having fun
• Way cooler than another happy hour 😉
• Trusted by hundreds of companies like Google, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Stride, FedEx, and Uber (who have great things to say).

Here are more thoughts from FedEx's Marketing Team lead, as well as Journey to Jidara & Jazz Heist escape room players.

Step #3: Keep It Easy

We handle everything. All that anyone needs to do (even the person in charge) is show up. We bring the fun.

To make it even easier to convince the person with the company budget, here are some pre-written messages you can send!

Warning: Only proceed if you want to be a workplace hero. You will be popular after this.

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🥉 Bronze Level: Basic Slack message

If you have not been to one of our events before, you can send this to your company's Employee Experience Manager, Event Planner, or your direct Manager:

Go to Slack or Teams right now! Or keep reading for the Silver Level to make it even better.

🥈 Silver Level: Personalized Slack message

If you have been to one of our events, like The SF Hunt, you can personalize your message some more. Send this to your company's Employee Experience Manager, Event Planner, or your Manager:

Go to Slack or Teams right now! Or keep reading for the Gold Level to make it EVEN better.

🥇 Gold Level: Send an Email and CC Handstand CEO Sam Goldstein

➡️ Subject: We should do a Handstand team-building event!

➡️ CC: sam@handstandwith.us

Boom. Just like that. Night night.

Ready to Be a Work Hero?

Send those messages! You'll be the most popular person at work in no time. Don't hesitate to email us directly, or skip straight to the good part and schedule a call.

Talk soon!