The Marshmallow Challenge
Executive Summit educational speaker Joyce Layman, JL Enterprises, challenged attendees with a number of management exercises. She instructed attendees how to change their thought patterns, how to turn obstacles into opportunities, and how tap into internal motivators to accomplish bolder goals. What “stuck” with most participants, though, was Layman’s “Marshmallow Challenge,” which challenged teams to erect the tallest, free-standing structure constructed from a few strands of spaghetti, a short length of tape and a marshmallow.
Networking
Event planners made sure Executive Summit attendees had ample time to network with one another. Contractors took this time to talk a lot of shop and pick each other’s brains about their approaches and philosophies toward snow and ice management. The first evening’s kick-off opening reception and dinner featured a good, old fashion barbeque-style meal served in the shadow of Stowe Mountain.
Executive Summit Scavenger Hunt
This year Executive Summit planners shook up the opening night’s networking session by engaging attendees in a scavenger hunt. Participants were arranged in teams and given a list of items to hunt for throughout the Stowe Mountain Lodge property. Teams were instructed to photograph the various items and then post them to social media. Points were assigned depending on the difficulty of finding the items in the hunt. Innovate teams found some creative ways to complete their scavenger hunt lists.
Photos ©Vicki Jeromos-Blayney - Jerneystudios.com
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