Streambuilding

Upon booking a Streambuilding Event, you will received a questionnaire about your team’s history. You will also recieve a pre-event assessment for each of your team-members to fill out and send in 2 weeks before your event. Jennifer will review the information from the questionnaire and the assessments to determine how to create a customized challenge course experience for your group. 

When you arrive at the challenge course for your event, you will be met by Jennifer, or one of her assistants to check in and receive workbooks and a name tag. Depending on the length of your program, refreshments and/or lunch will be provided. When everyone has arrived (please be on time as we only have the course reserved for your group’s program and cannot extend the time if you are late. If you are late, you will not receive the full benefit of the program Jennifer has created for you), Jennifer, or one of her assistants will give a brief Safety Orientation. We will begin your program with a brief introduction to the Streambuilding Philosophy and then move forward with a few warm up Initiative/Ice Breaker Games. These games are fun, cooperative, and challenging. Initiative games are not designed to be competitive or to be a race against time. Initiative Games emphasize the more important objectives of community, communication, collaboration, and responsibility.

The next phase of the Streambuilding program involves the Low Challenge Course. The Low Challenge Course  takes place on elements a few feet off the ground and might involve spotters to ensure the safety of individuals. These activities promote learning through hands-on experiences. 

Following the Low Challenge Course is the High Challenge Course. The High Challenge Course activities require participants to wear a helmet and harness as they will be “On Belay” approximately 30′-60′ in the air. With their team’s support, each participant will have a personal experience facing the challenge that invokes the fear response. We use this “fear” experience to help participants understand that fear is something they have control over when facing life challenges. Some potential outcomes are an increase in self-confidence, trust and the realization of the need to rely on others for support – therefor encouraging community.         

A Debriefing/Reflection usually follows each activity. Jennfer, or one of her assistants, will ensure a thought provoking, safe discussion by asking meaningful questions. The purpose of the debriefing/reflection is to capture meaning and discuss the experience. This is an opportunity to reflect on the experience by identifying and sharing what we learned about ourselves and others. Participants discover meaningful connections between the activity and their own lives, thus increasing the learning. Intended outcomes include an increase in communication between teammembers, a sense of community, understanding the benefits of collaboration, and developing a sense of responsibility to the team. 

Another aspect of the Streambuilding Program is the emphasis on Challenge By Choice and the Full Value Contract.