Library Team Building in Hidden Valley
The De La Salle University Libraries held another year of fun and exciting activities for all their library faculty and staff in the recently concluded annual library team building in Hidden Valley, Sorosoro, Batangas City last May 11, 2018.
The theme of the activity this year was One Team, One Library, One La Salle. It was organized by the library team building committees headed by the newly hired librarian, Jorge Bundalian, co-chaired by Jorge Rada and their members namely Marvin Factor, Minandro Caindoc and Arnold Jansen Versoza.
The group was composed of 71 library personnel. Five teams were formed (Orange, Pink, Green, Blue and Yellow) with fourteen (14) members each. A free t-shirt was given to all the members of the team corresponding to their assigned color. The activity started with an opening prayer led by committee member, Mr. Arnold Jansen Versoza. The Director of Libraries, Ms. Christine Abrigo, gave the opening remarks.
A set of games were distributed to each team to test their focus, creativity, resourcefulness, trust and cooperation:
The first game was called 3,6,9. This allowed members to concentrate and listen to the person before them. Each mistake made was deducted from the score. The team with the highest score at the end of the game wins.
The second game was called Traffic Jam. This game tested the effectiveness of the team’s communication and strategic leadership pattern. The participants must discover how to successfully move across a series of squares on the ground. The goal of Traffic Jam is to move the players on the left side of a line, to the right side; and to move the players on the right side of a line, to the left side. However, there are several rules which dictate how players are allowed to move, which makes things tricky.
The third game was called Communication Combat. Each team members’ ability to received and send messages given to them was established for this game. The action-based learning requires clarity and ability to correctly convey the right information.
The fourth game was a series of outdoor exercises called the Battle Station. Several games namely Save the President, Fillr’-up, Water Volleyball, Group Flag and Group Cheer were assigned. These physically-challenging tasks aimed to test endurance, strength, cooperation, creativity, teamwork and camaraderie.
Announcement of winners were excitingly awaited after the activities. The Blue Team was named grand champion, with the Yellow Team and Pink Team winning second and third place, respectively.
At the end of the exhausting but fun-filled day, the team members were given time to relax, swim and enjoy the wonderful views of Hidden Valley. Before leaving, they were also given the chance to taste the famous Batangas lomi.
This team building marked another joyful memory that will truly be remembered by everyone. It is in high hopes that it will pave the way to better camaraderie and coordination among each other. Here’s to more collaborative efforts that will result to the betterment of the DLSU libraries in terms of service to the academic communities.
Grand Champion – THE BLUE TEAM
Second Place – YELLOW TEAM
Third Place – PINK TEAM
GREEN TEAM with their “You Can’t Touch My BERDE slogan
The competitive ORANGE TEAM
Sea of colors
Time to recharge
Hanging Bridge
Swimming time
Hashtag: 1 Team, 1 Library, 1 La Salle