Building Dynamic Teams, Creating Obstacle Courses, and Ice Breakers with Toobeez
Toobeez provides team leaders with a multi-use, cross-discipline tool for facilitating hundreds of different team building activities. With this single tool, team leaders can initiate completely unique activities specifically created to strengthen the effectiveness of teams, improve team communication and heighten morale.
Wayne, PA (PRWEB) May 24, 2005 -- Toobeez provides team leaders with a
multi-use, cross-discipline tool for facilitating hundreds of different team
building activities. With this single tool, team leaders can initiate completely
unique activities specifically created to strengthen the effectiveness of teams,
improve team communication and heighten morale.
Often referred to as
giant Tinkertoys®, Toobeez are a portable construction building system comprised
of interlocking tubes and spheres. The tubes can be linked together to create
anything imaginable, from a simple cube shape to a complex structure like an
obstacle course, or even an airplane. The standard Toobeez kit consists of 32
tubes, 20 connector hubs and four slide-on curtains and comes with a portable
carrying bag. The name Toobeez describes the product, tubes that are easy to use
for work or play.
Toobeez are available with an accompanying interactive
multimedia training CD as well as a 177-page Teambuilding Activity Workbook that
includes 25 detailed lesson plans (with more than 50 variations) for leading
team building activities. Each lesson consists of procedures, helpful hints,
debriefing questions, safety reminders and more to build and develop
communication and team building skills.
According to Angela Melancon with
Strategic Designs for Learning, a leading organizational development firm based
in Colorado Springs, “We use Toobeez to teach and reinforce teamwork, business
process flow, communication, strategic planning, interdependency, and
collaboration. The accompanying CD clearly explains various team building
activities and we often take the suggested exercises and tailor them to meet the
specific objectives of a particular session. All in all, Toobeez are a great
value.” The company also offers free activities on its project-connect.net
website.
Additionally, Toobeez is an easily portable and solidly
constructed product that can withstand the vigorous use that comes with holding
frequent team building events. According to Peter Grazier, President of
Teambuilding, Inc. of Chadds Ford, PA, “When we saw this engaging new product we
were intrigued by its potential as a teambuilding training aid. Toobeez clearly
meets the tough guidelines imposed by trainers and facilitators of experiential
learning. We were amazed by its solid construction and simplicity and we plan on
using Toobeez for many years to come.”
About Connectable Color Tubes,
LLC
Connectable Color Tubes (CCT), LLC is a Pennsylvania-based, privately
held Limited Liability Corporation founded in 2001 by Joseph A. Donahue. The
company’s signature product, Toobeez™, is a patented, giant construction
building system currently used within the following markets: team building,
education, occupational therapy and therapeutic recreation, dog agility training
and the specialty toy industry. Toobeez has been awarded the prestigious
Teacher’s Choice Award from Learning Magazine and Creative Child Magazine’s
Preferred Choice Award. Toobeez meets all mandated consumer safety and testing
requirements. The product is sold in more than 130 specialty toy stores, in
various industry-specific catalogs and web sites and via the company’s own web
site at www.toobeez.com.
About Toobeez Project Connect
Toobeez Project Connect is a joint
venture between Connectable Color Tubes, LLC and a group of industry experts and
educators. Project Connect has developed a combination of materials that provide
activities and tools for group leaders everywhere. The program consists of
Toobeez, a unique construction building system and a collection of activity
workbooks tailored to the needs of various educational settings. This collection
includes the Scholastic Series designed for educators, the Team Series created
for group leaders and the Therapy Series developed for therapists in the health
community. Free team building activities are available at the program’s web
site: www.project-connect.net.
For more information about
CCT, Toobeez or Project Connect, please visit www.toobeez.com, www.project-connect.net or call 877-866-2339.
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