Guide: Get your summer party on track
A workplace summer party can be a great way to strengthen community, wellbeing, celebrate employees and create a positive work culture. In this guide, we’ll share some tips for creating a memorable company summer party.
Location
The first thing to consider is, of course, where your party will take place. Perhaps you have some obvious spaces in your office or some great outdoor areas, but if not, there are plenty of opportunities to find a great venue that suits your size. At Humanic we have business partners spread all over Zealand and Funen and we are always ready to help you find the right venue.
Prelude to the summer party
Summer parties are a great opportunity to do something outdoors, especially during the day when the weather is often at its best. Think about how you want to start your summer party. For example, it could be with a team building eventwhich will be a good kick-starter to loosen up the atmosphere and get everyone talking and laughing with colleagues across the board. It could also be that you want a boat trip on the water that ends at your chosen venue. Therefore, choose a place with good opportunities in the area and be creative with your prelude.
Theme
Consider whether your summer party should have a theme. You may want to go all in on theme party and costumes, but you may also want to create an atmosphere for your summer party such as an allotment party, festival theme, harvest festival or similar.
Food
Food is a big part of a summer party, but there are many ways to serve it at a summer party. It can be a classic three-course menu at the table, but there can also be a more mingling form of dining in the form of street food or food stalls.
If you are ready to make the food yourself, a party can be combined with a gastronomic teambuilding course, such as Wildlife Cooking where you cook in nature and then continue the party at the location.
Entertainment
Finally, it’s important to consider whether you want some form of entertainment for your summer party. This could be a performance or a DJ who plays until the early hours of the morning. However, entertainment can also be something as simple as a few party games—such as beer pong, petanque, or King’s Game—that can be played outdoors while you enjoy a beer. Humanic also offers dinner games, which involve you in the entertainment itself and provide a nice break during the party. We offer Music Quiz, which takes you through the past few decades with active challenges and tricky questions. Or Bingo Bonanza!, which challenges you with various tasks and crazy ways to compete to fill your card.
Whether you’re into the extravagant or the relaxed, Humanic is ready to help you with the party you want. Contact us for a for a no-obligation conversation about your next summer party.
Would you rather have help planning the entire party? See how we plan corporate parties for 50–1,000+ guests throughout Denmark.
A good laugh
An active experience, where the soundscape is filled with the laughter of colleagues, creates an atmosphere that you’ll one day look back on with joy. Those are the moments we strive to create at HUMANIC—whether through our team-building activities, party concepts, dinner games, or mingling games. We don’t make you laugh, but we’re happy to help you laugh with each other. Sometimes you get a good laugh out of being put in a situation you’re not used to handling—you might laugh at yourself or with a coworker. But it’s a difficult balancing act, because everyone needs to be able to participate and feel comfortable with the situation. We’ll look into this now.
Everyone should be able to participate
You’re going out to have some fun. How nice! Often, you—the person reading this—are the adventurous type. Love fun, games, and adrenaline-pumping experiences! That’s why you’ve been tasked with coming up with ideas for your next after-work get-together, team-building event, or company party. But keep every single participant in the group in mind. There needs to be room for the introvert, the person with mobility issues, and the former elite athlete. An activity that challenges everyone without making them feel uncomfortable or exposed can be incredibly hard to find. The larger the group, the harder it can be to keep track of everything. But if everyone has a role where they feel they’re contributing to the overall result, then you’ve truly included everyone. This way, not everyone has to do the same thing to be part of the same activity. Think of a soccer team—what a huge difference there is between the goalkeeper and the midfielder, even though they share a very specific common goal.
A common thread
For those taking part, it’s nice to have a common thread running through the entire event—something recognizable—something that recurs. It could be the staff, something tangible—or, quite simply, a point system.
At HUMANIC, we strive to ensure that all of our team-building activities are set within a context so that they are woven into a cohesive concept. We strive to make our experiential worlds so immersive that participants lose themselves in the rules and roles of the game.
Simple is good
It can be tempting to cram all kinds of entertainment into the schedule, but it’s easy to overlook travel time, minor delays, and the hassle of, for example, hauling refreshments all over town. Keep in mind that people need time to chat and socialize, and that it takes time for them to get into the mood that makes the day memorable. It’s better to do one thing well than to do a lot of things halfway. You’ll look back on the day and remember the good moments—and these can easily be overshadowed by less-than-ideal experiences.
Of course, if you book an event with HUMANIC, we’ll help make sure the logistics run smoothly and will be happy to transport your bags, outerwear, and refreshments around the city.
Refreshments
Don’t underestimate what a hot cup of coffee can do on a bleak October day, or how good an ice-cold beer tastes in the August afternoon sun. It’s also appreciated when there’s a goodie bag for the bus ride, and of course, when you’re full after eating. Danes, in particular, find it a little easier to chat when they’re enjoying a drink at the same time—and of course, it doesn’t hurt if it tastes good…
Whether we’re hosting cooking competitions or historical scavenger hunts right in the heart of the city, HUMANIC always makes sure our guests are offered something good to eat and drink. We partner with great restaurants in major cities throughout Denmark, so you’re guaranteed excellent service and delicious food. But if you’re organizing it yourself, you’ll go a long way with a tub of ice cream, some canned beer, and a variety of snacks.
You should enjoy yourself, too
It’s important to feel like a team when you’re out having fun with your coworkers. And at HUMANIC, we always recommend that the people who contact us join in as well. It fosters a sense of togetherness, and everyone can relax when we’re all in the same boat.
If one person is solely responsible for everything—including the logistics—and is running around trying to make sure everyone has a good time, neither that person nor their colleagues can truly relax. So if you’re organizing the event yourself—without help from HUMANIC—the point above, “simple is good,” is even more important. If the organizer is having a good time, the positive atmosphere will spread.
Your time is worth money
Remember that all the time you spend preparing a staff event is time taken away from your regular work tasks. It quickly pays off to get help from professionals, whether it’s with activities, food, music, transportation, or graphic design. It’s like building a kitchen. It may seem easy once the contractors get started, but it can take a disproportionate amount of time if you try to do it yourself. Your time is valuable. At work—and certainly at home, too. So use it wisely.
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Humanic Group is Denmark's leading B2B event agency. Since 2005 we have brought colleagues together through lively, playful and learning experiences – team building, company parties, corporate events, conferences, team development and corporate health all over Denmark, tailored to your values, brand and core story.