via GIPHY Quarterly team retreat time! Or in this case, Trick-or-ReTreat time. With “eyeball pie” (quiche with olives), pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, hand painting, pumpkin decorating, and a surprising amount of strategic planning.

Welcome to Camp MemComm! Summer Camp themed quarterly team retreat with my Membership & Communications team. Astroturf, s’mores, chocolate milk, pine branches and citronella candle on the table. Fish on the window as our lake view. Crackling campfire onscreen. Dollar store gift bags with jumprope, jacks, playdoh, glitter markers, and sunglasses for each of us. […]

Office holiday party weeee! As if having it at Paramount Pictures wasn’t awesome enough thanks to boss’s connections there, I had a ton of fun setting up Ski Trip theme: “ski lift” with our staff headshots on little dangling skiers, dollar-store hat and gloves on each chair, paper mountains on the wall. Happy holidays to […]

Today’s quarterly retreat with my team! Theme: “It Takes A Gingerbread Village.” We put on our special personalized aprons (thanks dollar store and iron-on decals!) and Santa hats, ate way too many cookies, and decorated mini-gingerbread houses while occasionally singing along with Christmas carol playlist. Oh and we did some 2017 planning. And did I […]

Today’s retreat with my @socalgrantmaker team: our theme was Garden Party because we are blossoming! Much flower-arranging fun was had by all. And much strawberries and fresh whipped cream. Mmm.

Rose petals, tea lights, wind chimes, tiny battery-powered waterfall, and flannel sheets on the tables and chairs. I had WAY too much fun with spa-themed retreat day for my team. Hopefully they did too.

Yesterday I took my team “to the beach” for our quarterly retreat. No alcohol was harmed in the making of those piña coladas, so after we toasted each other and tossed the beachball for awhile, we went on to have an incredibly productive and fun day. Did I mention I have the best job in […]