If you didn’t know, I’m Chinese American and I’m proud of that. My father was a “Paper Son” and immigrated to this country in 1912. I had tried the path of assimilation and trying to be like everyone else in my youth. As I’ve grown up, I’ve learned to be
What is your reaction when you see graffiti like this? Do you get your wash cloths out and remove the paint? Do you walk by and do nothing? Do you agree with the statement and the meaning behind it? The website Stop AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Hate was
To be an Engaging Virtual Meetings Speaker, here’s a checklist on how to be in the top 20% of all Virtual Speakers. Click to download PDF. Engaging Virtual Meetings Speaker Checklist Complete this checklist to be one of the top 20% of all Engaging Virtual Speakers: Software – Update to
For our latest COVID-19 safe programs, see http://geoteaming.com/programs. Since I live in Seattle, I wanted to give you my personal perspective on what’s happening at the Coronavirus epicenter. In less than 2 weeks, the following has happened (and this is small iota): * 8 (3/12/2020), now 9 (3/13/2020), now 10
At Training Magazine’s 2020 Conference, John Chen, Geoteaming CEO, led 200 people on The Great (Digital) Escape Room Experience. The key purpose of this session was networking and showing a new way technology can be used for training. If you want the photos or videos from this program, just click
On 2/3/2020, GHCA (The George Health Care Association) used Geoteaming for a 2 hour program during their Winter Convention that was focused on networking members together and engaging them during the conference. This session was added on request of the members for more networking opportunities. The attendees had a BLAST!
To set off the new year, we gathered to declare key goals that we want, defining exactly what we need to breakthrough to get that goal, and used the metaphor of breaking a board to accelerate the goal. Using a system designed for Tony Robbins and other top presenters based
Geoteaming built stronger, better-performing, longer-lasting, engaged and purposeful teams in 2019. Click the video to watch 36 of Geoteaming’s top case studies of the year. In 2019, Geoteaming released TeamOS for Team Operating System TeamsOS teaches the secrets of the top 1% teams Using experiential programming and high-tech video analysis,
Top 7 Reasons Why To Go To Training Magazine’s Conference 1) Heather – It’s the best professional development opportunity in 2020. There are certificate programs, a learning leaders summit AND an innovation in training field trip. 2) John – The Expo! It’s the best professional exposition where I go to get all
After 3 years of intense battle plagued by multiple mysterious illnesses, Casey collapsed. Mentally, physically, emotionally – she had reached her breaking point. Unable to even fall to her knees, she laid down on her horizontal throne of pillows and sobbed. Casey Culp, aka @cryo_kween_seattle, is now thriving and handles
Asian’s Contribute. Asian contribute to their communities, to their city and to their state. Northwest Asian Weekly’s Top Contributors Asian Community Awards Banquet is an annual awards dinner that celebrates those who have gone above and beyond in their contributions to the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) American communities in
Meetings Today LIVE! is a Hosted Buyer event for Meeting Planners Connecting planners & suppliers in prime destinations. You ENGAGE through 1-on-1 appointments. You EXPLORE top meeting and event sites. You LEARN though CIC accredited educational sessions. You NETWORK with top meetings professionals like you! Meetings Today LIVE! is a
When the National Park Service is looking for team building for their GOAL Academy, they called Geoteaming. GOAL Academy is a leadership program where 50 top NPS team members from around the country are selected for a year of training. During their opening session, they are taught MyersBriggs and the
Meetings Today LIVE! is a hosted buyer event for meeting planners, Connecting planners & suppliers in prime destinations. You will ENGAGE through 1 on 1 appointments. You will EXPLORE top meeting and event sites. You will LEARN though top golf pros. You will NETWORK with top meetings professionals like you!
If you want to watch a re-broadcast of the 10/17/2019 webinar with CEO John Chen, click this video. On September 17th at Training Magazine’s TechLearn conference, Geoteaming led the TechLearn Mission:Possible opening networking and team building program. The purpose of TechLearn’s Mission:Possible was networking and orienting the new participants for
Meetings Today LIVE! is a Hosted Buyer event for Meeting Planners Connecting planners & suppliers in prime destinations. You will ENGAGE through 1 on 1 appointments. You will EXPLORE top meeting and event sites. You will LEARN though CIC accredited educational sessions. You will NETWORK with top meetings professionals like
Gamicon is the only conference exclusively for the design and application of Gamification for corporate training, adult learning, employee motivation and productivity, innovation, and culture change. Gamicon is co-located and happens 2 days before TechLearn. Training magazine’s TechLearn 2019 Conference is designed for learning and development professionals who want to leverage the
In looking at this chart you might see the significant rise in the bottom right hand corner. Team 12 Legends struggled the whole game as you can see they were in the bottom positions. Their Team Leader said they created their own intervention. With 30 minutes to go, the team
https://youtu.be/hFklTdrhP7Y When you look at this graph, you might see the big jump to 2nd place by Team 11 – Dragons make in the middle of the game. In talking with a Captain for this team, he revealed that one team member had a great idea to get big points
https://youtu.be/hFklTdrhP7Y This is my 7th year leading Geoteaming for Tony Robbins Foundation’s Global Youth Leadership Summit (GYLS). This conference gathers 450 of the top youth from around the world to improve their leadership skills. They came from as far away as Kenya and they were tackling issues of bullying, depression
GamiCon is the premiere conference for using gamification for corporate learning. Co-Host Monica Cornetti interviewed Geoteaming CEO John Chen on what to expect for GamiCon 2019. https://player.fm/series/the-gamification-quest/john-chen-geoteaming-at-gamicon-2019
CLICK TO LEARN ABOUT MY MOM. Happy Mother’s Day. My mom, Hannah Chen, was the ultimate team builder and leader. She raised 5 kids mostly on her own of which I was the last and I can tell you that it took a team to get through every day with
Geoteaming CEO John Chen and EVP of Sales Randy Dahl share their experience from presenting Geoteaming’s NEW Digital Escape Room at http://Learnapalooza.info. This escape room uses your cell phone to play through a scenario to save a young boy’s life. This escape room uses vulnerability and heart as you learn
Learnapalooza is the top innovation and disruption conference for training and development. This is the 5th year that Darren Nerland and EJ Peterschick have curated the top speakers, trainers, facilitators and presenters in the field. I’m honored to have worked with both Darren and EJ and love their session of
CEO John Chen and EVP of Sales Randy Dahl talk about the importance of relationships to high performing teams. If you want to improve your relationships, just complete the form below.
Renton School District was looking for educational solutions for team collaboration. Using TeamOS, Renton School District team members participated in a 4 hour team building program, focusing on team building and cross team collaboration. During that program, it was discovered at the mid-point that the teams were not collaborating and
2/5/19 Navia Benefits – Woodinville WA Navia Benefits is one of WA’s largest Flex Spending Account administrators. Navia’s leadership team was looking to improve their team performance. Navia used TeamOS to video analyze their team to improve cross team collaboration. In reviewing their team video, Geoteaming discovered these winning team
If you want to experience the best of 2018’s Geoteaming team building in just 3 minutes, click here! If you have 10 minutes to experience over 65 clients and locations we built teams at, click here. Geoteaming is team building. Geoteaming builds stronger, better-performing, longer-lasting, engaged and purposeful teams. In
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Connect Georgia is a hosted buyer program for meeting professionals. As a key part of this 2 day conference, they used Geoteaming’s Chase to help planners and suppliers networking together while experiencing something new in the session. Using active networking, this session has high engagement and accelerates building relationships with
Northwest Events + Events Magazine featured Geoteaming CEO, John Chen, in their Fall 2018 magazine. Click for PDF – 181125 Northwest Meetings Events Magazine – The Business Playground John Chen Being a morning person isn’t a prerequisite for success in the meetings and events industry, but it certainly doesn’t hurt. Fortunately
A collection of partners from Experience Washington State hosted tour operators at a special event at the NTA Travel Exchange conference. Geoteaming and Tammy Guill representing Ride The Ducks and the Experience Washington consortium collaborated together to create this unique experience. Tour operators were invited for drinks and appetizers at
Meetings Today LIVE! Is a Hosted Buyer event for Meeting Planners Connecting planners & suppliers in prime destinations. You will ENGAGE through 1 on 1 appointments. You will EXPLORE top meeting and event sites. You will LEARN though EIC accredited educational sessions. You will NETWORK with top meetings professionals like
Training Magazine and Gamification Guru Monica Cornetti collaborated to create Gamicon, the gamification event for learning and development. Geoteaming was ask to present a live session with the key goals of networking and giving an example of app based gamification. This conference is unique by having some of the top
When Tony Robbins wants team building, he calls Geoteaming! Global Youth Leadership Summit (GYLS) is Tony Robbins Foundation’s summer leadership conference. Held at UC San Diego, this camp hosts over 400 of the top youth leaders from around the world for a week long transformational experience. This year’s program highlights
6/29/18 Rising Leaders ft Steve Kakuani, James Riley (Seattle Sounders, MLS), Romeo Travis (Pro Basketball) and Victoria Baryl (Aspire) Steve Zakuani was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, moving to London when he was four years old. His soccer career started early in life playing for the Arsenal youth
GOAL: Be part of a team that creates a digital game based on an app. SCENARIO: You’re a team of learning professionals that need to create a game that will help manager development in major competencies. The managers are 20-40 and love apps, technology and gaming. They are looking for
Meetings Today LIVE! is a Hosted Buyer event for Meeting Planners Connecting planners & suppliers in prime destinations. You will ENGAGE through 1 on 1 appointments. You will EXPLORE top meeting and event sites. You will LEARN though CIC accredited educational sessions. You will NETWORK with top meetings professionals like
CLICK TO LEARN ABOUT MY MOM. Happy Mother’s Day. My mom, Hannah Chen, was the ultimate team builder and leader. She raised 5 kids mostly on her own of which I was the last and I can tell you that it took a team to get through every day with
Thanks to all the players who came out for The Greenlake Amazing GeoRace! Check out this recap video. https://class.seattle.gov/parks/Start/Start.asp, #175605 Normally $75, now just $15 for the first 100 players!!! WOW! Have you ever wanted to be in The Amazing Race? Do you love Greenlake? Do you want to have
Geoteaming Is Excited To Announce… Outward Bound Taiwan is Officially A Geoteaming Partner OB Taiwan Completed 3 Days of APP Training The Geoteaming APP Is The Latest In Technology Team Building The APP Teaches Fun and Increases Team Performance Creating Results Through Cross Team Collaboration Your Team Just Downloads The
What happens when you re-count over 100 events in just 5.49 minutes? You get the Geoteaming Team Building Rewind 2017! Highlights include a private island in Indonesia, Taiwan, our first National Park Service leadership program and more! If you want to be part of the 2018 Geoteaming Rewind, just fill
Salveson Stetson Group is a retained, multi-specialty executive search firm that helps organizations find senior executives who match their precise needs and culture. They were looking for a holiday team building event that fit their needs, time and budget. They found Geoteaming’s iPlay. A remote app-based scavenger hunt, run by
I met Jimbo Clark at NASAGA (North American Simulation And Gaming Association) and loved the work he was doing there. Next he volunteered as the marketing chair when I was the co-chair of NASAGA and we put together the entire marketing for “Gamification Buzz” in Seattle, including the Whipped Creme
Siemens Digital Revolution Siemens Partners With Outward Bound Taiwan When Siemens Wanted Digital Team Building… Outward Bound Taiwan Called Geoteaming Siemens Held A Team Retreat In Taipei, Taiwan Their Goals Were: Networking Team Building Placing The Customer In The Core Making Digital Work And Leading By Example Siemens Downloaded The
The GOAL Academy gathers leaders in one of America’s top government agencies. These 25 leaders come from across the United States for a week of training to become better leaders. In this unique initiative filmed with a Ricoh Theta S 360 degree camera, use your mouse or a VR headset
What if you could solve Unsolvable Problems? Here’s the top things we learned by gathering on Pangkil Island with 15 consultants to answer this question: Would your brain behave different if it was on an island? YES! You need to get out of your existing patterns and environments if want to
Jim Clark of Innogreat invited me to help facilitate a team building event in Taipei, Taiwan. Cabot Microelectronics makes many of the electronic components you buy every day in your products and they were having a CMC Supplier Day. During this day, suppliers join CMC employees for a day of
This webinar features industry expert Joan Eisenstodt, a leader in Inclusion and ADA. Worldwide associations and companies have felt her power when she pointed out key points, getting a worldwide meeting to address and improve a key aspect of a meeting. In the movie “Defending Your Life”, Albert Brooks arrives
Last year Northwest Asian Weekly editor Assunta Ng asked me to be on their 35th Anniversary committee. Of course I said yes. In the first meeting the “Fashion Chair” had to step down and they asked who would take it? I said I would! I envisioned I would have 4 other judges
Movies For Marketing – Champagne Videos On A Beer Budget 10/18/17 Burlington Chamber of Commerce Do you have a business? Do you want more business? Do you want more marketing for less money? Then join Geoteaming CEO, John Chen, for Movies For Marketing – Champagne Videos On A Beer Budget.
The BizX team wanted team building for the 4th time with Geoteaming, but they are always trying to preserve cash. Enter BizX Trade Dollars. Using BizX that they generated by providing services to another member, they were able to pay for this team building event with minimal cash. Many places
Technology is transforming the meetings and conventions industry, from attendee engagement to ROI tracking, registration, AV, drone footage and more. The critical need to be on top of the latest trends is now a 24/7 undertaking, and extends through the life cycle of the event. Join Meetings Today, meetings technology
Las Vegas Shooting Memorial – Dedicated to the teams of people who came together during this tragedy Monday, October 9, 2017 11:11pm https://www.google.com/maps/@36.09403,-115.172518,478m/data=!3m1!1e3 or http://facebook.com/ceojohnchen One week and one day will have passed since the tragic events in Las Vegas while I am in attendance at IMEX. I am still struggling to
ATDps Workplace Learning Conference: Future of Learning Future of Learning: Developing Agility in a Rapidly Changing World Building agile leaders, teams and organizations. Given today’s accelerated pace of advancements and constant change within the workplace, agility is necessary at all levels. From the basic level of developing as a
Are you tired of doing the standard 5k to raise funds for your non-profit? Devin Kelly was. As an avid adventure racer and philanthropist, he recently played in a Geoteaming game in Portland, OR http://geoteaming.com/2017/05/26/5262017-how-to-play-together-so-you-can-stay-together-by-luann-cahn/. He thought this was a perfect way to upgrade his next non-profit event! His company,
Association Chat talked with John Chen, CEO and “The Big Kid” at Geoteaming, about the most important info you need to know about using drones at events! From the words “Will you drone my event?” to FAA Licensing, industry veteran Kiki D’Italian and video expert Chuck Fazio join Geoteaming CEO,
Meetings Today Live! West took 60 meeting planners and suppliers to amazing Tucson, AZ. Geoteaming runs a game that helps planners meet suppliers AND captures all the action using video and drones to create a spectacular closing video. CEO John Chen presented “Tricks Of The Trade” revealing how he captures
ACLF is the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation Founded in 1998, Kip Takuda and community leaders wanted to train emerging community leaders ACLF is a year-long program that focuses all aspects of leadership training ACLF hand selects participants for this training When ACLF wants team building, they called Geoteaming.
When Anthony Robbins wants team building for his Global Youth Leadership Summit, he calls Geoteaming! Check out the highlights from 2017.
“I swear I did it all, I swear I lived” Cathey Armillas (http://catheyarmillas.com) is a speaking and marketing expert from Portland, OR. John Chen (http://geoteaming.com) is a team building expert from Seattle, WA. John and Cathey have been friends since 2009 and have collaborated on multiple projects including speaking engagements,
Sometimes Geoteaming is just about fun. Anh Vo was looking to hold an amazing race for her 50th birthday party, she called John Chen of Geoteaming. We customized our Bellevue course, we catered dinner including Chicken Marbella and had the most beautiful table in Bellevue Park, downloaded 450MB of photos
The ACRS Walk For Rice Benefits The ACRS Food Bank Geoteaming Sponsored The Walk For Rice Game Participants Download An App and Shoot Photos While They Walk The Day Included a Run and a Walk In Seward Park The Walk For Rice Has Entertainment, Food Trucks and Live Music Participants
Guest Post by: http://luanncahn.com/2017/06/how-to-play-together-so-you-stay-together/ John Chen, the creator of Geoteaming, believes something powerful happens when people PLAY TOGETHER. I do too. And that’s why I was so excited to get to do my first Geoteaming event in Portland, Oregon 2 weeks ago. What is Geoteaming? It’s like high-tech geocaching. It’s
Levi’s Stadium and Geoteaming Formed a Partnership For Corporate Team Building Events. We Filled a Key Goal of Non-Game Day Revenue. And Turned A $1.3 Billion Stadium Into A Game Board, The First of Its Kind! Today We Completed Our 100th Corporate Team Building Event. Thank
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Peter Drucker After watching over 2,000 team building events over the past 22 years, we can predict with about 80% accuracy which team is going to win solely after watching the team make and present a team name and
I am not your team building guru and I got the opportunity to do team building with the Anthony Robbins Seattle Power Team, a Robbins fan and support group that is composed of many PNW stars. “This was such a fun, event with a ton of experiential lessons. John and
On 3/19/2017 – 3/22/2017, Geoteaming partnered with Meetings Today Live! California featuring San Diego to help increase attendee networking. Meetings Today Live! is an innovative and intimate “hosted buyer” program where suppliers pay for planners to come to meet with them. Geoteaming has partnered with Meetings Today Live! for over
When Corning’s General Counsel wanted team building that really looks at how they work as a team, they called Geoteaming. Geoteaming custom designed them a course at the beautiful Sanctuary resort. Our Geoteaming facilitator Tara met them on site and guided them through our Geoteaming course. While having a blast,
Connect California connects the top meeting planners and suppliers They met at the beautiful Dolce Hayes Mansion Connect wanted more networking Connect called Geoteaming Geoteaming divided Connect into teams based on emojis (icon) CEO John Chen taught them 5 Fixes To Team Fails Then they were off Planners and suppliers
Need ideas for creative sponsor inventory and revenue generation? Get at least 20 new ideas to increase sponsorship with new programs, initiatives, campaigns, and activations. Join Melissa Jurcan CSEP as she invited Geoteaming CEO John Chen to share sponsorship ideas for gamification including a crash course in why gamification is
Conferences can use team building to increase networking. Cascadia Education Conference is the annual conference that attracts over 230 meeting planners and suppliers. Co-Chairs Alexis Abruscato and Trina Sharp said their research said participants wanted more NETWORKING! Cascadia called Geoteaming for the 9th year in a row. Geoteaming is an
Powered by Eventbrite Register now at https://shamazingrace.eventbrite.com?discount=SHAMWOW Do you want to have a blast on the day after St. Patrick’s Day? Do you know what it’s like to be on The Amazing Race? Do you want to win drink tickets and prizes while in San Diego? Then you need to come
Geoteaming CEO, John Chen, was featured in a Northwest Meetings and Events article about how to build your teams on a budget. “Team building at it’s best should meet the goal of what we call the pick-up-the-phone factor. People should build relationships long before they need them” “Geoteaming offers its iPlay
CJ Slusher, Sandy Chou and team members at Microsoft wanted to break international barriers with their teammates from Taipai. They had only interacted by Skype and they knew they could get even more done if they could build better relationships with their Taiwanese teammates. They invested in bringing them to
Welcome to Geoteaming’s Play To Win! We’re celebrating 20 years of creating life-changing adventures and breakthrough results. To celebrate we’re giving you a FREE app-based team building game so you can have a team building experience anywhere in the world. AND we’re giving away prizes all through the year. The
This week Microsoft announced 700 in layoffs. Our hearts go out to those in the layoffs. It’s not just new people who get laid off, but now it extends to veterans. This is usually a traumatic process at best. As a past 10 year Microsoft veteran and a 15 year
What happens when you take the marketing, sales, visitor services, private events manager, the director of education and chief operations officer for The Museum of Flight, one of the world’s largest aviation museums, on a Geoteaming event? You get 24 karat magic as they got a chance to experience their
Geoteaming has been a long time partner and approved Microsoft vendor since 1998. Now Geoteaming has been selected to become a Microsoft Eventions Partner. The Microsoft Eventions program is a collection of internal meeting planners specializing in the many event needs of Microsoft. The Partner network extends their event capabilities
When American Express Meeting and Event Planners come together for team building, they called Geoteaming! Running a 2 hour event geared to network new people together and celebrate an incredible year, over 80 meeting planners competed in a course geared specifically for the New Orleans Convention Center. In addition, during
When the newly formed department at Microsoft for Cloud and Infrastructure Operations needed a program to build their team and learn how to see each other in a new way, they called Geoteaming. This group definitely needed a fun infusion after a pretty intense storming session! Geoteaming was just the
Geoteaming CEO, John Chen, was featured as the only US keynote at the 6th Annual China Adventure Learning Conference. During this keynote, John gave a demonstration of app-based team-building and the participants were fired up to learn! These participants have never participated in app-based team building before so they were
Geoteaming completes their first Mannequin Challenge with Meetings Today LIVE Las Vegas! Geoteaming CEO John Chen was presenting Conference Gamification during Meetings Today LIVE’s program which helps suppliers meet planners. So we staged the entire room of 1:1 meetings and ran through with a GoPro 4 on a gimbal. Check
When Meetings Today LIVE wanted a cutting edge element to their hosted buyer program, they called Geoteaming. Geoteaming created a conference gamification featuring an app with missions for planners to meet suppliers. Key goals of networking and learning key facts such as there are 300 days of sunshine in Colorado
When Microsoft’s Customer Services and Support had 7 groups that merged into one, they called Geoteaming to create a fun, networking outing that helped the 7 groups to know each other faster. With over 60 missions right on the Microsoft Campus, the spectacular weather and fun teams had a blast
2015 was an incredible year with over 100 events! See all the places we’ve been in just 5 minutes with this video.
Click http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gamificationtalkradio/2015/02/21/john-chen–conference-gamification-meetings-meets-games to listen to the interview. Have you ever been tasked to plan a corporate or association meeting – and you struggled with how to get engagement from your attendees at meetings? Are you tired of the same old thing and wondering how to get a younger audience interested
When you hire Geoteaming, you hire the leaders and innovators in geocaching team building. First, we want to share with you the story of why we started geocaching and how we help companies create a fun and easy way to improve team dynamics and performance. Then we will give you
What can Geoteaming do for you? Our customers say it best: “Fun, physical, intellectual, Geoteaming was an amazing emotional challenge that allowed us to use the skills of our leadership team to solve real business problems. – David B., Verizon Wireless “When I needed exceptional team building to kick off our next
Do you know that the best teams both compete AND collaborate? It’s true. While many view these words as “either/ or”, Geoteaming says “and”. Very few companies ever learn how to do both, in fact only one percent. When they do, they achieve much bigger goals. John shares this message with Seattle
When flash cloud company Pure Storage wanted team building, they called Geoteaming to run a state of the art cell phone scavenger hunt in the $1.3B Levi Stadium. Hear what lead planner Janie O’Toole said after her team’s event that she described as “the best offsite EVER!”.
One summer in 2015, with more than 500,000 acres on fire in the largest forest fire in Washington State, many of us were devastated by the images we saw and the lives that were lost, including three firefighters. We wanted, we needed to do something. So with a few quick
First, let’s talk about what team building is – and what it is not. It’s not an event. Does this surprise you, coming from a company that specializes in team building? Yes, we do events, but there is a lot more to team building than you might realize! Some people
In this early 2005 video, Playtime Inc. / Geoteaming CEO is interviewed about the inception of his corporate team building company and puts the interviewers through their own team building event at the end. Come learn about the history of John Chen and Playtime Inc. that eventually became Geoteaming. Included
Mike Webber, Sr. Dir at Microsoft Real Estate and Facilities shares his insights after their 6/15/2015 Geoteaming event held in Leavenworth, WA. Mike had completed the fun 2 hr Chase and now just completed the 3 hr Search and now fully understands the value of facilitating key team lessons beyond
When world class outdoor clothing manufacturer Mountain Hardwear wanted team building, they called Geoteaming. Taking a bus to the Presidio, Mountain Hardwear competed with customized challenges including having to build a tent as a team and knowing clothes trivia. The debrief ended with team presentations on what they learned. Hilarium