By: Fabiola Grosshan
Submitted: 2010-08-02 05:04:30 | Word Count: 398
Since ancient times, cooperative drumming has been a way to bring together community members. Music is a universal language that transcends culture and geography. Recently, businesses have begun to make use of this fact to fortify cooperation among their workers. Companies utilize team building music to invigorate employees and strengthen their bond among each other, fueling them to work better as a team as well as feel a greater sense of commitment to their employer and co-workers.
Why use drumming in the business world?
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Communal drumming is becoming more common in San Francisco team building events due to its ability to bring employees together in a lively city environment. Creating music is a group effort. All the participants, regardless of their role, must work together to create a pleasing sound. Similarly, in a business, every employee involved is acting together in order for the enterprise to succeed. Increasingly, corporate team building events are employing communal drumming because music creates the feeling of a common goal among participants. At first the music produced may sound cacophonous, but the drummers will learn what they need to adjust in order to play in harmony with each other and create a euphonic rhythm.
Some corporate motivational events only provide keynote speakers, which leaves the employees in attendance as passive spectators. Interactive drumming actively engages delegates in a collaborative effort. They are performing a group work activity that is fun and does not feel like work. The drumming energizes workers and gives them a renewed focus. For this reason, team drumming can be used as a supplement to speeches and presentations. Drumming could be employed at the beginning, middle, or end of a conference. It can be a fun way to start off a corporate event and induce a positive atmosphere. After the initial drum session, a series of speeches may follow. At the midway point of the event, another round of drumming would be a great choice for an intermission to revitalize the audience for the remainder of the presentations. Finally, having a round of drumming after all the speeches have finished would end the event on an exciting note and leave employees with a cheerful impression of the conference.
