A New Kind of Office Holiday Party - Office Sportz!

New book, Office Sportz!, will boost morale, encourage teamwork, foster innovation, and improve the bottom line

The current economic slowdown has many offices searching for a low-budget replacement for their typical holiday celebration. Enter Office Sportz!, a new book written by Jeff Rogers (with Maria Corell and Kate Porterfield, Ph.D.), that is filled with fun, exhilarating, and often ridiculous games that make life in the workplace a lot more entertaining! The games use common office equipment and supplies to create easy, stress-free yet hilarious challenges that break up the monotony of daily corporate life and bring co-workers together in the process. Whether you are looking for a distraction from the status quo or an engaging way to increase communication, interaction, and positive energy among co-workers, Office Sportz! is the book for you!

With a foreword by Olympian and New York Times bestselling author Vince Poscente, this book will bring your team together for hours of fun and years of great memories. It contains over 50 different, safe games for both teams and individuals of varying functions, preferences, and learning styles. The games are arranged into four types:

Warm-ups To Get Geeked Up With - Used to get people laughing and feeling relaxed.
Tools For Mental Jousting - These play to people’s verbal and analytical skills and help make your group feel smart and clever.
Physical Master Challenges - Great exercises for a group that feels comfortable moving around in a space that allows it.
Totally Teamtastic - These are the games that are the most dependent on a team’s ability to work together.
Whether you need some way to break up the day, build team synergy, or replace a holiday party with an Office Olympics-style event (including Opening and Award Ceremonies and events such as Office Obstacle Course, Paper Clip Race, and 3 Man Bobsled), this book is guaranteed to create fun, which is what most offices really need.

From Jeff Rogers:

“As a Strategic Communications Creative Director and Professional Meeting Host for the better part of 20 years, I have seen every type of corporate culture you can imagine. But there is one striking similarity between all of them that drove me to write this book. Every person at every level of interaction, from CEOs to new hires, we’re all looking for one thing - ENGAGEMENT! Everyone wants the team to be engaged in their work but few people have figured out how to accomplish that task. Study after study proves that employee engagement is directly tied to higher profitability, lower sick days, and better morale. Office Sportz! is the vehicle for starting your office down the road to engagement. Let the games begin!”

About the Author

Jeff Rogers is President and Chief Creative Officer of Zap Creative, Inc. (http://www.zapcreativeinc.com), a strategic communications company based in Chicago. He is also known by thousands of corporate clients through his work onstage as a professional emcee and host for corporate meetings and events. A veteran of the famous Second City Theater in Chicago, Jeff performed with comedic stars such as Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, and Amy Sedaris. Jeff is currently working on his second book, Built to Laugh, which teaches individuals how to create an environment conducive to success through our ability to PLAY.