Welcome to Tellwell’s weekly Plog (photo-blog)!
Between Spring Retreat and a design team Ed-Venture, we had plenty of quality time together this week. Let’s dive into the details! 🌸
Tossing caps 🎓
We have two recent graduates in our midst!
Senior Design Strategist Sandie and Story Maker Success Manager Jenny both graduated from their leadership programs (woohoo!) within the last month! They dove head first into developing deeper leadership skills, growing relationships with others in the program, and had a lot of fun along the way. We are so proud of both these ladies for the time and dedication they put into these programs and we can’t wait to see how they bring what they learned to Tellwell!
Spring Retreat 🌸 🎉
Every year around this time, Team Tellwell spends an entire day away from our desks for some group learning and team development!
We came together as a team this Wednesday for some team bonding and business/creative conversations. Throughout the day, we had discussions about friction points in our processes, how we can set our Story Makers up for success, and how “thinking inside the box” can sometimes be the best way to look at things. Whether we were together as a full team, split off for smaller team discussions, or mixed and matched for varying insights, it was a day filled with education and getting into the nitty gritty.
Don’t think we didn’t have time for some fun sprinkled throughout!
Our first activity was Tellwell Project Runway: Hero or Guide Edition. We were split into four groups where we were tasked with creating a runway look that either described the role of the “hero” or the “guide” within the Hero’s Journey. We had outfits, we had scripts, we had music, and we had a lot of fun. Bringing a creative angle to a framework we use every single day was a fun twist. Now, who do you think won?
Also spread out through the day was team photos around our office, eating taco lunch in the sunshine, and many jokes cracked. To finish the day off, we found ourselves at Brewhalla for Cheese & Cheers! Getting to wrap up the day with teammate connection, storytelling, and some goodies brought a lot of smiles all around. Another successful Spring Retreat in the books!
Design Team Ed-Venture 🎨
The design team took spring retreat as an opportunity to dive even deeper into how they can grow as a team!
On Thursday, the team jumped right in and started seeing how they can implement what we learned at retreat into their day to day work. They talked process, creative approaches, and spent quality time together (Jen was unfortunately at home with a sick kiddo, we missed you)!
Along with learning as a team, they had lunch downtown and finished off the day at the Ronald McDonald House here in Fargo (one of our amazing Story Makers). They spent the afternoon volunteering as a Share-A-Meal team, cooking and feeding the families currently at the House.
That wraps up this week! Keep an eye out for our next plog, coming May 22nd!
