The end of the year is an amazing opportunity to debrief, hand out encouragements, dream big,
and most importantly, have fun with your team.
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In this video, I'm going to talk about some ideas
that you can incorporate into your end-of-year meeting,
so if you're in need of some inspo, I gotchu.
Let's have a look!
Number one: Review the year’s stats in a quiz.
End-of-year meetings are the perfect opportunity to pull out some stats and numbers,
So why not do it in a way that’s going to bring a bit of fun to the team
and prepare a quiz?
Simply come up with questions around your key metrics,
such as revenue, biggest sales deals, NPS, number of newly-hired colleagues,
the percentage of office plants that survived lockdown,
or the total weight of coffee drunk throughout the year in the office.
And make sure to include a prize.
Whether you have a budget for an actual gift,
or the only thing you can offer is an old mug with a photo of you photoshopped as a reindeer,
Either way, people will be even more invested.
2. Recognize your silent heroes and heroines
We love this one a lot at Slido and run it quite often.
You pick a person to nominate as your silent hero,
someone whose work is not that visible, but you saw them go above and beyond,
and you also leave them a heart-warming message.
The messages are delivered privately,
but we let the all names show up in a beautiful word cloud right then and there.
if you have a bit more time to spare, you might want to try the following idea.
Number three: Organize a thank you session
You can devote a whole segment of your meeting to appreciating and thanking each other
for everything you’ve done for each other throughout the year.
Simply activate an open text poll with the question:
“Who would you like to say thank you to, and why?”
and give people a few minutes to type in their answers.
Then display the answers on the screen and have people read them out loud to each other.
I personally believe that there can never be enough words of affirmation and praise.
I once heard that nearly every person you meet is insecure, overwhelmed and under-encouraged,
and that’s especially true during a global pandemic, when life threw a bunch of extra challenges at all of us.
I had a chance to attend a session like that myself last year,
and let me tell you, it feels like a long 30-minute group hug.
It’ll boost the team morale,
and everyone will end the year feeling encouraged and happy to be a part of the team.
Number four: Recap the year with your team.
Looking back and evaluating is important –
– to celebrate the good and learn from the imperfect.
Talk about the highlights, relive your success stories,
and think about what could be improved,
so that you can start the next year with a clean slate.
Number five: Run a fun quiz to get to know your colleagues better.
Play a game of two truths and a lie.
Especially if your team is remote, you don’t often have an opportunity
to drink mulled wine after work and share fun stories from your lives.
The last time I played that game,
I discovered that one of my colleagues has been to Antarctica,
and another used to be a professional tree climber.
I didn't even know that that was a thing!
Number six: Set goals for the upcoming year.
When work dies down a bit ahead of the holidays
and people have more mindspace to be creative and dream big,
you can have a brainstorming session about the upcoming year.
Put down ideas for projects, campaigns,
or any interesting initiatives that you can take on in the following year.
Seven: Give the meeting a theme.
If you have a team who’s always for a bit of fun, come up with a theme for the meeting.
Whether it’s something festive, like an ugliest sweater contest,
or something completely random, like a 90’s-themed party,
it's gonna bring out people's playful sides and I think that most of them will really enjoy it.
You and your team have done tons of great work throughout the year –
use this time to celebrate it, lift up the team spirit,
and gear up for the next year.
If you know of any other ideas that have maybe worked well for you in the past,
write a comment below,
I’d actually love to hear about them and we can all get inspired.
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Enjoy your time off, get some rest and I’ll see you next year!