Artworks™
Re: Fonterra Government & Trade Conference
"Improv Solutions facilitated an Artworks™ session for the Government & Trade group of Fonterra.
They supported a session aimed at team development and identifying a vision for the group through effective use of art, photography and acting, through a four-hour session.
The session worked very well and fully achieved our aims. They facilitated the session with an engaging mix of professionalism and fun that proved enjoyable and memorable for the full team. I thought they provided good value for money and would have no hesitation recommending their services to others."
Phil Turner, Director Government & Trade
Fonterra
Re: Mainland Leaders Conference
Thanks for your fantastic support with our Mainland Leadership Group (MLG) 'Good2Great' event. It surely has gone down as a big success and your team's contribution made all the difference.
As we discussed when planning the event back in late April '04, we considered our 'conference' to be a very important occasion. The key message to our MLG was that in order for Mainland to make the transition from a good company to a great one, we need to do things better and do things differently. As the organizers then, our critical challenge was for the event to model and reflect the message. You will recall how eager I was to present an experience that the audience could not expect or predict. I believe together we hit these goals.
With the benefit now of two weeks post event reflection and following a good deal of feedback, I can report that our people were both impressed with and energized by the occasion. I've had a lot of very positive e mails, phone calls and corridor conversations, all have been liberally punctuated with smiles. Our managers have all gone back to their respective parts of the company, more focused through the communication of a clear strategic agenda, more engaged as members of our wider leadership group and more optimistic about the future.
Geoff Norgate our CEO was delighted that the new mission has been so effectively launched.
Of course, both the audience and my personal favourite part of the programme was the very creative performance ArtWorks™ culminating in the 'Mainland Way' concert. Bellisimo! It is no coincidence that this was the part of the agenda that had your biggest stamp on it.
For my part I really enjoyed working with you guys and felt we quickly formed a high performance partnership (to borrow some spiel from my bookshelf). From the first day I carried my mood boards in to meet you for our 'blue sky' session I sensed you were people I could trust, who could understand and add to my ideas, who could help make things happen. I quickly came to appreciate as well the value of your wide connections within the performance arts community that were subsequently to be a key element of the 'Mainland Way' exercise.
Mainland Products Ltd is very much a satisfied customer. We will certainly be happy to recommend your professional services to others and hopefully there will be opportunities for Improv Solutions to work with us again in the future.
David Pearce
General Manager Human Resources
Re: Tip Top Ice Cream Company Conference
Tip Top Ice Cream approached Improv Solutions to assist with the development of a senior management conference held in December of 2004. Their remit was to develop an introduction in way that kicked off the conference in a unique way to provide some excitement and energy. They were also asked to co-ordinate and record an interactive creative session around the theme of the conference.
For the introduction, they developed a theme that provided for and matched the direction of the conference and started the session in a way which was both humorous and original. They also coordinated a group of artists who produced a session, Artworks™, that both inspired and met all of our expectations and needs.
Overall the conference was the best rated event that many of our employees had attended. Improv Solutions certainly worked hard to understand what we wished to achieve and assisted us in producing a fantastic conference.
If you wish to discuss Improv Solutions and their involvement in the conference, I would be happy for you to call.
Daniel Love
General Manager, Human Resources