Project Overview

Find out how we helped Star Refrigeration with a virtual solution to get their team together for their annual get-together during COVID restrictions.

Star Refrigeration had their big 50th Anniversary celebration coming up. But there was one issue – we were in the height of COVID restrictions and there was no way to bring the team physically together. 

Read on to find out how our team at Maximillion helped Star Refrigeration put on a virtual celebration that left everyone uplifted and proud to have been part of marking their 50th Anniversary together.

The Challenge

Star Refrigeration wanted to bring the team together for their 50th Anniversary – but COVID was getting in the way!

Star Refrigeration would normally get together for one large company-wide event and each site would organise their own team-building sessions.

However, with restrictions in place, they approached us to explore how they could bring everyone together virtually and create an engaging itinerary for a broad range of staff, while also celebrating a very important milestone of 50 years of innovation, and keeping their sites operational throughout.

Our Solution

Our Star Refrigeration Virtual 50th Anniversary Experience was a fast-paced and fun event, complete with engaging virtual team building activities to bring the team together.

The key to delivering on the client’s outcomes was the pre-event engagement and communication which resulted in an itinerary that would engage their staff over three identical events over two days. This included an element of bespoke content in the game and a personalised design.

We aimed to maintain energy levels through the virtual experience, leaving everyone uplifted and proud to have been part of marking their 50th Anniversary together.

Top Trumps

The event began ahead of time, ensuring everyone had all the information and tech support they needed in advance of the event to join Zoom and download our app. Then it was into the fun!

On the day, everyone was welcomed by our event host with music and an ice-breaking warm-up with our energising and fun Team Top Trumps activity. A modern twist on the classic card game that got teams talking, breaking down barriers and helped them find out something new and surprising about their colleagues.

Each team became a deck of Top Trumps cards and as such must put forward their best “card” in each category in order to trump the other teams! For example the “Who has had the most embarrassing Zoom moment?” round raised a few eyebrows and had us all in stiches with some great stories – what happens on zoom stays on zoom – we’re remaining tight-lipped!

Bespoke Game

Once everyone was suitably into the swing of this fast-paced Zoom activity, we commenced our short briefing on the App-based bespoke challenge game.

The aim of the game was simple … Score as many points as possible before you run out of time! Working in zoom breakout teams, the teams worked around the bespoke refrigeration-themed game board on their smart phones, unlocking and completing a series of trivia, photo and video challenges in exchange for points.

A wealth of bespoke Star-related content was built in, including their Directors baby photo challenge, Star Values, Star through the 5 decades and the cake entry voting competition to crown the winner of best bakers!

Photo Reel

We then brought everyone back to the main room to have a good laugh at their highlight photos with plenty of heckling and banter from rival teams, before we announced the winners.

After the three events were complete we complied an overall leaderboard and collated the results of the cake voting, and shared all the photos and videos with the client, so Star had a wealth of content for their 50th Anniversary newsletter with plenty of memories and a positive shared-experience providing a great morale boost to the team as 2020 continued to throw challenges at us all.

Client Kudos

Mike and his team did a fantastic job on the run up to and on event day. With the quick turnaround of plans, there was clear communication before, during and after the event. Thank you to Mike and the Maximillion team!

People’s Postcode Lottery

Thank you to Mike, Ross and Sandy from Maximillion for the team building in the afternoon, murder mystery that evening, Belbin Team Roles next morning, a fantastic team building session in the afternoon and, finally, a great barbecue that evening provided by Norton House. Although some of us were a bit slow of the mark the second day, the same positive attitude and enthusiasm from day one prevailed and I think we all got something out of it. It was clear to me that everyone was communicating and working together better by the end of the afternoon.

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John Abbot, MD

Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. This is the second time using Maximillion and on both occasions they have made the event! So much fun and so engaging. The feedback from all who attended was this was a brilliant session. Huge thanks to all involved.

Abertay Housing Association

Like many other professional service providers, we are often metaphorically ‘spinning plates’ and ‘juggling’ competing priorities, so it was great for our team to try these challenges in real life. We discovered hidden talents and it reinforced that working as a team and providing a supportive learning environment are key to delivering an excellent result. Thank you to Maximillion for your support and encouragement during this fun event, as well as for your professionalism in pulling together a slick activity for 220 people.

University of Edinburgh

Lee Hamill, Director of Finance

Jenny takes the time to understand our vision and goals for each event and consistently exceeded our expectations through close partnership and honest, transparent communications. Building a partnership that has become an extension of our core in-house team has resulted in innovative ideas, handling challenges with ease, and seamless event delivery from the whole team.

ORE Catapult.

Vicki Sharpe, Head of Marketing

I just wanted to say thank you so much to you and your team for organising a truly memorable Christmas party for the JAA clan. We had a fabulous time and the activities and events you suggested really hit the spot in terms of being accessible, entertaining and fun. I would highly recommend you all for any corporate event in Scotland!

JAA

I received emails from the participants saying how much they enjoyed the event. Our HR manager stated he would use Maximillion again. Many thanks for all your effort.

TAQA Britani Ltd

With restrictions in place that curtailed our previous plans for the company’s 50th anniversary we were delighted to find a great alternative and a team well-equipped to deliver an event for such a significant milestone. The Maximillion team worked closely with us, making suggestions and sharing ideas to help make our virtual away day celebrations a real occasion. The feedback from the events was really positive and it was great to have a chance to get together in such a fun environment when all the teams have been working so hard over the past months.

Risk Refrigeration

Nadia Rae, Group HR Director

Everything from start to finish was amazing and Jenny kept in constant contact – couldn’t fault Jenny or the company whatsoever. Organisation/Communication was 100% perfect.

White & Mackay

Very well organised in the lead up and on the day of the event. Clear communication throughout! The team delivered a fantastic Highland Games event on the day that everyone enjoyed. Thanks to Mike, Rhys and the team!

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