Archive for September, 2009

6 Whacky Ways To Team Bonding During Office Hours

Monday, September 14th, 2009

pcreditIn our last blog post on work-life balance we mentioned team building activities as a way to integrating life with work at the office. Here I have jotted some really funky ways to having some fun in office!

- Post It Mosaic - People can pitch-in randomly in making the mosaic. Keep a few colorful Post It bundles ready! Some patterns here.

- 101 Talks - A few days ago we had a financial planning talk in our office. It was given by a person who works in the office next to ours. These talks take just about 30 to 40 minutes on a working day. They can also be given by different members of the team on something they are good at. Like a Photoshop 101 or Twitter For Business.

- Facebook Quizzes - I have a really hard time keeping my friend’s quiz results out of my FB stream, but these quizzes can be great fun! Have a small FB quiz break during the day where you and your team take the same quiz and compare results. You will be surprised how much fun they can be! (unless you are already a quiz buff :p)

- Office pranks - Check these cool blog posts for some pranks to play on your office mates. They are sure to crack people up!

- Spontaneous Ice cream party - This might already be happening in your office, it does in ours :) Ice cream being everyone’s favorite, it’s quite easy to spontaneously go out for some ice creams or even call it in (melt, melt!!).

- Picnic lunches - One office day have lunch outside, at a nearby beach or park or even your building terrace. It will be a longer lunch than usual but might just increase the gusto of the team towards the office and their work.

Let us know the fun stuff your team indulges in!

DeskAway on ET Now’s Startup Show

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Sure you know everything about YouTube, Blogs, Facebook and Twitter. But did you know that you can leverage these tools to promote your startup? Prashant Rajkhowa from ET Now speaks with WatConsult, FoxyMoron and DeskAway to help you understand social media marketing for your brand.

DeskAway maintenance Saturday September 12, 2009

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

DeskAway will be conducting scheduled maintenance on Saturday, September 12, 2009, between 2:00 AM and 3:00 AM U.S. CDT. DeskAway.com (including all project sites) will be temporarily inaccessible during this time. This is a minor service upgrade.

We appreciate your patience and can assure you the service will be restored as quickly as possible. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
The DeskAway Team