Team Building Activities & Events in NYC
Popular Team Building Activities in New York City
While we can deliver any of our professional development, SmartHunts, or team building activities in New York, here’s a quick list of our 10 most popular programs in the Big Apple.
Bike Build Donation® has been enjoyed for many years by groups large and small. This top selling bike building charity event continues to resonate with participants as they recall the joy of receiving their first bike.
As seen on the popular TV game show, and adapted for team play, your group will participate in rounds of fast-paced tabletop challenges. The competition heats up as one-minute games are practiced and scored using commonplace items like pencils, plastic cups and a deck of cards. Teams will cheer and have a blast as they vie to be named A Minute 2 Win It! Champions!
BEST Corporate Feud is a corporate game show event with fast-paced rounds of survey questions specifically written for corporate groups. Our unique design keeps everyone involved throughout the show, regardless of your group size. No matter how many points are on the scoreboard, you can be confident that your participants will score big with this BEST Corporate Feud!
Unleash your team's inner explorer with City Smarthunts®, the ultimate tech-driven scavenger hunt! Work together while exploring with the most advanced team building scavenger hunt on the market. Ready for an unforgettable team-building experience?
Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation is a fun charity team building program where your group will design, construct and play a mini golf course using canned and boxed food items. Working in teams, each hole has a special theme and rules, unique to that hole. After the course has been built, an entertaining tournament ensues with scoring and fun competition. Once completed, the course will be deconstructed and the food donated to a predetermined food bank or similar organization.
This exclusive training will guide your team through a progressive series of engaging initiatives followed by rich processing discussions focused on high-performing teams. Throughout the program, demonstrated skills are acknowledged while areas for improvement are identified and immediately applied during subsequent activities. Igniting Team Performance® will enhance individual and team performance in the workplace.
In this collaborative event, teams work together to build an actual bridge that has the strength to support the weight of the entire group. There are two amazing aspects of this project. Each section of the bridge will be an independent artistic representation of your future mission and goals AND the principal building materials of the structure are cardboard and duct tape!
Donation Nation Care Packs is a meaningful team building experience that brings your group together to assemble care packages for community organizations that support people in need.Through a series of fun and interactive challenges, your group earns the materials used to create thoughtful packages that benefit homeless shelters, food banks, hospices, veterans’ groups, animal shelters, and many other community-focused agencies.
Fiesta Fun! is a delicious and exciting recipe contest where your teams will combine creativity with culinary skill to make their own brand of Salsa, Guacamole and Golden Margaritas! Experience the sights, sounds and flavor of Mexico with the beat of Mexican music setting the stage for this gastronomical team builder. Once the creations are finished, it’s on to the judges table to see who will win the medal for best taste, creativity and presentation.
The BEST Way to explore New York City, NY
Plan a SmartHunt®! These top-rated corporate scavenger hunts are delivered using our proprietary SmartHunts® App technology, available only at Best Corporate Events. SmartHunts® are a unique combination of sightseeing, adventure, team building challenges, and gamification FUN!
Why New York City, NY For Your Next Corporate Event
The largest city in the United States is New York City, filled with architectural, cultural, and historical wonders. If your corporate group is headed to NYC for your next team building event, Best Corporate Events has you covered. We offer more than 130 of the most energizing and effective team building activities in NYC that are customizable to meet your unique needs. From culinary competitions like Food Truck Face-off, charitable give-back programs, and signature SmartHunts® that highlight key features and landmarks across the city, our fun activities for corporate events in NYC bring together cutting-edge technology for improved group relationships.
Facilitating memorable corporate events in NYC that build morale amongst your team members is our mission and our passion. Using the intrigue of the big city as your backdrop will lend excitement to your event, and our BEST facilitators will make it your most memorable event yet.
Charitable Organizations Helped by Our Corporate Events in NYC
BEST clients participating in team building events in New York City have helped a wide range of local and national charities and nonprofits over the years, including:
Boys & Girls Club of Harlem
Cancer Support Community
Care for the Homeless
Cerebral Palsy Associations of NYS
City Harvest
Head Start
International Rescue Committee
Joel E.Smilow Clubhouse
John E. Grimm III Clubhouse
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club
Music & Memory
Music Unites
NY City Rescue Mission
Salvation Army
Team Red, White & Blue
The ALS Association of Greater New York Chapter
US Marines Corp VMM-364 & VMM-164 divisions
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
VFW Post 5195
VH1 Save the Music Foundation
Past NYC Corporate Events Clients
Over the past two-plus decades, we’ve been honored to deliver team building events in New York City for a wide range of organizations, from midsized enterprises to global brands, either headquartered in the Big Apple, with local offices, or visiting. We’d be thrilled to add your organization to this expanding list:
Top Venues for Corporate Events in NYC
Best Corporate Events has facilitated fun, productive team building programs in a wide range of venues across New York City. Below are a few – but we can deliver programs ANYWHERE!
3 World Trade Center
Intercontinental New York Times Square
Hard Rock Cafe Times Square
Greenwich Village Room
Grand Hyatt New York
Governors Island – Collective Pavillion
Central Park
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
New York Midtown Hotel
Simon & Schuster Building Rockefeller Center
Sheraton New York Times Square
The Westin New York at Times Square
How it Works
Using a proven model for improving team productivity, motivation, and collaboration through innovative team events, Best Corporate Events strengthens teams by delivering exceptional team building, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and professional development training programs that help corporate, academic, association, and government teams build trust and respect while enhancing leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
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BEST Program Specialists
Collaborate with one of our experienced program specialists who will help you find the perfect program for your group.
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BEST Needs Assessment
Participate in our Needs Assessment to accurately identify the desired end results for the participants in your group.
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BEST Design
Allow us to tailor your program specifically for your group size, allotted time, goals, and outcomes.
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BEST Facilitators & Specialists
Enjoy your event delivered by experienced, professional facilitators who average 12 to 25 years of experience.
Why BEST
Top Customer Rating
We are North America's largest in-person team building and virtual event company and maintain the highest verified Customer TrustScore in the industry, with a 5-Star rating and over 1,700 reviews.
Best Customer Service
In addition to our quick response, in-depth needs assessment, and detailed proposals, we’re the only company that provides clients and destination management companies (DMCs) with comprehensive online portals that track all details of their events, from key dates and contacts to local weather updates.
The Broadest Range of Programs
BEST offers more than 120 different programs, including team building activities, CSR, professional development, game shows, and scavenger hunts. We lead the industry in developing forward-thinking programs like Earth, Wind & Solar which combines team building with sustainability, as well as offering the largest number of original, trademarked programs including Bike Build Donation, Build-A-Guitar, Build-A-Wheelchair, Competition to Collaboration, plus our Amazing Chase and City SmartHunts.
Unmatched Commitment to CSR
We offer more than 20 different charitable team building programs and deliver hundreds of programs every year that create items for donation to local and national charities for the benefit of overseas soldiers, schools, unhoused people, children, Alzheimer’s patients, and more. We are the only team building company with a department devoted to connecting and coordinating with nonprofits and charitable organizations, plus a warehouse filled with inventory for our CSR programs, so we can reliably deliver these materials anywhere in the U.S., on time.
Deepest Expertise
We literally wrote the book on team building, Your Roadmap to Successful Corporate Team Building, and then updated and expanded it to help navigate specific common business challenges. And we followed that up with eBooks on Charitable Corporate Team Building and Generational Communication Differences in the Workplace. Our experts are sought-after speakers, authors, and subject matter experts in team building, professional development, business leadership, and employee engagement.
Widest Geographic Coverage
We can deliver in-person events anywhere in the U.S. with no added travel costs, with experience in more than 130 cities nationwide, as well as virtual programs anywhere in the world.
Greatest Scalability
BEST has a proven track record of delivering very large events, including the world’s biggest bike build. Our expert facilitators and event techology enable us to successfully deliver programs with hundreds to thousands of participants without sacrificing quality or engagement.
What people are saying
We love The Big Apple! Best Corporate Events offers the best in team building events with the kind of results our clients love. That’s why we have a 5-Star rating and the best reviews in the business! You’ll find over 1,000 client comments and videos on our website assuring you have chosen a great company to deliver corporate events to your team.
Let's Create Something Exceptional
Whether you’re planning a large-scale conference or an intimate executive event, we’d love to partner with you to achieve your goals. Contact or chat with us online, call us at (800) 849-8326, or email us to get a quote or answer any questions you may have. Your next team building event deserves the BEST.