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Corporate Events and Team Building Activities in Washington DC

Best Corporate Events provides corporate team building activities in Washington, DC, including game shows, escape rooms, and SmartHunt® scavenger hunts, for groups of 30 or fewer to well over 1,000. Best Corporate Events has brought teams together from organizations like World Bank, Amazon Web Services, and Fannie Mae just steps away from famous DC sights like the White House and the Smithsonian.

Popular Team Building Activities in DC

While we can deliver any of our team building programs, CSR Charitable events, or SmartHunts in Washington DC, here’s a quick list of our 10 most popular programs in our nation’s capital.

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The team building activities in the White House in Washington, DC.

The BEST Way to explore Washington, DC

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 Washington, DC For Your Next Corporate Event

Including fun team building activities facilitated by Best Corporate Events will make your group’s next gathering in Washington DC one they’ll never forget. Home to iconic museums, government buildings, and monuments, Washington DC is a popular destination for corporate groups. With the city’s abundance of meeting space choices from convention halls to hotels, companies choose our nation’s capital for conferences, corporate events, team building activities, and incentive trips each year.

BEST offers over 130 interactive and fun team building activities and corporate events in Washington DC, including game shows, culinary programs, charitable team building, and high-tech problem-solving scavenger hunts with our unique SmartHunts®. City SmartHunts® are a combination of sightseeing, gaming, laughter, and team-building. We permit your team to have fun! City SmartHunts® can be customized so that your group can explore the best of this city.

Host your next meeting or event of any size in the nation’s capital and wow attendees with historical landmarks, tech-friendly venues, and vibrant neighborhoods. With all the things to do and places to eat and stay, we are sure your corporate group will is sure to enjoy team building activities in Washington DC. Forge deeper bonds with your team, improve communication, or just have fun with one of our customizable corporate team building programs.

Charitable Organizations Helped by Our CSR Team Building Activities in DC

BEST clients participating in team building activities and corporate events in Washington DC have helped a wide range of local and national charities and nonprofits over the years, including:

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
Bread for the City
Capital Area Food Bank
DAV Chapter 1
DAV Washington DC
Department of Veteran Affairs
Easterseals DC/MD/VA
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington DC
Veterans Benefits Administration
YMCA Calomiris Program Center
YMCA of Greater Washington
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington

Past DC Corporate Events Clients

Over the past two-plus decades, we’ve been honored to deliver team building events in Washington DC for a wide range of organizations, from midsized enterprises to global brands, either headquartered in our nation’s capital, with local offices, or visiting. We’d be thrilled to add your organization to this expanding list:

Top Venues for Team Building Activities in DC

Best Corporate Events has facilitated fun, productive team building activities in a wide range of venues across Washington DC. Below are a few, but we can deliver programs ANYWHERE.

Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel
Hotel Fairmont Washington DC Georgetown
City Winery DC
Lyle Washington DC
The Pennsylvania Building
InterContinental The Willard Washington DC
The Mayflower Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
The World Bank
The Hotel Washington
Hilton Garden Inn Georgetown
Hyatt House Washington DC / The Wharf
The Westin Georgetown
Smithsonian National Zoo
Hamilton Hotel Washington DC
Watergate Hotel
National Museum of Air and Space

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 DC! Best Corporate Events has successfully facilitated thousands of team building programs. Our clients always have nice things to say and have rewarded us with the highest 5-Star rating!! You’ll find over 1,000 client comments and videos on our program pages to assure that you are partnering with the best team building company for your corporate event in Washington DC.

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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.

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Keynote Speaker is an often-misunderstood term associated with simply a motivational speaker, breakout speaker, industry expert, etc. Most professional speakers are not actual trained Keynote Speakers, who are specialists, therefore in much lower supply, and in higher demand.

Keynote Speakers are experienced, professional communicators who engage an audience, capturing the essence of a client’s meeting. They are able to highlight it to their audience while simultaneously delivering their own key concepts and proprietary content in an entertaining and impactful way. Most companies understand that this specialization is very much worth the time (around an hour) and the investment.

In order to capture the perfect essence, a Keynote Speaker spends the necessary time researching a client’s industry, their issues, and their audience to craft a customized presentation into a unique and distinctive moment specifically for the client’s event.

As a top Keynote Speaker, Tom Leu strategically uses compelling storytelling, humor, powerful visuals, audio and video clips, and audience participation elements to weave an impactful message into your event in a fun and memorable way. Tom can also pair his Keynote with Best Corporate Events programming, laying a foundation and setting a tone that best prepares participants for maximum engagement in the forthcoming team events that day.