What is Omada Teambuilding?
Omada Teambuilding is part of Trinity Western University, which has a 40-year legacy of leadership development. We specialize in providing tools to stimulate innovative thinking in the workplace, thereby catalyzing the potential for continued growth.
Our programs employ a dynamic learning approach based on the principles of experiential learning. During our programs, your class or student group will learn through hands-on experience. It is our goal to help your students identify strengths and weaknesses and turn them into tools for maximizing potential.
Facilitation is the encouragement of the learning process for your students. We have worked with a variety of students from school districts from around the Lower Mainland and beyond. The list is expansive and growing!
The Name
Greek for "team," the name "Omada" captures our core focus: transforming a group of individuals into an effective team that utilizes each person's skills and strengths to the highest potential. Omada is about fostering group unity through shared experiences and subsequent reflection.
Rather than simply defining teamwork or hearing a pep-talk from an educational consultant in your classroom, Omada creates a unique hands-on environment in which students interacts through a process called experiential learning. Students will solve problems, laugh and have fun together, overcome fears, reach goals, and often exceed their own expectations. Throughout the day, they answer questions about the nature of their actions in various situations, leading to a greater understanding of self and others and an appreciation for each person's unique role on the team.
The full name for Omada is "Omada Teambuilding," and it consists of five branches: corporate teambuilding, educational teambuilding, athletic teambuilding, youth group teambuilding, and church teambuilding. Each section of the program tailors the experience for its specific type of clients.
The Logo
Why the cairn symbol?
(kârn) Originating in both Gaelic and Inuit traditions, a cairn is a stack of stones used as a landmark or navigational guide, often in rugged terrain or uncertain paths, or placed as a commemoration or memorial of major life events.
Omada Teambuilding for students is about building a cooperative through shared challenges, reflections, and setting/meeting goals. These experiences make a lasting impression on each youth's interactions, acting as a landmark for the group. The cairn symbol integrates all of these elements.
1. building together
The cairn symbolizes the construction process, where the student group builds a communal identity and thus creates a common experience. The mismatched stones symbolize unique individuals fitting together to create a unified structure.
2. setting and reaching goals
A cairn represents the attainment of a goal. Cairns atop mountain peaks demonstrate hikers' achievements and stand as a monument to the completion of a difficult task. In the same way, Omada student participants are prompted to set and meet goals as individuals and as a group throughout a variety of activities.
3. reflection and remembrance
The cairn is created in a moment of reflection and stands as a continual reminder of a specific experience. Omada offers a time of group reflection, completing the circular process of experiential learning. Just as the cairn leaves a legacy that lasts beyond the moment of its creation, so also Omada student participants are encouraged to remember creative lessons and important moments from their experience at the Omada courses.
A Leading Edge
Leadership is the backbone of our operation, the lens through which we view the world. Experiential education teaches innovative thinking as part of leadership, and is a valuable opportunity for your students to discover their individual and group potentials. At Omada we use both of these concepts to create high end programming to meet your students' holistic learning needs.
We fine-tune our programs to give you specific tools that will aid in achieving your goals; whatever they are. These tools are concrete lessons that can lead to long lasting change, such as new communication skills and an awareness of individual impact within a group setting. Many of our concepts link directly and indirectly with your educational programming and intended learning outcomes. Supporting your curriculum in a creative way gives teachers an edge in creating concrete foundations of learning.
The winning team is just that-a team. We stress the importance of having a shared vision while working collaboratively to achieve any number of goals. Through our hands-on activities we give your students the opportunity to implement and understand the importance of embracing a group or shared vision as they will need to do once they leave your classroom.