It is important for a person not only to be a good worker, but also to be able to properly relax. Colleagues who are accustomed to seeing each other in a work environment sometimes need to have a good fun and relax in order to maintain a positive attitude. New Year's Eve - you can't imagine a better occasion for a party.

If you are already puzzled over where to find a cool New Year's Eve 2018 script, get ready to take notes! To implement the idea below, you will need to prepare a simple prop, and the people involved in the performance will need to memorize the text.

How and where to organize a New Year's corporate party

The most interesting will be the evening, where the participants will be able not only to participate in competitions, taste delicious and drink, but also become spectators of some theatrical performance. The heroes of the party can be chosen among colleagues.

The venue of the corporate party needs to be decorated in accordance with the holiday. Do not forget about the symbol of the year - the Yellow Earth Dog, whose image can be used to decorate the hall.

For the celebration, it is best to rent a cafe or a banquet hall. If this is not possible, then try to equip the venue so that guests can comfortably dine and dance. There should be enough space in the hall for fun competitions.

Take care of the musical accompaniment. It is necessary to create the right mood. To implement the idea, a small music center or a laptop with separate speakers is suitable.

Scenario New Year's holiday for colleagues

At corporate parties, theatrical performances are not always used. But with them, the celebration of the New Year turns out to be more original, fun and interesting. Unique New Year's scenarios on the Internet are rare. One of them is shown below.

Characters:

• Leading;
• Father Frost;
• Fox;
• Dog.

Host: Good evening, friends! We have gathered with you here to spend the outgoing year and meet the new one. Let's start by remembering the best moments of 2017.

Here you can mention significant events for the company, sum up the results, mark the best employees. It would be advisable to invite the director of the company or the head of the department to honor those who have distinguished themselves.

Host: Tell me, who is the main guest at the New Year's holiday?

Guests: Santa Claus!

An employee comes out dressed in a Santa Claus costume.

Santa Claus: Well, hello! I see, I see that all of you have worked conscientiously all this year ...

He does not have time to finish, the Fox comes out to the musical accompaniment, flaunts in front of those present, stands next to Santa Claus.

Fox: I, Fox, am the main guest at the New Year's holiday!

Santa Claus: Why is that?

Fox: I am the symbol of the coming year!

Santa Claus: Yes? Something I do not remember that you were among our symbols. What about the Year of the Dog?

Lisa: I'll explain. Am I a beauty? Gorgeous. Good girl? Good girl. And I can cheat when I need to. And I do everything for the well-being of my family! It's fun with me!

Here, if opportunities allow, the performer of the role can sing a song. And after that, the next competition will be held.

"Give it to someone else." The host invites those who wish to the center of the hall. There may be many. It is best to involve all guests. Participants stand in a row or circle (as convenient), the first of them is given an apple, a ball or any similar object. The task is to pass it to a neighbor without the help of hands. You can use elbows, knees, chin - the choice is up to the participants. The one who did not hold the item is out, and the game starts again. You can continue it until the end or for as long as the New Year's party can allow.

Fox: Santa Claus, in my opinion, they have fun. So I will be the symbol of the year, and the Dog, look, she didn’t even come to the celebration.

An angry, offended Dog enters.

Dog: Who locked me in a kennel?! Show me that bastard! I had to call the rescuers, they broke the door! Late for the meeting!

The fox is embarrassed, pretending that nothing is happening.

Santa Claus: That's it! You deceived us, Lisa! How will you justify?

Lisa: What about me? I know - I don’t know anything, to do - I didn’t do it. And I see this flea bug for the first time!

Dog: Ah, am I a flea bug? And you are a red-haired witch!

With these words, the heroes try to start fighting, but Santa Claus stops them.

Santa Claus: So, ladies, calm down! Whatever one may say, I am in charge of this holiday! Am I frost? Yes sir! I light the Christmas tree, I see off the old year with a staff, I start a new one. I give gifts to children and adults, especially kind and hardworking ones. So now I will be in charge! So let's have some fun.

"Clothespins". The host invites guests to the center of the hall and divides into pairs. One participant is blindfolded, and the second is attached with clothespins on clothes in different places. You can also ask the participant to do this to save time. To the music, the blindfolded half must find and unhook all the clothespins from the other half. The one who gets the most clothespins wins.

Dog: I see that you are doing well with competitions, but still. What we shall do? I was told here that the Fox claims that she is the symbol of the year.

Lisa: Why not. Look at her (points to the Dog), what can she do? Inconspicuous, she has no imagination.

The dog gets angry, and again tries to grapple with the offender.

Santa Claus: Calm down! Here's what I'll say...

Dog: I don't have any imagination? I have everything, I'll show you now! Competition gentlemen!

"Sing." The facilitator gives one of the participants a symbolic flag. It can be a New Year's candle, a snowflake or a decorative glass. While the music is playing, the guests pass it to the neighbor. The one on whom the music ends must sing the song. The most original singer is awarded a prize.

Santa Claus: So, I will say that the most important thing in our life is a kind attitude towards each other! You, Fox, are both beautiful, and cheerful, and cunning. I wish you, dear guests, not to lose all these qualities in yourself. And you, Dog, are beautiful, smart, kind and reliable. Be and you (referring to the audience) the same! Dog, you really are a symbol of the coming year. Help us in everything. And you, Fox, help the Dog if you really want to join the team. Friends! Congratulations to all of you on the coming New Year! Happiness and success to you! Hooray!

Music sounds, perhaps someone and the participants sing.

Host: It's good when disputes do not reach fights. So our festive corporate party will be friendly and the most fun. Now, get ready to solve the riddles!

The facilitator reads the riddles according to the profile of the company. The leader takes over the next step. For a corporate party in 2018, you can pick up several competitions, and then arrange a disco.

A selection of competitions for a party for the New Year

If desired, competitions and their number can be changed. To make the evening go off without a hitch, prepare the final version of the script for the new year in advance. All actors must be aware of everything that should happen in the course of the action.

So, a few competitions and entertainment that will interest the organizers and guests.

1. "I am the strongest." Several male volunteers are selected from the audience. The host invites them to inflate the balloon. Between each exhalation, the player must say the phrase "I am the strongest." The winner is the one who inflates or bursts the balloon faster than the others.
2. "2 glasses". Several guests participate in the competition. Each is served a glass filled with juice or weak alcohol, a straw and an empty glass. The winner is the one who, using the proposed inventory, will pour the liquid from one glass to another.
3. "Bag of Predictions" Prepare a bag that will contain a variety of things: a book, a pacifier, a wallet, etc. The task of the guests is to pull out objects without looking and voice the expected prediction on the topic (wallet - salary increase, book - advanced training, etc.) . If the participant cannot think of anything, the facilitator helps him.
4. "Deaf". To play, you need a device with music and headphones (phone or player). The host invites two guests. One puts on headphones, the second should ask various questions. The interlocutor in the headphones will not hear them, but must answer. Get it very fast.

So that the players do not get lost during the entertainment, you can prepare questions for them on the company profile in advance.

To make the holiday go with a bang, find a separate person who will follow the musical accompaniment. Make a big playlist in advance with compositions that are interesting for employees. Don't forget to include popular New Year's songs by Abba, Frank Sinatra, tracks from Soviet themed films.

Costumes for heroes can be rented or made by yourself from improvised materials. For the performers of the roles of the Fox and the Dog, ears, tails and stylized collars will be enough, but the Santa Claus costume should be the most complete.

Do not let guests get bored, in between skits and competitions, you can announce dances and raise toasts. Ask employees to come to the corporate party in New Year's costumes so that the mood of the holiday is more pronounced.

Corporate props

In order to implement the scenario above with all the contests listed, you will need:

• costumes of Fox, Dog and Santa Claus;
• ball, ball or something similar;
• clothespins, scarves for blindfolding;
• symbolic flag;
• an opaque bag and a few random items;
• air balloons;
• glasses and straws;
• player with headphones;
• prepared riddles;
• certificates, gifts and prizes for employees;
• laptop or music center with good speakers.

Try and make your colleagues a good holiday. Impressions from it will remain in the hearts of people and will be remembered for a long time.

It is believed that the New Year corporate party 2018 is held by the company purely for show. In fact, any HR specialist will confirm that this is an important team building event. Raising the team spirit of employees and achieving the planned results next year depends on its organization.

Indeed, a skillfully planned holiday can turn a set of different departments, such as warehouse, accounting, logistics department, into a well-coordinated team capable of performing the most complex functions of raising the company's image and its further promotion in the market of goods and services. You can once again use the New Year and the joint holding of the holiday to lay the foundation for future victories.

How to prepare for a corporate event

The easiest way to do this is with large companies, where there are special event departments that think through all the details of such an event. What about a company that does not have sufficient financial resources for such a luxury? In this case, there are two options:

1. appeal to specialists of a special agency for organizing holidays;
2. arrange everything with the help of your team.

The second case is the most common and most often the issue of a corporate party is solved by ordering a restaurant. However, with this option, an event in a restaurant should not turn into a banal feast. A good script must be devised, a theme determined, interesting entertainment found, which will be seasoned with excellent food and a small amount of alcohol. It should not prevail, but be an element of giving courage.

There is probably no universal theme that would suit most companies. Nevertheless, let's try to identify the most unhackneyed ideas of corporate holidays.

It is necessary to start preparing for a corporate party in advance. The closer to the target date, the greater the guarantee that all the best restaurants, decorators and artists will be busy. It is better if your company addresses this issue in September and starts thinking about the details and taking practical steps. Corporate planning should begin with an analysis of the number of participants, their gender, as well as their age. This will largely determine the theme, scenario and choice of venue for the event.

Of course, it is difficult to find out in detail the preferences of all party participants, but given the age and status, one can guess what kind of music should be ordered and what place to choose for a joint meeting of the New Year.

Funding and site selection

The issue of financing is also very important in organizing a corporate party. At present, when the crisis phenomena are observed in all spheres of life, company leaders are reluctant to go to the generous funding of corporate events. The allocated amount may not be enough for a large-scale party in an elite location. Before organizing a corporate party, you can ask employees if they can add personal funds for holding a holiday at the highest level. It depends on the agreement of this issue whether you will celebrate the New Year on a grand scale or modestly and in not the best place.

Thus, the question arises: "Where to spend a joint celebration of the New Year?". Given the number of participants, the available budget and preferences, you can choose the most appropriate option. It could be:

• office holiday;
• field trip:
• renting a mansion or apartment;
• celebration in a restaurant with a program;
• visiting a karaoke bar;
• participation in an interesting quest;
• going to a bowling alley, etc.

Other organizational issues

Among the issues that also need to be addressed is the determination of the date of the event. Since the New Year is a family holiday and many participants prefer celebrating in the family circle, therefore it is better to choose a date for a corporate party a few days before the New Year.

If the company intends to celebrate the upcoming holidays in an office environment, then it is necessary to think about decor in a timely manner. Now there are no problems with this. There are special firms that professionally decorate any room. If your company does not have the funds for this, then you can make the decor yourself by connecting imagination, skill and jewelry bought in a store.

A very important element of any corporate party is the choice of gifts. A gift doesn't have to be expensive. It can be very small, cool or meaningful. A small calendar, an original Christmas toy, a branded cup, a set of tea or coffee, etc. will do.

Choosing a menu is the most important part of the New Year's holiday. Of course, here everything determines the place for celebrating the corporate party. If you are renting a mansion or a separate room, then it makes sense to use the buffet menu. If the corporate party is celebrated in the office, then you can order pizza or sushi. The restaurant will be appropriate banquet menu. In natural conditions, goodies from the participants of the event will do.

The dress code of the participants of the holiday is also important, although everything here depends on the place and theme of the party.

Original ideas for a corporate party

The New Year is coming soon. Shop windows dressed up in festive decorations: Christmas decorations, serpentine, sparkling garlands and other New Year's tinsel. It is on New Year's Eve that we, for some reason, become kinder, begin to believe in the best and simply enjoy life, winter, and each other. The New Year is always a magical holiday that you want to meet in an unusual way, so that later all year, looking at the photos, remember happy moments. They say how you celebrate the New Year is how you spend it. And since work and the team occupy an important part of life for many, the editors of I WANT to prepare information about the New Year's corporate party 2018: interesting ideas, contests, New Year's toasts for colleagues, and even an approximate menu. Read more further in the material.

Grade

As a rule, it is better to entrust the organization of such an action to professionals. This may be a toastmaster from the artistic group you ordered. Correct diction and intelligible speech, wit and tact, the ability to stir up the audience, the availability of costumes and various impromptu programs - these qualities should have the organizer you need. Pre-read forums where companies that provide entertainment are positively characterized. Consult with professionals how best to celebrate the New Year, given the contingent of your team. Maybe your team will benefit from the New Year's masquerade. If you were instructed to organize a corporate party, and there are catastrophically no ideas, then the moment has come when you can slap yourself on the forehead and breathe a sigh of relief. Everyone will surely like the masquerade: both serious uncles and glamorous fashionistas.

And you can arrange a retro disco: to the music of the 80-90s, we met and fell in love. These are not lost memories! All this can be returned! The dress code for such a party is appropriate for the era. Your employees will be delighted to find themselves again in their past and feel very young. For an older team, a New Year's blue light in the style of the 40-60s is suitable. Invite a jazz orchestra or a group that is familiar with the repertoire of those years. Decorate the whole holiday based on the movie "Carnival Night". Include in your evening karaoke with jumping parodists: who will be better able to portray your favorite performer. Invite clowns, acrobats, trainers - if your employees love the circus.

Financial questions

First you need to decide on the holiday budget for. Usually a certain amount is allocated, within which you have to "dance". When you have sketched out a rough scenario plan for yourself, including the main characters of the holiday and key moments in it, a rough picture of expenses emerges. All your expenses (even the most minimal ones) should be taken into account and, preferably, supported by cash receipts.

Before making bulk purchases of products and all kinds of jewelry, agree on a rough estimate of the event with your superiors. In small groups, in small enterprises, it is quite possible to hold a party at the expense of employees. One of the key points that will have to be decided is the venue of the event. Actually, there are only two options: in your own office or rent a banquet hall for this purpose (a sauna, a ship, a house at a camp site, etc.), in any case, you will have to proceed, firstly, from the budget, and secondly , from the theme of the evening.

Organizing a holiday at the workplace will significantly reduce the figure written after the word "Total". But there are pitfalls here. If you are planning to hold a holiday on your own, then you need helpers in order to decorate the hall, set the table, hold various competitions, and clean up after the holiday. Write a list of those responsible and clearly indicate, preferably in writing, their duties and assignments.

Menu for New Year's corporate party

You have two options:

Order ready-made meals at the nearest cafe or restaurant. If the budget allows, you can also invite staff to serve the holiday for an additional fee;
- organize a buffet table on your own: purchase, cut, lay out - and here you also cannot do without assistants.

buffet laws

While the guests are gathering, the waiters offer drinks and light snacks. The aperitif will be decorated with live music in a light style. In order not to rack your brains on hot New Year's Eve and reporting days, use our sample menu for your buffet table:

COLD SNACKS

• Assorted fish - slightly salted salmon, smoked sturgeon, cold-smoked sturgeon, hot-smoked eel;
• Fraise cocktail with shrimp in martini glasses - shrimp, lettuce, pineapple, cucumber, mayonnaise;
• Pike stuffed;
• Classical beef basturma basturma, olives, green olives;
• Stuffed chicken legs;
• Assorted delicacies - boiled pork, carbonate, chicken roll, sausage, beef tongue;
• Sauté vegetable;
• Assorted elite cheeses - rambol with nuts, mimolette, camembert, mozzarella; as a decoration: kiwi, strawberries, almonds;
• Khachapuri with cheese puff.

CANAPES

• Canape with ham and mustard;
• Canape with boiled pork, cherry tomatoes and herbs;
• Rolls of raw smoked beef and smoked cheese;
• Canape with smoked eel with lemon and a sprig of tarragon;
• Crab julienne in puff tartlets.

SALADS

• Salad "DEEP BLUE" - tiger prawns, garlic, cherry tomatoes, honey, cilantro and avocado.
• Herring under a fur coat - herring, potatoes, carrots, onions, eggs, beets, mayonnaise.
• Salad "Freshness" - from fresh tomatoes with mozzarella cheese and basil leaves, seasoned with olive oil.
• Salad "Greek" - tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, olives, olives, olive oil.
• Salad "Olivier"
• For convenience, salads can be laid out in puff tartlets and mosaically arranged on spacing.

HOT APPETIZERS

• Pike perch "orly" with sauce;
• Chicken rolls with bacon.

HOT DISHES

• Sturgeon baked with shrimps and cheese;
• Pork escalope with gherkins;
• Rack of lamb with raspberry sauce;
• Veal medallions with herbs;
• Turkey with oranges;
• Pancakes with salmon caviar;
• Grilled chicken with spicy sauce on the grill;

BREAD

• Assorted buns;
• Kulebyaka with cabbage and mushrooms;
• Sliced ​​bread - lavash, baguette, black Borodinsky.

DESSERTS

• Fruit tartlets;
• Apples baked with honey and nuts;
• Fruit mosaic - pears, grapes, kiwi, pineapple, tangerines, banana.

BEVERAGES

• Vodka;
• cognac;
• Martini;
• champagne;
• mineral water;
• juices.

And let the champagne flow like a river, let the table burst with dishes, because the reason is worthy of such a celebration, because this is the New Year!

How to congratulate the team on the New Year 2018?

You can prepare one general congratulation for the whole team. If there are not very many employees, it will be much more interesting to separately congratulate each employee. Such congratulations can be read as toasts. You can also compose playful congratulations that characterize the employee, but without indicating the name, and invite those present to guess the addressee.

But what is a holiday without competitions?

If you approach the celebration on your own, it is important to prepare a certain number of competitions. There should not be too many of them so as not to tire the celebrants. Ideally, if the contests are somehow related to the specifics of the work.

All competitions have a well-thought-out comic entertainer with elements of improvisation. A relaxed holiday atmosphere is guaranteed, taking into account that the team always consists of spectators and participants. The musical program consists of well-known compositions of various styles. And if you get together with the whole team and throw out your dreams? Make the fairy tale come to life! Winners of competitions are awarded with playful diplomas and prizes.

Here are some competitions for the New Year's holiday:

Associations
The host leaves the room, and the rest decide who will be guessed. Then the facilitator tries to guess the person, according to his abstract description. The facilitator asks leading questions. For example: "If this person were ... a cloud (tree, monkey, hanger, Snow Maiden), then what would he look like (run, fly, play hockey?)". You need to compare and guess. A very fun game.

Guess who?
The company is divided into 2 equal groups. One group thinks of some abstract concept (for example, love, a trip, a Christmas tree). The member of the other group is told this concept without the other members of his group learning. After that, he depicts this concept, and the members of his group guess by asking leading questions. The impersonator can only be answered in monosyllables, "yes" or "no".

Making a collective toast
The host begins to make a toast, then meaningfully cuts it off, and the next person from the company continues. The toast is finished by the same presenter.

Guess the song
In the absence of the driver, the players choose a line from a popular song, and each player receives one word from the line. The driver, entering the room, hears a discordant choir, in which everyone sings his word in a singsong voice. The driver's task is to guess the song. The audience should agree on how many times they should sing their words.

name for ice cream
The most favorite delicacy of the Snow Maiden is ice cream - therefore, a competition is announced for the name of ice cream. Everyone takes turns calling the varieties of ice cream, and whoever thinks for more than five seconds loses.

It was my ball!
The competition requires 2 participants. They are given one inflatable New Year's ball, which the presenter ties to the left leg of each participant. At the command of the leader, the participants try to crush the opponent's ball with their right foot. It is recommended to play in indoor shoes or sneakers (participants in tarpaulin boots or stilettos are not allowed to the competition). The winner is the one who quickly "bursts" the opponent's ball with his foot.

Funny toasts for the New Year of the Dog

May the Dog of all enemies
Laem scares,
Only sincere people
Leave side by side
Let her give you
Courage, loyalty, friendship,
To have everything in life
What is needed for happiness.
Her year is coming
Wait and meet!
And the badass Rooster
Feel free to follow.

I wish you, for the New Year,
So that there is happiness at the gate,
For the magic to reign
What a fairy tale given to children!

So that the “Dog” faithfully guards you
And accompanied for a whole year,
To lead, only the "better" path,
Where roam: "Happiness" and "peace"!

Where the "fairy tale" wanders without fear,
Where is Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Prince,
Deer of marvelous beauty...
Where dreams come true!

***
In the year 2018
You shouldn't be upset.
This will be the best year ever.
The dog will bring you
Happiness, joy and luck,
There can be no doubt.
And health this year
Will not let you down for anything.

***
Friends, welcome the New Year!
He will come with a yellow dog.
Two thousand eighteen.
Will he bite?

May this friendly year
Like a wonderful golden puppy
Bag of love, smiles, laughter
It will drag you to your doorstep.

We wish that this dog
I brought you the keys in your teeth.
From every door you knock on.
And from the hearts you aspire to.

In a calm, quiet, kind world
Let the year pass without any drama.
May life, as the most faithful friend,
Always wags its tail.

We'll let you in on a special secret.
I burn happiness in the house so that
Luck must be lured:
Adopt a dog in the house.

Health, joy and happiness!
I wish you a New Year
So that neither anxiety nor misfortune
They didn't guard at the gate.
So that the sun gently shines
Everything that the heart is waiting for came true
And just to be gratifying
All your life, like this year!

The old year is gone...

I want to say
Many good words
Wish you happiness.
To make life easy for you
Next year
So that you forget Woe and trouble!

Let all the flowers at your feet fall
Let the stars turn into emeralds
Let grief and sorrow go away
May your dreams come true in the New Year!

Winter is coming, playing with blizzards,
Frost crackles and summer is far away,
And we congratulate you on the New Year,
May the New Year bring you warmth!
The warmth of good luck, the joy of the first meeting,
Warmth of love, family warmth,
And let it ring on New Year's Eve
Glasses New Year's glass!

Gift Rules

They should be inexpensive, preferably the same, or equivalent for all. The best gift option is a souvenir with an animal, a symbol of the coming year. You can give candles, notebooks, New Year's toys, balls.

A gift to the boss should not be personal, too expensive or pretentious, it can be a set of CDs or video cassettes, elegant stationery, theater tickets or a magazine subscription, a quality photo album.

Rules of conduct at a corporate party

• Even if you are not a party organizer, but an ordinary employee, a corporate holiday is not just fun for you, but a kind of festive continuation of working days. Behavior at a corporate party also has its subtleties.
• Do not get out of the team. Participate in all competitions, proclaim toasts for the benefit of your own company. If all the employees at the party are in jeans, you are unlikely to feel comfortable in an evening dress under the gaze of colleagues. And the reverse situation is also not very useful for your reputation. Therefore, agree on what style of clothing will be adopted at the party. For yourself, beyond the tastes of others, take this rule: according to tradition, the New Year should be celebrated in everything new. In some countries, there is even a ritual according to which everything old and unnecessary is thrown out of the house. Of course, you should not do this with your clothes, but you definitely need to update your wardrobe. Be elegant and unique!
• You need to attend a corporate party, even if you don’t really like noisy companies. Otherwise, your absence will be regarded as a disregard for the organization, for the team and for the leadership. The holiday is organized for you, so take an active part!
• Be social! It is natural that you have your friends at work, but it would be very wrong to spend the whole evening exclusively in their company. A corporate party implies communication between all employees, even if they work in different departments, different branches and do not know each other. Do not sulk or whisper at someone on holiday when you see something unusual. It is advisable to avoid familiarity, especially with people holding higher positions, you should not talk too much about yourself under a drunken hand.
• Limit your drinking. Otherwise, you risk appearing in front of colleagues from an unsightly side. Being frivolous or a drinker is far from an “+” of your reputation. At the same time, demonstratively refraining from drinking is also not worth it. It is best to take a glass of wine and drink from it slowly throughout the evening.
• A corporate party is not a place for flirting. You should not explicitly invite the man for whom you clearly sigh, build promising plans, retire in a dark corridor. You want to continue working with these people, don't you? And flirting will only hurt you. There is nothing more humiliating than crying in the toilet for who knows who, when your other colleagues are dancing and having fun.
• The road is not a gift, but attention. It is advisable to congratulate those colleagues whom you know personally and are somehow connected with them (for example, your desktops are in the same room). The gift should not be too expensive, so that the recipient does not feel obligated. Even a simple postcard may suffice.
• . You should not talk about work and everything related to work: clients, exchange rates, deliveries, wages, office interior. All these topics can be discussed on weekdays. And a holiday, even a corporate one, means rest. Let the New Year begin with joyful impressions and give perspective to the new! New Year is a time to be surprised and surprised, to believe in the existence of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, good and evil wizards, to enjoy the New Year tree.

And most importantly, this holiday should bring joy and happiness!

Everyone's happiness depends on everyone's happiness! So everyone be happy! Perhaps someone does not know where to find it. And someone does not know at all what happiness is or does not believe in it. But one thing I know for sure - happiness is where you do not feel the flow of time. It is that mysterious ray whose radiance comes from your heart and blinds others. So let there be more of these rays this year!

Many people think that the New Year's corporate party is a standard annual event held by the company's management for show, so they find all sorts of excuses not to attend a boring dinner once again. Perhaps in some companies corporate looks like this. However, experienced HR specialists will answer you that this practice should not be adopted, because a festive corporate party is not just an occasion to eat and drink, but an important team building event.

It allows employees to establish informal connections, get to know each other better, understand which departments unfamiliar colleagues belong to, and turn a company from an impersonal set of rooms like “logistics”, “accounting” and “warehouse” into concrete personalities. Of course, corporate parties are not only designed to raise team spirit, but are also an occasion to have fun, summing up all the fruits of the next shock year, so employees have the right to count on a bright and memorable holiday.

New Year's corporate parties raise the team spirit of colleagues at work!

Large corporations often even have their own event departments that think through the smallest details of the holiday. You may ask: what about companies that do not have the financial capacity to hire entertainment specialists? In this case, there may be two options: the first is to contact the agency that organizes your New Year's party, the second is to cope on your own.

In the second case, the easiest way out is to order a restaurant. However, a modern corporate party is not an ordinary feast, but a well-thought-out scenario, an interesting title theme and funny entertainment seasoned with delicious food and a drop of alcohol “for courage”. It is impossible to suggest a universal theme suitable for absolutely all firms. However, we can consider the most interesting, unhackneyed and exciting ideas, among which you will definitely find the one that is right for your team.

Preparing a New Year's corporate party

You need to prepare for a corporate party in advance. If you think that you will have time to cope with this matter in just a week, then you are deeply mistaken. By this time, the best venues will be snapped up, musicians, decorators, and even all decent event agencies will be provided with orders so that they cannot take on a single extra client. Therefore, we recommend starting in September-October to start thinking about the following points.

• Composition and number of potential participants of the event. It is from this place that you should start planning the entire party, because its theme and choice of place depend on the number, age and gender composition of the guests;
• Hobbies of colleagues and how actively they like to spend their holidays. Of course, it is impossible to thoroughly know the preferences of 100 people, but this is not required - just figure out the main composition of the participants in order to have an idea about your favorite musical era and a penchant for active or passive recreation. In addition, corporations with this number of employees usually do not organize corporate events on their own, so we will proceed from the premise that your organization is a team of no more than 20-30 people;
• Financial question. At this stage, you need to find out who will pay for the event. Unfortunately, in times of crisis, many firms limit the budget for the holidays, so the amount can be small. Decide right away whether your colleagues are ready to add some personal money to throw a party at the highest level, or you will have a budget holiday;
• Venue for the event. Knowing the number of participants, their interests and budget will allow you to narrow down the options, so by this stage you will understand whether you will rent a restaurant or bar, go to nature, bowling, karaoke, take part in a quest or limit yourself to an office holiday;
• Event date. It is clear that employees of firms prefer to spend New Year's Eve at home, gathering with friends or family members, so the Friday or Saturday closest to the New Year is suitable for a corporate party;
• Festive decor. Of course, if the holiday budget allows such expenses, you can invite a team of professional decorators who will provide the chosen room with everything you need. However, even if you arrange a corporate party on your own, you need to provide participants with a New Year's atmosphere. Modern industry will offer many options, toys, streamers and tinsel, and if there are creative people in the office, then all the necessary decorations can be made by hand. The Internet will help you find master classes on creating, as well as ready-made, and other decorative elements;
• Gifts and prizes. It is absolutely not necessary to spend a lot of money on this part, but even a small surprise in the form of a calendar, tea, coffee, Christmas decorations, a branded cup or pen will be a nice addition to the holiday;
• New Year's menu. It is directly dependent on the format of the party - it can be a buffet, a banquet menu, an order from a restaurant, pizza and sushi, or homemade goodies from each office worker;
• Dress code. This item is important for parties that are held in a specified theme. Employees must know the title theme of the holiday in advance in order to have time to rent or sew.

Top corporate party ideas 2018

Now that you have decided on the main parameters of the holiday, it is worth moving on to choosing an idea for a party. Top ideas for a corporate party will allow you to organize a creative and original holiday that will be remembered by colleagues for a long time. Choose a format to your liking and budget - and remember that the key to a great New Year's corporate party is always a good mood, complemented by tangerines, champagne and fireworks.

Idea #1: Unusual party at home office

If you are a small company with a limited budget and a small staff, do not think that you will have to celebrate the New Year 2018 in the most boring way possible. The main thing is to approach the matter with the proper degree of imagination! In addition, it is with this format of organizing a party that absolutely each of the colleagues will be able to fully show their natural talents and abilities, and joint preparation for the celebration will contribute to team building.

Let each worker take upon himself the duties that he can shoulder. Fans of cooking should be entrusted with a festive table, mass entertainers should be entrusted with developing a script, preparing contests and draws, and creative people with decorating the room. Even if there is no extra money for decor, you can ask to bring some toys and tinsel from home, make unusual vytynanki for windows and apply stencil drawings. You can complement the office holiday with the following events:

• demonstration concert, for which everyone will prepare a small number;
• karaoke, which can be organized both independently and by inviting a presenter with equipment;
• New Year's game like "Brain Ring" or "What? Where? When";
• a thematic photo shoot, for which the specialists of the selected studio will bring you the necessary props;
• drawing cartoons - while you are having fun and having fun, the cartoonist will make about 10 funny drawings that will remind you of the holiday for a long time to come;
• a show with chemical tricks is a spectacular event that can captivate even the most serious audience.

And this is not a complete list of entertainment that can be easily organized for a small and close-knit team of office workers. Choose the format you like and make sure that a party at home can be better than any restaurant pathos.

Idea number 2: Corporate party on a boat or ferry

A small trip on a boat with beautiful winter views slowly replacing each other is an unusual holiday for a company that does not have financial problems, because this option will be more expensive than an evening in a restaurant. Nevertheless, New Year's corporate parties of this format are in high demand, as they can safely be classified as a luxury segment.

The event is organized by specialists, so employees do not need to take care of the menu, concert program and show. The only thing that is required from the company's employees is the purchase of a chic outfit, since the atmosphere requires that the event be held at the highest level.

You can rent a yacht for 3-6 hours. The price of the issue depends on the time, number of guests and scenario. As for the number of guests, up to 100 people can be accommodated in the lunch format, but if you are planning a buffet event, then 150-200 employees will be quite comfortable on board.

Idea number 3: Corporate for sports people

This holiday format can be safely advised to a small team consisting of young and active people, because a corporate party in the form of a competition or outdoor games is what supporters of outdoor pastime need. Of course, on the eve of the New Year, winter games will be the most popular.

Specialized companies will help you organize a game of hockey or biathlon for beginners, tell and show you the rules of the game of curling, take you to the paintball site or arrange an evening at the rink with a Christmas tree shining with multi-colored lights. Outdoor outdoor games are sure to wake up a brutal appetite among all participants, however, fortunately, all winter sports grounds usually own small cottages or bars where you will be happy to serve a New Year's feast.

Idea #4: Club Party

Maybe this idea is not particularly original, but it will appeal to young employees who are not averse to dancing from the heart. Do you think that for such a party it is necessary to go to one of the institutions of the city? You are wrong - today you can organize your own club! To do this, you just need to invite a DJ with sound and lighting equipment, as well as rent a bar with a bartender.

Do not be surprised - in large cities, such services for organizing club space for fun parties in a close circle have not been something out of the ordinary for a long time. Any loft space located in the former industrial zone is suitable as a room, since in this case loud music and the noise of fireworks will not interfere with the rest of the residents of neighboring houses.

Idea number 5: New Year's corporate party "a la russe"

If you have a small team consisting of people of different sexes and ages, offer your colleagues an outdoor event that will immerse them in the atmosphere of a real winter fairy tale, stylized in the best traditions of the movie "Morozko". You can organize a theme party in any suburban cottage located in the forest zone. The event agency will easily arrange sledding, round dances around a living spruce, shows and competitions from Santa Claus for the most beautiful snowman or the best ice sculpture.

Snow battles for the most active employees and performances by folklore artists for older employees will be topical. To create an authentic atmosphere, you need to serve sauerkraut, pickled apples, crispy pickles, pies and kulebyaks, foamy kvass, intoxicated mead and other traditional dishes on the table. A bathhouse will not be superfluous to take a steam bath with birch brooms from the heart.

Idea number 6: New Year on the basis of an entertainment center

A great option for organizing a holiday, if there are no country cottages in picturesque places near the city, and gatherings in a restaurant do not please anyone. The idea is good because today an entertainment center can be found in any locality. Next, you need to choose an event to the taste of the corporate party participants. Successful options include singing in a karaoke room, laser tag battle, go-kart racing or bowling competition between accounting, logistics and IT departments.

We can safely say that such a corporate event will be an ideal solution for small office teams, for which you can rent a couple of bowling alleys or a laser tag room for a few hours, then go to the bar to continue the banquet. It is no less suitable for large companies that can afford to rent several themed rooms at once and a bar located in an entertainment complex, because in this way employees will be able to participate in all games and events.

Idea #7: Quest Party

One of the most interesting and extraordinary ideas for a festive corporate party. The main thing is that the team should have the proper degree of activity and passion, and be ready for the most incredible adventures. Of course, you need to immediately determine the format of the event. To date, the entertainment industry offers several types of quests.

• Dynamic games in which you need to move around the city in cars, communicate with passers-by, solve cards and look for hiding places;
• Intellectual quests in specialized rooms, fraught with many secrets and mysteries. You can choose a company that has several quest rooms of different themes, break into teams and go through them one by one for a while, and reserve the space for relaxation in the lobby for the buffet area;
• An outdoor quest game for a large number of participants, which takes place right at the banquet. This is a new service in the entertainment market, which is now gaining momentum in popularity, because such a quest can be organized directly in the banquet hall or in the office, and a group of actors constantly throws interesting puzzles and riddles to the participants of the holiday.

Idea #8: Workshops

This idea can be safely recommended to teams that consist of the fair sex. A creative master class is a great pastime that will leave a lot of positive impressions, and the company's management will relieve itself of the problem of organizing a festive event for subordinates, shifting all questions to the shoulders of specialists.

The venue for the master class depends only on the budget of the company, because they can be held in the office, in the premises of the organizing company, and even in a restaurant or bar, so that later you can smoothly move on to the banquet part of the program. The topics of the creative class can be very diverse:

• culinary master classes in the preparation of main courses, snacks, handmade sweets or gingerbread;
• the art of arranging bouquets and flower arrangements;
• soap making;
• decoupage;
• felting wool and making amigurumi toys;
• mosaic and stained glass painting;
• the art of making perfume compositions;
• calligraphic writing;
• Latin dance classes.

The list is almost endless, so it will not be difficult for you to choose an occupation that will appeal to most employees.

Idea #9: Thematic tastings

Even the most traditional feast will become extraordinary if you complement it with a tasting under the guidance of a sommelier. There are many companies offering off-site and stationary tasting services where you can taste noble drinks. If the team is mostly men, it is better to organize a “sample” of interesting varieties of whiskey or cognac, and wine tastings are more suitable for mixed teams. At such an event, you will learn everything about the culture of drinking alcoholic beverages.

For example, at a wine tasting, you will be told how to choose and properly store wine, what you need to consider when reading a wine list, which glasses are suitable for different types of wine, and they will also teach you how to understand special accessories. Another type of corporate tasting party is enogastronomy. In this case, the tasting is combined with a themed banquet at a partner restaurant, whose chefs will prepare dishes that perfectly match the taste of a variety of alcoholic beverages.

Idea #10: Stylized Parties

When compiling a hit parade of ideas for a New Year's corporate party, one cannot fail to mention stylized parties. Someone may say that such corporate parties have already become sore and are not considered something original, but just think about how many options and themes of stylized parties exist!

Even with a minimal budget, you can definitely organize a holiday that will never repeat last year's event, be funny, fun and fully in line with the theme of the New Year. After all, what could be more fabulous than a carnival night? Even offhand, you can recall a lot of theme options for a stylized corporate party.

• Holidays in the style of your favorite fairy tales, films and cartoons. All that is required from the organizers is to choose the main theme of the festive evening and think over the decor. If desired, you can pre-distribute roles among the guests, but this is only suitable for small groups in which it is easy to distribute all the types in a fairy tale or film. In large companies, you should not limit the freedom of creative thought of participants - let everyone dress up according to their vision and character. The most popular themes for a middle-aged team are films like "Shurik's Adventures", "Sorcerers", "Carnival Night" or "Irony of Fate", young workers will be closer to festivities based on the "Potterian" or DC Comics and Marvel universes, but what about the topic " Disney World will be a hit with any age and gender cast as this animation wizard has characters for every taste;
• Musical variations. Almost every decade of the 20th century gave the world an unforgettable atmosphere and a huge number of bright bands, whose hits still make you dance. Further, the choice depends only on the preferences of your team, however, we assure you that the “dudes” of the 60s, disco of the 80s, rockabilly-style parties and even reggae variations will surely fill your evening with bright colors and the atmosphere of a real holiday;
• Nostalgic party in the style of "U.S.S.R." will require from you a sufficient amount of “Soviet” champagne, a lot of “basins” of Olivier, Riga sprats and tangerines. And the atmosphere can be supplemented with a wall newspaper with a photo of office work drummers.

Of course, this list of topics is far from exhausted, because the holiday can be pirate, rocker, cowboy or gangster, have the style of a Mexican party or a high society ball of the 19th century - choose any option and have fun from the heart!