Hercules Presentation 2010

October 28, 2009

Hercules Trophy 2010

Connecting companies

through competitive teambuilding experiences

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Why networked teambuilding?

• Enforce Human Capital, Retain and Attract Talent

• motivate your best people with unique experiences

• Enhance Teamwork and Increase Productivity

• integration after mergers and acquisitions

• virtual teams and mobile workers

• collaboration with international teams and cultures

• Improve your Network and grow your business

• networking between customers, employees, members and suppliers

• Strengthen Corporate Identity and Culture

• make people proud to work for you

• thank family of your employees

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Team Dynamics

• If you plan an effective teambuilding event, you should

understand the 3 phases in Team Dynamcis:

• Feel as a team: most companies tend to forget this important aspect.

If people don’t feel emotionally connected, they will never perform as a

team.

• Act as a team: to act as a team, teammembers need specific skills

like leadership, delegation, organisation, negotiation,...

• Perform as a team: to realy achieve expected results, teams need to

focus on clear objectives and have to keep constraints into account.

• The Hercules Trophy has a strong focus on Feel as a team. We

create a platform where people can connect easily on an

emotional level.

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Why Hercules Trophy?

Do you face these challenges?

• ...finding a professional event to reward your employees

• ...organising an original incentive for your customers

• ...with guaranteed value for money

• ...that your business relations will talk about for months

• ...with minimal hassle for you

• ...with maximal involvement of your target audience

• ...and with a good balance of fun, sport, competition, planning & safety?

Well, more than 15.000 fans from over 40 countries and 450

companies will tell you we can probably help you!

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The Concept

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The Concept

• Beautiful surroundings everywhere in the world

• Business teams of minimum 4 players each

• All teams compete in 12 different labours in a planned and safe way on one day

• Different teams from different companies can compete on one day

• We can organise sector Trophies and specific customer Trophies from 24 up to 144 teams

(100-1200 people) on one day

• Tons of fun and entertainment ensuring a great networking effect

• Quality catering all day long

• Opening ceremony, Award ceremony & Smashing Party

• Interactive website

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Beautiful surroundings

• Magnificent outdoor domains:

• Belgium: Provincial Domain “De Nekker” in Mechelen, between Brussels and Antwerp

• Spain: Private Club “Las Encinas” in Madrid, Boadilla del monte

• South Africa: Conference Center “Helderfontein” in Johannesburg, Midrand

• Dubai: Hotel Resort “Jebel Ali” between Dubai and Abu Dhabi

• France, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Australia, Singapore could be next

• Water, rough areas, meadows, indoor facilities, clean showers and toilets

• Parking facilities, easy to reach. Shuttle services whenever required.

• We build a complete outdoor branded Village with bar, terrace, lockers, stages, dance

floor, medics, referee, massage etc

• Separate cocktail/dinner/beach & party zone, not too basic not too VIP

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The Hercules vibe

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Venue in Belgium

• Provinciaal Domein De Nekker in Mechelen: one of the most magnificent outdoor

domains in Belgium

• Water, rough areas, meadows, indoor facilities

• Plenty of clean showers and toilets

• Parking facilities, easy to reach

• We build a complete outdoorish Village at the

lake with bar, terrace, vestiaire, stages,

dancefloor etc

• Nekkerhal: separate bbq & party zone,

not too basic not too VIP, in a big tent

with round tables, dancefloor and bar

• Tents at every labour all over the domain

• Shuttles to transport people during the day

The Hercules Labours

• Just like ancient Hercules, teams have to perform 12 labours

• A few weeks before the start, we communicate our final choice of labours and the

official teamplannings through the website

• Every year we come up with at least 6 new labours compared to last year

• Teams decide on which labour they will put their joker

• Upon arrival in the morning, captains receive a personallised package for their

team with all the official documents

• One labour = 15 minutes, followed by a 15 minute break (20 minutes in Spain )

• Our happy crew, supported by an IT-system fully integrated with the website,

keep track of the scores

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The Hercules Labours

• The labours we’ve already organised:

Mountainbike Karting Cross Country Bull Rodeo Savate

Quads Rafting Frisbee Jetski Canoeing

Kwistax Bird Shooting Golf Badminton Kickbike

Crazy Banana Korfball Brosens Clayshooting Quadratlon

Sea Battle Baseball Climbing wall Floating survival Segway

Special Bikes KMX Beachvolley Inline skating The Zone

Rope Walk Bugxter Paintball Pocketbike Powerjump

Trike Volleyball Fencing Table tennis XBox

Rescue 911 herAcles Street Turtle Indian Canoe Aqua Volley

Highland games Streetsurfer Rope Skipping Intercrosse Acro Raft

Balance Bike Surf Rodeo Kinball Bobsleigh Pentatlon

Vortex Wii BMX Floorball Tag rugby

Curling Laser combat

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Tons of fun

• Brain Labour

• Captain’s briefing

• Warming-up

• Creative Company flags

• Famous Opening ceremony

• Hercules Dance

• Hercules Song

• Inventive teamoutfits

• CxO Pétanque

• Vote for the coolest team

• Teampictures on the web

• Teamslogans and songs

• DJ’s playing great music

• Massage during the day

• Funny labours

• Cheerleaders and dancers

• Free official teampicture of the day

• Après Trophy outdoor apéro

• Fun is a crucial for effective teambuilding. It’s impossible to describe the feel-good-vibe

participants sense during the Trophy, but we can tell you which things help:

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Catering

• Small breakfast at the entrance

• Bar in the Village

• Water included for all players

• Healthy lunches & snacks

• Shooters and taco’s after last labour during après Trophy

• Quality dinner/cocktailparty in the party area

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Smashing party

• Gigi L’amoroso

• Café Chantant

• People dancing on chairs and tables

• Le Lac du Conemara

• Award ceremony (winners, best picture, fairplay, special awards,...)

• Everybody on the dancefloor for Hercules dance

• Crazy DJ

• Extreme atmosphere

• Best party of the year!

Interactive website

• Ensures minimal hastle and maximal preparation

• Captains can edit teams, post a picture and determine joker

• Consult labour rules, teamplanning and scores

• Vote for coolest team through the website

• Personal profiles

• Register Supporters

• Presence everywhere on the web

• Huge mailing list (+15.000 people)

• Follow “The Vibe” live

• Huge amount of hits (+4mil)

• Assessment before the Trophy and Customer satisfaction survey after

• Video’s, pictures,…

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Our fans

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Thousands of quotes

• Hein (HP): “After having participated 4 times, I experience the Trophy as

an excellent wine: it gets even more mature and enjoyable every year!”

• Dirk (Deutsche Bank): “This Trophy is the MAXXX !!! Tell it to your

colleagues!”

• Michaël (KPN): “I felt like a kid with a lot of new toys.”

• Baudouin (SN Brussels Airlines): “A great moment of friendship and

sport in a wonderful environment with a terrific organisation”

• Danny (Safmarine Container Lines): “Unforgettable how so many

people give more than 100% of themselves.”

• Dirk (Microsoft): “This is by far the best and most perfect worldwide

teambuilding event!”

• Brenda (Monsanto Europe N.V.): “A tough and challenging mega-fun

sportsday for grownup kids !”

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Testimonials

• Some of examples of the many videos on our YouTube channel:

• KBC

• Telefonica

• Belgocontrol

• DHL

• SAP

• ABC

• Brussels Airport

• Find many more on our YouTube channel: CH Robinson, Siemens, Verizon,

NATO, De Lloyd, VRT, Xylos, NetApp, Coca Cola, Dimension Data,

Securitas, Pauwels Trafo, Juniper Networks, BT, City of Mechelen, ICT4Me,

Flightcare, BASF, ADM, Alfapass, Radio Holland,…

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Over 500 references

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Telindus Trophy

• In 2000, Telindus participated with 2 teams

• In 2001, they invited 24 top customers

• In 2002, they invited 48 top customers

• In 2003, they invited 72 top customers

• In 2004, they invited 72 top customers

• In 2005, they invited 72 top customers

• Suppliers help Telindus fund the event, customers also payed

part of the teamfee

• The aim: a unique way to extend the partner relationship

they have with their customers and suppliers

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Safmarine Trophy

• In 2001, Safmarine participated with a few teams

• In 2002, they invited 24 European staff teams

• In 2003, they invited 35 EMEA staff teams

• In 2004, they invited 36 worldwide staff teams

• In 2005, they invited 48 worldwide staff teams

• In 2006, they invited 72 worldwide staff teams

• In 2007, they invited 96 worldwide staff teams

• In 2008, they invited 96 worldwide staff teams

• The aim: to promote teamwork and partnerships between

sales offices and business units

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Maritime Trophy

• Alfaport, federation of +300 companies with one common

economic interest in port of Antwerp

• Members: major companies, e.g. Cosco, NYK, P&O Nedlloyd,

China Shipping, Interferryboats,...

• CEPA, an important HR-player in the harbour joined as a

supporting partner in 2006

• De Lloyd, the most read newspaper of the harbour, joined as

media partner in 2008

• In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 over 500 teams

participated

• The aim: special way to optimize relationship with

members

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SN Brussels Airlines

• SN Brussels Airlines was a new airline company that was founded

in the beginning of 2000

• As a new company, they wanted to have a more dynamic image

than the former SABENA

• From 2003 until 2005, the crew of SN Brussels Airlines was

invited for the Hercules Trophy

• 24 teams of pilots, stewardesses, stewards and other employees

competed against each other on one day

• The aim: bringing people that almost never see each other

together and working on a dynamic image

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Microsoft

• Since the beginning, Microsoft is a loyal customer, participating

with some teams

• In 2005, Microsoft invited 24 partners during the ICT Trophy

• This was part of the new Microsoft Partner Programme in Belgium

• The aim: to optimize relationship with top partners in the

Belgian ICT market

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Terapia de la Publicidad

• IPMark, an important Spanish publisher, invites the marketing

sector on one day

• In 2008, 48 teams participated in Madrid

• In 2009, in terrible economic times they reached the same

number of teams

• Big customers like Telefonica, Vocento, Corte Ingles participated

• The aim: connect with the most important players in the

Spanish marketing world

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ICT Trophy

• In 2006, Agoria ICT and TMAB took the initiative

to gather more than 100 ICT-related companies

• Exactly one month after the ICT2Day-conference they organised

themselves, the Hercules Trophy featuring ICT2Day was

organised to have “business before pleasure”

• Datanews was the Media Sponsor for this event

• In 2009, ADM joined as a new partner. ADM is an important

networking organisation for ICT companies.

• In 2007, 2008 and 2009 over 300 teams participated

• The aim: to show a positive image of the ICT-sector to the

market and to network all ICT-related companies

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Airport Trophy

• In 2004 and 2005, Brussels Airport participated with 15 teams

• In 2006, Brussels Airport gathered as much Airport-related

companies as possible in a first Hercules Trophy featuring

Airport. 35 teams subscribed

• In 2007, 2008 and 2009 over 300 teams participated

• The aim: to show a positive image of the Airport-sector to

the market and to network all Airport-related companies

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ALL ING Trophy

• In September 2007, we organised an ALL ING Trophy of half a day

• Heterogeneous teams of 7 players each participated

• Every labour was divided in two: one challenge for the sporty people,

one for the less sporty people

• The aim: to bring sales teams from Hasselt, Leuven and

Antwerp closer together

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Mechelse Trophy

• In 2008, we organised a Trophy for the City of Mechelen

• Caroline Gennez, Schepen in Mechelen and president of the

Socialist Party, was the driver behind the idea

• 72 teams participated in the first edition

• In 2009, this Trophy grew to 96 teams and they want to keep on

going like this

• The aim: to show a positive image of the City of Mechelen

as an interesting city for businesses

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Nokia Siemens NetworksStrategy Day

• In June 2008, we organised a Nokia Siemens Network Strategy

Day

• Corporate presentations with internationale speakers in the

morning on the beach

• The company was in deep crisis at that time and people were

very demotivated

• Heterogeneous teams of 10 players each participated

• It became a huge party!

• The aim: to increase teamspirit between people from

different departments and locations

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CU at the Hercules Trophy!

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