{"id":4863,"date":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/metro-is-a-real-taskmaster\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T08:55:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T08:55:49","slug":"metro-is-a-real-taskmaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/news\/metro-is-a-real-taskmaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro is a real Taskmaster!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At Metro we are passionate believers in our team and the power of teamwork, which is why we encourage activities that enhance and improve teamwork, especially when that activity has its own positive result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taskmaster is a TV comedy panel game show that was created at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and feature comedians being given funny and bizarre tasks to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBC Children in Need has been the BBC&#8217;s UK charity since 1980, over which time it has raised more than \u00a31 billion for disadvantaged children and young people and currently supports over 3,000 local charities and projects in communities across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We decided to combine the two, to create a team-building exercise that would be fun and challenging, while raising money for Children in Need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taskmaster challenges are designed to encourage players to think laterally and creatively to complete the task. Our teams had the pleasure of completing a range of challenges including\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blind drawings of the BIG boss\u2026\u2026balloon sculptures\u2026\u2026memory tests\u2026..and a challenge so complicated it\u2019s indescribable!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See the gallery&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6602217080886435841\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Metro we are passionate believers in our team and the power of teamwork, which is why we encourage activities that enhance and improve teamwork, especially when that activity has its own positive result. 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