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Geoteaming™ Course Comes to The Inn At Port Ludlow

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Geoteaming™ Course Comes to The Inn At Port Ludlow
June 2004, Port Ludlow, WA – The Inn At Port Ludlow, a 37-room Inn located 90 minutes from Seattle, now offers companies a new reason to bring their groups to the waterfront resort: a new geoteaming™ course.

geoteaming™ is a high-tech, team-building solution powered by global positioning system (GPS) technology. The mission for participants is to skillfully combine the use of GPS and cutting-edge technologies – a GPS Device, a 2-way radio, a PDA, and a digital camera – to find a hidden cache of goods. All of this takes place in the spectacular surroundings of The Inn At Port Ludlow. There are several levels of geoteaming™ adventures. Each is designed to build team morale, enhance creative problem-solving, boost cooperative skills, and promote teamwork.

geoteaming™ is more than a high-tech treasure hunt. The experience will teach skills that will boost leadership and teamwork performance within the company through a fun and exciting experience.

The Inn At Port Ludlow is a 37-room Inn, each guestroom featuring a fireplace and oversized whirl jetted tub. Meeting rooms have been tastefully appointed and feature natural light and views taking advantage of the scenic surroundings. A 27-hole award-winning golf course and 300-slip marina provide additional recreational options for groups looking to do more than just meet. For more information on holding your next meeting or team building event, call 206-855-9619 or go to www.ludlowbayresort.com

geoteaming™ is a revolutionary concept in corporate team building from PLAYTIME, Inc., the company that builds leadership and team skills through technology and adventure. PLAYTIME, Inc. is the recipient of the Better Business Bureau Innovative Business Practice Award and numerous other awards. www.playtimeinc.com

For more information:

Suzanne Wicker
Envision Marketing and Communications
Phone: 425-681-8062
Email: envisionmarketing@comcast.net

PLAYTIME Inc. welcomes Puyallup School District at our *NEW* Point Defiance Course!

Jo Fjellman and Adam Hitch welcomes Puyallup School District as one of the special Bond project teams joined us for a team building event on August 13th, 2004. Our new Point Defiance course located in Tacoma, WA features beatiful trails and scenic outdoors for geoteaming. Key lessons were brought out for this critical team and a great time was had by all. Congrats to Jo & Adam on another event and welcome Puyallup School District to the PLAYTIME Inc. family!

PLAYTIME Inc. Partners with Team Adventure to Deliver First geoteaming programs in Taiwan & China!!!

John Chen flew to the other side of the world to deliver 2 ground breaking program with a unique partnership with Team Adventure, based in Taiwan. CEO & Leader Ping-Huang Liao invited John to come to Taipei, Taiwan & Shanghai, China to deliver 2 geoteaming programs as well as introduce the concept to these new areas.

The (click for photos) Taipei event was held as Acer's Aspire Research Learning Park were 40 participants experienced geoteaming for the first time. Using creative out of the box problem solving and many using GPS for the very first time, these teams learned the value of competition, collaboration, sharing information, and team-to-team building.

The (click for photos) Shanghai event was held at the East Campus of Shanghai University. Using the University property, this event used the many nooks and crannies of Shanghai University for 24 people. With unique cache sites that even included a statue of Mao Tse-Tung, this challenging course required the teams to think out of the box while valuable lessons in team-to-team building came through while using the exciting GPS technology.

PLAYTIME Inc. is working with Team Adventure to become the first international licensee of geoteaming, bringing this powerful team building event to Asia! Thanks again to Ping, Dian, Arline and the entire staff of Team Adventure for making John's stay a fantastic event!

PLAYTIME Inc. Welcomes over 240 people to geoteaming at Camp Jeep VA 2004!

Through a partnership with Rodale, BBDO and DaimlierChrysler, PLAYTIME Inc. was invited to Camp Jeep to provide 240 participants with the geoteaming experience! Demand was overwhelming with all pre-signups closed within the first 3 hours of event opening! We kept our standby list open and were able to accomodate those who were on standby.

6 sessions with ~40 participants per session were able to explore the beautiful property as well as the exhibits as part of Camp Jeep. Participants were able to win special Jeep Travel Bugs, cameras and additional prizes. Many participants said it was the highlight of this Camp Jeep and some said of all the Camp Jeeps!

Check out the creative photos many shot during this event.

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For more information, here are a few links:
Jeep - http://www.jeep.com, The one who made it happen
Rodale - http://www.rodale.com, Our sposnor
Geocaching - http://jeep.geocaching.com, If you want to play more now that you're home
PLAYTIME Inc. - http://www.playtimeinc.com/ - Free newsletter
You can sign up for the FREE "Teams and Leaders" Newsletter at the bottom of this page.
geoteaming - http://www.geoteaming.com - More info about putting on an event for your team or company.

We're off next week (Aug 19-21, 2004) for the first ever Camp Jeep CA near Santa Barbara, CA to create even more geoteaming experiences!

Welcome Back All-Star Directories

All-Star Directories is back for the 2nd event in a new location, Magnusson Park in Seattle. PLAYTIME Inc. Director of Sales and Facilitator, Jo Fjellman, led this group to higher levels of team development as they completed their second event.

Thanks again to All-Star Directories for a great event!

John Chen Selected for Seattle's Leadership Tomorrow

John Chen, CEO of PLAYTIME Inc., was selected through a tough interview process and over 150+ candidates to be part of Seattle's prestigious Leadership Tomorrow program.

The mission of Leadership Tomorrow is to develop informed and committed community leaders. Its programs are designed to help participants acquire an understanding of the critical issues facing the region, and the leadership and stewardship capabilities necessary to resolve them. ]

The vision of Leadership Tomorrow is a community rich in leaders who are well-informed, committed, and passionately engaged in creating a vital, positive community for current and future generations.

John will be participating in a year long program with many other Seattle leaders as they learn how to apply servant leadership to business, community and philanthropy. John joins many other Seattle leaders as the alumni include many Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneurs, Business leaders, and Non-profit leaders in Seattle.

Congratulations John!