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American Outback Retreat Packages

The Outback BBQ Challenge

Modeled after the popular Iron Chef™ television series, your teams will prepare delicious four-course BBQ meals in a competitive setting. This tantalizing feast must be presented on time to our judging table where we will score your creation. The teams will be judged according to taste, presentation, and originality. All points will be tallied to find out who rules Outdoor Kitchen Stadium as the reigning 'Outback BBQ Challenge Champion'! Don't worry... you will also have the opportunity to sample your work.

Duration: 3-4 hours
Season: Spring, summer or fall

Corporate Castaways

Up to nine unique challenges combine with ceremonies and a variety of custom locations to provide your group with a premiere team building experience. Anyone can participate as no special skills, athletic ability or experience is required. Teams are split into tribes of 4 to 10 people with tribal names taken from various First Nations groups. Each tribe’s goal is to complete the various challenges as effectively as possible. Challenges test strategy, communication, and other essential business components. Physical skill is not a focus, and tribe members do not get “voted off”.

Duration: 3-4 hours
Season: Spring, summer or fall

CI: The Crime Investigators

Team members proficient in a specific navigational or crime solving skill use their powers of detection and deduction, and work together to navigate their way through a series of crime scenes. Each location is staged as a crime scene where teams must carefully search for clues, preserving and documenting evidence to solve the case. Their final challenge is to interpret the evidence and attempt to solve the crime. This is a flexible program and can be tailored to all group sizes, locations (indoors and out) and ability levels. Physical prowess is rarely a factor.

Duration: 3-4 hours
Season: Year round

The Better Business Challenge

Teams will produce a line of high quality children’s bicycles including construction and customization, and create an ad campaign for promotion. Modeled after the hit series, The Apprentice™, teams will present their innovative and often humorous ad campaigns, and the winning team will be crowned ‘The Better Business Champion’. In the following days the bikes will all be donated to a local charity. There are task alternatives to bike building available upon request. Examples include assembling fishing gear for a kids summer camp, reading stations for a youth literacy program, and construction for a local food bank.

Duration: 3-4 hours
Season: Year round

Duration can be customized on all retreat packages. Prices vary based on event specifics.

For more information or to book, contact our planning department at 206.268.7002.

American Outback Corporate Explorer Training

Effective, Memorable and Fun Education and Training for Business!

Have you found it challenging to find the right fit for your company’s educational and training needs? You've discovered a great resource at Corporate Explorer Training, a division of American Outback. Great educational programs delivered with energy in a lively and fun way boosts employee morale, retention and job satisfaction. Add to this the fact that a trained staff is more efficient, brings in more revenue and is better able to adapt to a changing business environment and it's a no-brainer that educational programs should be a part of any top-flight company’s corporate culture.

Corporate Explorer Training specializes in delivering custom programs that are designed just for you. They will tailor existing programs to suit your company’s particular needs, including:

Authentic Leadership – Rediscover Sales
Behavior Style 360 Degree Matrix – The Art of Presenting
Creating Mission, Vision & Values – Winning Project Management
CAP Feedback Module – Inspire via Dining in the Dark
7 Habits – Outback Style – Ultimate Executive Retreats