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Corporate Events – How Drumming Affects Your Brain

Corporate Events – How Drumming Affects Your Brain

Corporate events are not so very different to the gatherings of the past where people gathered together under the banner of a common goal or a unified culture.

“Rhythmic sound not only coordinates the behaviour of people in a group, it also coordinates their thinking—the mental processes of individuals in the group become synchronized.” – Annette Schirmer, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore – Scientific American.

Drumming can change the way you think.

There is something primeval about drumming. It’s cross cultural. It has moved people to battle, to joy, to healing, to purpose across history. It gets endorphins flowing, thought processes smooth out and patterns are more readily perceived. It increases pain tolerance and learning ability.

Even when done in a group setting, such as a corporate event, it changes the way each person’s mind works on an individual basis.

Well known neuroscientists like David Eagleman are proving that it is directly linked to intelligence and problem solving skills. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm came to a very similar conclusion and yet another researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch proved its efficacy in treating kids with ADD with the impressive side effect of making lasting improvements to their IQ scores.

Research done by Annette Schirmer of the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore has found further correlations between rhythm and the manner, and perhaps even efficacy, with which we are able to perceive and process our surroundings: “Something seen at a point precisely in beat with an auditory rhythm is more likely to be perceived than if it appears out of synch with the rhythm.” (Scientific American R. Douglas Fields).

Rhythm has been cited by some as an important part of the human evolutionary process. More companies are now realizing that it’s time to bring drumming back to our corporate events and team building activities.

What drumming does to your brain in a team building exercise or a corporate event?

The world is performance driven and, now more than ever, is focussed on the athleticism of the mind. The study of how rhythm and drumming affects the brain is at the cutting edge of neuroscience and psychological studies right this moment. Understanding rhythm and how it influences human motor functions has led to far deeper realizations.

Drumming has been used as a means of cohesion, a binding agent, that enables synchronicity between large groups of people across every cultural demographic. Think of the “corporate events” of the past – think of tribal gatherings, the unified crowd marching to a common goal. Think of the oarsmen on ships. Do the drums make it easier to keep in pace with the rest or is the pattern of sound doing something more?
Schirmer makes the case that: “Rhythm facilitates our interpersonal interactions in term of not only how we move, but how we talk and think.” Her studies have found that rhythm increases not only cognitive performance but that synchronistic movement positively facilitates our ability to better interact: “When people move in synchrony they are more likely to perceive the world in synchrony, so that would facilitate their ability to interact.”

In short – people more easily act together.

Companies have already taken note of the benefits and have been making use of drumming sessions in corporate events and various team building exercises long before the new wave of research.

Think of how it can it can influence your corporate events. No longer are corporate events merely gatherings – drumming turns them into a process of unification.

Most interesting of all, the benefits derived from drumming are nearly instantaneous. The beat starts and the mind is switched on and tuned in. Thousands of neurons in the cerebral cortex emit waves of electricity as they work together and become synchronized around the auditory rhythm. Not only do drum beats move your body – they move your mind.

Basing corporate events around drumming is not only a cultural practice, it’s a scientifically relevant one. Drum Café has experience in enhancing the corporate events of some the biggest companies around the globe.

Team building in Toronto, Winnipeg and across Canada

Team Building In Toronto, Winnipeg & Across Canada

We customize and bring the Drum Cafe to you.

Our team of facilitators, motivational speakers and master drummers will facilitate interactive or performance programs at your venue of choice.

We cater to groups from 5 to 5,000 and everyone gets a drum. The difference to other team building activities is astonishing. Our events are structured to place everyone on the same level, to overcome communications and interpersonal barriers and to open new pathways of more fluid and dynamic idea sharing throughout the workplace.

Attention to detail is one of our most prized values. That, alongside our sought after and unique team development ideas, corporate team building programs, conference presentations and retreats set us in a different class. We offer a truly exceptional experience, powered by the best musicians, entertainers and speakers from across the globe.

We are ready to provide you with an unforgettable experience anywhere your group is getting together.

Our most popular locations for team development, conference entertainment & corporate event entertainment include various cities and resorts in across Canada in Toronto, Mississauga, London, Niagara, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, Ontario, Quebec & Manitoba.

Drum Cafe Canada is a pioneer in effective team building activities, team development programs and Conference Entertainment Ideas & Presentations.

Best Break Out Sessions by Drum Cafe Canada

Best Breakout Sessions By Drum Café Canada

If you want to do team building for your organisation, you have to do it with the best. Drum Cafe Canada is a leader in team building, conference organisation, and entertainment. We now that every organisation is different and provide customised activities to address the needs of your company. We even go deeper to customise solutions for every problem. Our interactive drumming ensures that all the delegates remain awake and energetic throughout the break outAi?? session. We break the ice and ensure that conversations flow smoothly in the whole organisation.

Why Choose us?

We know what you want and will never try to hand you a deal packaged for someone else. At Drum Cafe Canada, we are resilient in ensuring that your team finds its own rhythm and every communication barrier is broken. We understand the universal language of music and its creation. We understand the similarity between creating music and business and break down complex issues within the organisation and feed them to the employees in the most basic way possible. We are keen to detail and pay attention to all your organisation’s requirements. Our programs are designed to enhance not only communication but the overall well-being of the employees. We will help you deal with your work-life balance issues and manage any life stresses you are encountering.

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The Break out Sessions

Our break out sessions are adrenaline packed sessions that guarantee results within a short period. We will first divide you into smaller groups of around ten people each and send you to different parts of the meeting place. We then give each group twenty minutes to come up with an original musical piece. The rest of the members act as judges as the team presents its piece and they award points for creativity, fun, and rhythm.

Our break out sessions take team building to a whole new level. You have to deliver under pressure and still remain as an intact group. We create a situation where every member is driven from his safe zone as the activities are not related to work. All participants, senior or junior, have to collaborate on a fair playing ground to come up with the best song possible.

At the end of our break out sessions, you will view your fellow employees in a whole new light. As a business leader, you appreciate the strengths of your juniors. As juniors, you gain confidence in yourselves and can easily tackle any tasks you receive in future. We bring our services at your door steps. We are in Ontario, Quebec, Ottawa, Niagara, Toronto, London, Winnipeg, Mississauga, and Manitoba.

Final Word

Try us today. We have delivered over 40000 events and can comfortably say that we have encountered everything. We know our way around the event industry and our activities guarantee you success. We are also the best positioned people to provide you solutions tailored for your organisation and that unique concepts to solve each problem. The drumming concept has been used in Africa for millennia years and the same impact of effective communication and unity has only been enhanced.

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The Benefits Of Hitting Drums

The Benefits Of Hitting Drums

As you know by now, Drum Café team loves to hit drums on any occasions because there’s no better way to relieve stress, get smarter and at the same time have a great time surrounded by friends and colleagues.

Recent studies conducted in Germany show that learning a musical instrument makes you smarter and this is the reason why German students are required to learn a musical instrument from the very first grade. Besides, playing music relieves both pleasure and pain caused by stress or unsolved problems. What better way to create a joyful atmosphere than hitting something and actually making music and not a mess.

Besides, the energetic movements required to play drums require extensive moves that create and use such a great deal of energy, putting body your and mind to burn energy and renew it. And we all know that accumulated energy inside the body usually means fat and in other cases lead to diseases of all sorts. And we’ve come to another benefit of hitting drums, namely physical exercise and movement. Hitting drums requires ample hand movement helping you tone your arms and do a little cardio.

What else? The best things about making sounds or music is that they help you live the present moment. Itai??i??s like when you watch kitties play or just listen to good music. There are times in life when you can just be present and focused on the moment and not desperately live in a hurting past or an anxious future. This is what paying drums offers: the present moment!

Hitting drums and making music in general is human’s most natural way of expressing feelings and emotions and probably the best ever form of catharsis. There are people who are introverts and have hard times showing their true selves and embracing themselves as they are. Drums are one of the best tools in the world to show yourself, put yourself on the table, express what and how you feel without second thoughts and with all your might.

Staying positive is another direct result of playing drums and music in general. They say that a positive energy is integrative and negative one is segregating and that a positive man can change 100 negativists while a negative person can only isolate themselves and live alone. Who really wants to live alone and sad when there’s so much loving energy coming from paying drums and having fun?

Last but not least, playing drums is all about sharing love and spreading the most wonderful gift of life with others human fellows. And this is exactly what we do at Drum Café and what we advise you all to do.

Here is a short list of the benefits of hitting drums:

  • Cardio and arms work out
  • Having fun making music
  • Releasing energy and stress
  • Freeing your mind and body
  • Expressing yourself freely
  • Making a buzz (a lot of buzz)
  • Being the creator of something new
  • Enjoying life and the fact that you exist
  • Being positive and optimistic
  • Creating a deep and profound bound with others
  • Creating a unique moment to remember forever
  • Learning a new musical instrument
  • Engaging your creativity and experimenting
  • Living in the present moment
  • A good night sleep