{"id":3774,"date":"2014-08-12T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2014-03-06T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T20:54:14","slug":"employee-morale-bubble-gum-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/employee-morale-bubble-gum-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Morale: Bubble Gum Blow-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Looking for a fun and simple employee morale booster? Bubble Gum Blow-Up is a quick way to create employee laughter and fun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>ConfidenceCenter.com&#8217;s Weekly Newsletter &#8211; August 12, 2014<\/h5>\n<p>Word and Quote of the Week<\/p>\n<p>*** Peace of Mind ***<\/p>\n<p>(Download this word on a printable poster in the Employee Morale Center. Info at http:\/\/www.EmployeeMoraleCenter.com)<\/p>\n<p>*** &#8220;Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you&#8217;ll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Brian Tracy: Motivational speaker and author<\/p>\n<h4>Trivia Question of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>Q. Sulphur was once known as what kind of stone? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)<\/p>\n<h3>Employee Morale<\/h3>\n<h3>Bubble Gum Blow-Up<\/h3>\n<p>Contributed by Clarence Briggs<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an idea that only takes a few minutes and that&#8217;s guaranteed to be hilarious at your next staff meeting or party.<\/p>\n<p>Employees are given bubble gum and compete against each other by seeing who can blow the biggest bubble.<\/p>\n<p>You can also add different categories for winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Second and third largest,<\/li>\n<li>Smallest,<\/li>\n<li>Oddest shape,<\/li>\n<li>Double bubble, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each winner selects a colored dot from a list displayed on a poster board.<\/p>\n<h4>Each colored dot is associated with a unique prize.<\/h4>\n<h4>Answer to This Week&#8217;s Trivia Question<\/h4>\n<p>Q. Sulphur was once known as what kind of stone?<\/p>\n<p>A. Brimstone<\/p>\n<h4>Joke of the Week<\/h4>\n<p>We were driving in my friend Keith&#8217;s new car. I asked him about its features. He listed the usual, then added: &#8220;It tells me to slow down as I approach the speed limit. It warns me when I have to stop. It points out solid no-passing lines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I expressed my amazement. &#8220;But,&#8221; he explained, &#8220;these features work only when my wife is in the car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Free Employee Morale Video Series<\/h4>\n<p>See free videos on how to create employee spirit teams: <a href=\"http:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/spirit-teams-2\/\">Get Instant Access to the Employee Spirit Team Magic Video Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(c) Copyright 2014 Harriet Meyerson, The Confidence Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a fun and simple employee morale booster? Bubble Gum Blow-Up is a quick way to create employee laughter and fun. (This is our creative low-cost morale booster in this issue of our newsletter, Employee Morale Tips. The newsletter also has a motivational quote, trivia, and joke of the week.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3774"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3781,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774\/revisions\/3781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}