Open-air seminars: a unique experience to unite your teams in the great outdoors

Would you like to organize an authentic outdoor seminar? Offer your team a unique and memorable experience! At SOP Events, we'll work with you to organize a natural event designed for your company, promoting cohesion, creativity and commitment among your staff.

By choosing an open-air seminar, you change the setting from enclosed offices to the woods, lake, countryside or park, and enjoy a natural environment conducive to reflection and collaborative work. This immersive experience encourages sincere exchange and productivity, and creates a strong bond between participants and guests.

Imagine your colleagues gathered in an open-air venue, country house or hotel, enjoying original outdoor activities: meeting sessions under the trees, nature-based entertainment, eco-responsible and sustainable accommodation, tailor-made logistics.

With SOP Events, we have a clear objective: to offer your company an inspiring, immersive, ethical and eco-responsible outdoor seminar, promoting creativity, commitment and quality work. Together, let's get out of the office, let the fresh air in, and bring your event to life.

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🌿 Why choose an outdoor seminar?

The Mediterranean seduces, inspires and motivates. Would you like to offer your employees an unforgettable setting? This is where it all begins.

The benefits of an outdoor seminar for your company

Holding a seminar outdoors offers many advantages:

  • Positive impact on motivation.

  • Helps reduce stress through outdoor relaxation.

  • Enjoy a natural setting conducive to exchanges.

  • Ideal for strengthening team cohesion and commitment.

  • Create a genuine bond between participants and collaborators.

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Impact on well-being and performance

  • Less tension, more outdoor relaxation.

  • Connection with a soothing natural setting.

  • Stimulating creativity.

  • Increased productivity.

  • Employee satisfaction and commitment.

How to organize a green seminar?

Preparing and structuring your project

Organizing a seminar requires method and anticipation:

  • Define your precise objectives.
  • Find the right seminar ideas for your company.
  • Choose a variety of outdoor activities.
  • Adopt an eco-responsible and sustainable approach.
  • Encouraging contact with nature and healthy disconnection.
  • Anticipate logistics: accommodation, transport, equipment.

Venue selection and logistics

  • Choose a location away from the hustle and bustle.
  • Look for accommodation that blends into its natural surroundings (chalet, country house, hotel).
  • Spaces for meetings and outdoor sessions.
  • Modular conference rooms.
  • Logistics tailored to your needs.

Where to hold a seminar in the heart of nature?

Selecting the ideal destination

  • Explore inspiring nature retreats.
  • Choose a country house or château for a seminar.
  • Ensuring comfortable meeting rooms.
  • Integrating a harmonious natural space.
  • Create a personalized stay for each participant.
  • Ensuring quality, responsible, eco-sustainable accommodation.

What activities are available for a nature seminar?

Outdoor activities for nature team building

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Outdoor activities: hiking, kayaking, adventure courses.

Tailor-made nature team building.

Outdoor meditation or yoga for relaxation.

Immersive and original seminar animation.

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Collaborative workshops to develop creativity.

Why choose a country retreat?

The benefits of a change of scenery

  • Opting for a seminar in the countryside means choosing a real change of scenery.

  • A soothing, natural setting conducive to salutary disconnection.

  • Breathe in the fresh air, hear the birds sing, forget about the office.

  • Invite your teams to think strategically, away from stress.

  • Offer a unique experience that leaves a lasting impression.

How to strengthen team cohesion outdoors?

Group dynamics and collaborative spirit

  • Team building in the great outdoors.

  • Stimulate group dynamics.

  • Offer each employee a unique experience.

  • Encourage a sincere spirit of collaboration.

  • Organize original sessions to bring your teams closer together.

  • Take advantage of informal times to build trust.

Eco-responsible and sustainable open-air seminars

Limiting environmental impact

  • Reducing environmental impact through sustainable choices.
  • Favor local, eco-responsible partners.
  • Promote energy efficiency and waste management.
  • Encourage sorting and the rational use of resources.
  • Include sustainable development activities.

Respecting nature and raising awareness

  • Protecting biodiversity.
  • Adopt an ethical charter for participants.
  • Make your teams aware of the benefits of nature.
  • Organize educational activities on the environment.
  • Incorporate original, authentic ideas.
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Collective intelligence and strategic thinking outdoors

✅ Co-development workshops in nature

  • Encourage strategic thinking outside the office.
  • Practice co-development outdoors.
  • Stimulate collective creativity.

✅ Foresight sessions in the natural environment

  • Imagine possible futures for your company.
  • Organize brainstorming sessions in a natural setting.
  • Immersive, collaborative sessions.

✅ Hybrid collaborative tools

  • Combine digital technology and flipcharts in the great outdoors.
  • Use tools like Miro and Klaxoon in the great outdoors.
  • Promote modern, connected entertainment.

Outdoor seminar FAQs

What are the benefits of an outdoor seminar?

The benefits of an open-air seminar are numerous and tangible for your company and your teams. First of all, thecalm atmosphere and the benefits of the surrounding nature help to reduce stress.

This type ofevent also contributes to stimulating creativity, by offering a moment of reflection away from the office and everyday life.

It's also a choice that can reduce your environmental impact, by favoring responsible, environmentally-friendly locations.

By opting for an open-air seminar, you invest in the quality of exchanges, employee motivation and stronger team spirit, all in a natural setting conducive to the success of your project.

For your nature seminar, we offer a variety of original outdoor activities to create a truly immersive experience. You can organize nature team-building sessions tailored to your teams, promoting cohesion and collaboration.

We recommend :

  • Outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking and climbing.

  • Adventure course to stimulate team spirit and mutual aid.

  • Outdoor meditation to refocus, reduce stress and promote relaxation.

  • Tailor-made seminar animation, fun or creative, adapted to your objectives.

These outdoor activities are a great way to strengthen the bonds between your employees, while enjoying a rejuvenating natural setting.

Organizing a green corporate event requires careful planning and solutions that respect the environment. The aim is to create a natural setting conducive to communication and discussion, while reducing the carbon footprint. In contrast to the usual setting, choosing a village, campsite, apartment or room in the heart of nature, as in Normandy or Bordeaux, offers authentic immersion. You can also opt for a tent for a more out-of-the-ordinary feel and a breath of fresh air. These new approaches show that contact with nature reduces daily stress and offers an environment conducive to team-building activities, creativity and cohesion.

For a successful residential seminar, it's essential to pay careful attention to catering and accommodation. You can choose from country houses, bed & breakfasts, apartments or even camping sites equipped for optimum comfort. Think local meals designed with local service providers for a convivial and practical experience. By the lake, in the heart of the woods, or in a peaceful village, these options offer peace and fresh air, ideal for recharging your batteries. Immersing yourself in nature leaves a memorable imprint, and is perfectly suited to business events seeking a unique and innovative setting.

Your next business seminar can be designed in a creative and innovative way to break away from the conventional. By focusing on outdoor activities such as adventure courses, sports sessions or lakeside games, you encourage active participation and communication within the group. These unusual, playful moments reduce the mental noise of screens and daily stress, and offer a breath of fresh air. You can offer creative workshops, local exchanges, and an organization designed to encourage feedback on the experience. This shows that contact with nature is the best way to strengthen creativity and cohesion in your company.