B-Well

B-​Well did a great job at organizing an event that focused on health and fitness for our team. The event was very fun for our staff and familiarized us with local workout and health food options. I would recommend using B-​Well for your next staff event, whatever that may be!

During the height of Common Core alignment and standardized test season, my school district planned an institute day. In case you don’t already know this, let me fill you in… the last thing a teacher wants during this time of year is another meeting. B-​Well was the company contracted for this meeting… yikes! If, to teachers, the month of March is the equivalent to hitting «the Wall» at mile 18 of a marathon, luckily, B-​Well is the energy-​infused sports drink needed to help power through.
The event took place in my school and, in a matter of minutes after school, event organizers somehow magically transformed a building that usually smells like teen spirit into a special-​feeling space. Goodie bags, music, local businesses, and a palatable buzz helped set the stage for fitness. Instead of sitting in some uncomfortable chair listening to a speaker lecture me on the importance of how fitness is shown to reduce workplace stress or instead of doing yet another ice breaker designed to get me talking to my colleagues, B-​Well organizers transported me out of my workplace and into «me space». When I walked into my self-​selected activity, I felt like I was taking care of myself and not just fulfilling some work obligation. We got right down to the business of working out and just like that, I gained an energizing hour that day. Instead of heading to the gym after the meeting, I was able to head home feeling renewed and refreshed. That NEVER happens after a standard institute day.
Teaching is a grueling profession. From the time you walk into school in the morning until the time you leave, you are running non stop. Questions, planning, grading, strategizing, managing… you barely have time to eat lunch much less sit down with colleagues and share some conversation. The B-​Well event my school hosted obviously allowed me the opportunity to get in a workout but it also gave me unexpected colleague time. More than one laugh was shared over my lack of coordination, encouraging words were exchanged when the workout offered a challenge, and it was refreshing to see everyone trying something new. Interestingly, this collegiality extended well beyond the institute day. I noticed at our next team meeting, people were still buzzing over the B-​Well day and new-​found common ground helped ease agendas that might otherwise have had an edge to them. Thanks, B-​Well, for providing my colleagues and me with more than you promised.

Great way to build community among coworkers. Exposed me to new workouts! Looking forward to the next event!