☀️🌴 Spring Break Adventure
Pack your bags and join us on a virtual Spring Break retreat to reflect on our project journey. Let’s celebrate the sunny moments, escape stressful undertows, and plan a smooth trip ahead!
Template Columns
🌞 Bright Beginnings
List the new initiatives or practices you’d love to start to make our workflow as refreshing as a tropical breeze.
Base column: Start⛔️ Sand Traps to Avoid
Discuss the things we should stop doing to avoid unnecessary setbacks and ensure smooth flow.
Base column: Stop🏝️ Sunny Successes
Celebrate the successful practices and achievements we should continue building upon.
Base column: Continue🌀 Currents to Navigate
Identify the things we need to change to steer our project in the right direction.
Base column: ChangeAbout this template
The Spring Break Adventure retrospective invites the team to reflect on their experiences through a creative, light-hearted vacation theme, identifying bright new beginnings, avoiding common challenges, celebrating successes, and charting a course for improvements.
When to use this template
Use this format when your team needs a refreshing perspective on their workflow or recently finished a significant phase, allowing them to celebrate successes while preparing for new challenges.
How to facilitate
Begin by welcoming the team and introducing the Spring Break Adventure theme, explaining the goals and structure of the retrospective.
Share the online retrospective board and explain the four columns, highlighting the meanings behind Bright Beginnings, Sand Traps to Avoid, Sunny Successes, and Currents to Navigate.
Start with a brief individual reflection where team members jot down ideas for each column. Provide 7-10 minutes for this step.
Transition to a group discussion for each column, giving everyone an opportunity to share their thoughts and discuss as a team. Allocate 10-15 minutes for each column discussion.
Summarize the key points discussed from each column and agree on actionable items for the Bright Beginnings and Currents to Navigate columns.
Conclude the session by expressing gratitude for the team’s participation and energy, linking the insights to their next steps.
Pro Tips
Use light-hearted imagery or metaphors to connect the team to the vacation theme, making the retrospective more engaging.
Keep discussions balanced—celebrating successes is just as vital as addressing challenges.
Create a relaxed atmosphere by encouraging team members to wear vacation-themed outfits or use virtual backgrounds fitting the theme.
FAQ
What if my team doesn’t align with the Spring Break theme?
Adapt the imagery and tone to fit another relevant theme that resonates more with your team.
How can we ensure actionable outcomes from the session?
Dedicate final discussion time to clearly define next steps and assign owners for each item.
At a glance
- Duration
45-60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
4 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue, Change
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Use this template to run your next retrospective