Insights & Ideas
Tips, strategies, and stories about building better team experiences.
Why We Built TeamOutings (Our Origin Story)
We didn't set out to build an event planning tool. We set out to fix a problem that was driving us crazy at our own company.
Year in Review: What We Shipped in 2025
A look back at everything we built this year, from one-tap RSVPs to dietary tracking and beyond.
The Group Chat Problem (And How to Fix It for Events)
Group chats are where event plans go to die. There's a better way to coordinate your next team outing.
How to Plan a Team Outing in 10 Minutes (Seriously)
Planning a team outing shouldn't take longer than attending one. Here's how to go from idea to booked in under 10 minutes.
The No-Spreadsheet Guide to Tracking Event Attendance
Your event attendance spreadsheet has 14 tabs, two broken formulas, and data from 2023 that nobody deleted.
How One HR Manager Cut Event Planning Time by 80%
Rachel spent 6 hours planning each team event. Now it takes her about an hour. Here's exactly what changed.
A/B Testing Your Team Events: What We Found
We ran experiments on our own team events for six months. Some results confirmed what we expected. Others surprised us completely.
From Spreadsheets to Sanity: Modernizing Event Planning
You're still tracking RSVPs in a Google Sheet, aren't you? There's a reason that process makes you want to scream.
Stop Using Email Chains to Plan Team Outings
That 47-message email thread about the team dinner? There's a better way. A much better way.
What We Learned From Planning 100 Team Outings
After helping teams plan their first 100 outings on our platform, we compiled the patterns that separate great events from forgettable ones.