The MediaVision teamThe last week of November marked an auspicious event for the MediaVision team- the annual end-of-year celebration. The much anticipated weekend trip to the Breede River was not only a reward for all the hard work of a busy and successful 2011, but encompassed the company ethos of maintaining spirited and passionate staff members to ensure only the highest quality of work is produced. The directors, Louis, Thomas, Brett and Melissa go to great lengths to ensure that the MediaVision team works as a single motivated unit, extending work activities after hours, much to the appreciation of the employees. After all, for a search marketing and SEO team to succeed as we do, individuals must be passionate, creative, willing to share ideas and of course, enthusiastic about simply coming to work in the morning.

abseilingOur trip to the Breede River certainly created an environment that stimulated these qualities, with team building river trips and the general ‘elbows up’ at the bar that accompanies any weekend away. On arrival at the Felix Unite ‘Round the Bend’ campsite (well for the most of us at least) we chilled and cracked open a cold one while waiting for the lost ones (Tom, Louis and Melissa) to pull in. It gave as plenty time to laugh with (or at) the racy Mina, definitely the loudest member of the group. When we finally gained all our members we geared up and made our way to the abseiling. In true style, Tom played the role of a fearless, leading director and abseiled forwards down the cliff face, running it in about five seconds. Our courageous Kat, as determined in abseiling as she is in her writing, also took on her very first abseiling experience facing the rocks below.

On the RiverOn Saturday morning we woke up blurry eyed and straggly tailed to face the Breede River rapids. Overall, it was a successful day of physical strength and endurance, except for the ‘newbie boat’ consisting of David and Bridget, who were the only ones to bail not once, but twice. The experienced Dave and Tom got stuck under a tree branch and also capsized, relieving some of the shame felt by team newbie. Nevertheless, much amusement was provided to all. After mild sunburn, endless banter and two snake spottings, our river adventure was over and we headed back to camp for the finale- our dress up party and awards ceremony.

Personality awards were given to the team; if you could meet our eccentric members you would understand why. Best dressed went to Paola who came as a reincarnation of her famous line in her September MediaVision interview, when she stated, “In a nut sack…” as opposed to, “In a nut shell…” when describing her amiable characteristics. Other costumes included the scary Stuart garden gnome, who once again proved his resourcefulness and ingenuity by creating a gnome hat out of used Santa gear and a plastic cone. On a more serious note, our brilliant Julia won ‘employee of the year’ for her outstanding work and for always being on hand to offer great advice on writing and SEO matters- congratulations. We were all sad to leave such a memorable weekend behind us, but it was back to work on Monday as usual, minds refreshed, bodies a bit bruised, yet ready for the wrapping up of a highly successful year at MediaVision Interactive.

Some last words from our CEO, Louis Venter: “After an outstanding 2011 we felt that we really needed to celebrate in style and the river rafting weekend was an obvious choice. It really fitted in with the work hard – play hard ethos that we expect from all employees. Needless to say the weekend was epic with a huge amount of fun had by all.
The current team has a great blend of talent, creativity and enthusiasm which helps us deliver such outstanding results for our clients.”

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