Make a wish! Blow out the candles! Celebrate one year older! Party cake time! It’s your day!! Everyone dream it, few plan it and rare of them do it. And those rare are the founders and supportive members of the company. Foundation day of the company is an essential milestone in past and future of the company and this is the cause of celebration. Oprah Winfrey has rightly said it, “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in your life to celebrate”.

There have been many successful foundation stories in the world. The founder of Carnegie - steel is recognized as steel tycoon today. By 1889, Carnegie Steel Corporation was the largest of its kind in the world. The CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison founded Software development laboratory which is well renowned in corporate and technology world. Dhirubhai Ambani, who once sold bhajia is the polyester prince of corporate world today. Company be it big or small, has its own foundation story.

Foundation is the first step, achievement next and establishment biggest one in the corporate world. But foundation day is the moment to remember the past, study present and enlighten future. So celebration is a must for the upcoming revolution! It is also a chance to appreciate every pillar in the form of the employee who has stood the test of the time of hard times and given best to lead the company to its success. After all, a teamwork makes the dream work. As it is truly said by Steve Jobs, “Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people.”

                       These are few unique ways to celebrate foundation day -

1)     Wall Art -

Wall art in an office

The purpose of the art is washing the dust of daily life off your souls. Break from busy life and engaging in such creative peaceful act will make the celebrations forever memorable. It will also be a good team building activity and an absolutely unique way to celebrate the anniversary. Wall art is decorating or painting the wall as per a particular theme. Different teams can be made and big walls in the company area can be allotted for the activity. This will not only enhance the relationships and unity but also make company area more beautiful than before.

Different themes like nature, a journey of life, world, ocean, peace, unity, education etc. can be allotted to encourage thinking abilities and the battle of the wits that will end with the peaceful knowledge. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. In the process of wall art, each one will learn to perish himself with the qualities that will sustain in the long times and flourish the life.

2)      Rise of civilization -

Evolution of human beings

Let’s go back to olden days! Civilization, the way human society developed and attained its foremost advance step is the backbone of our life. It is said civilization is not a burden, it is an opportunity. The theme can be given to celebrate the annual day. Employees can enact the olden days or its stages in different teams. They can put forth the journey of evolution from past to present day. The theme will reveal the progress of human kind and will inspire teammates to keep moving in the direction.

The civilization theme can also be compared with foundation and development of the company. After all, the measurement of a civilization is not how tall its concrete buildings are but rather how the people learn to relate to the environment and fellow men. And thus while working in the team the members will indeed get the true idea of being civilized and progressing with the motive of the well-being of everyone. Progress is also man’s ability to simplify complications. Many might get solutions to the problems and complications present in the society. Members can make use of the technology to display company’s progress over a time of particular period and inspire to build unity to progress further.

3)      Back to school -

Children playing outside a school

Every grown up complaints missing his innocent school days. Anniversary day of the company is perfect opportunity to gift them back their school days. The best way to predict your future is just to create. Enjoying school days together will help you create a bright future of the company. Members can be promoted to speak out their most memorable day in the school. They can actually live a school life. By enacting it out in a skit that is self-created or provided by the company.

Games can be planned. Games should be essentially those which we enjoyed in our childhood days with our buddies. This will help them refresh their childhood memories. Education is what remains after one has forgotten school. Boss is a teacher to the members. He too can reveal a creative way to lead everyone. He can lecture his members to plan out leading company to success in upcoming days.

4)      Days with the less fortunate ones -

Citizens serving food for the hungry and homeless

Winston Churchill has truly said, “We make a living by what we get but we can make a life by what we give.” We rise by lifting others. Spending a time with less fortunate ones will help company lift its Morales and set an example to others in the society. Every religion in the society teaches us to give charity. A heart that gives, gathers a lot. A small part of individual’s salary can be donated to humanitarian aid fund. Useful items can be collected for donation.

A day can be spent with people in old age homes, cancer victims and poor ones. We can even plan an entertaining day with poor ones from slum area. A day at the animal serving institution can be spent helping them doing small chores. It is so true - until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. One can also arrange an entertaining trip with orphans.

5)      Conducting technological fair -

An interactive smart board for its customers by Accenture

Technology which has been used by the company and led to its advancements can be displayed in the fair. Today’s world is techno savvy and this idea will attract much more to the know-how. This will raise the number of consumers of the company in upcoming days. Fair can display success attained by the company.

Upcoming events can be advertised through the means of fair. PowerPoint presentation can be displayed to reveal the journey of the company and its assistance to the consumers. This will strengthen the company’s relations with the consumers. It will give a chance to the company to interact with them openly.  

                    These are the few ways to make the annual day memorable. At the end, it’s not the years in your life count but it’s the life in your years that counts. Live a million years… Each holding a promise of fulfillment of dreams and accomplishment.