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English translation: An away day

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Dutch term or phrase:	dag op de hei
English translation:	An away day
Entered by:	Alexander Schleber

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08:06 Jun 27, 2007

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Bus/Financial - Human Resources

Dutch term or phrase: dag op de hei

"De dag op de hei verloopt op een prettige manier, Wim heeft het idee dat hij wat binding heeft weten te creëren tussen de leden onderling."

Seemingly a Dutch phrase for which I cannot find anything.
Any ideas?
TIA

Alexander Schleber KudoZ activity Questions: 674 (none open) (14 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 4439
Local time: 10:47

An away day

Explanation:
In Shell this is known as an away day (a day held out of the office in a conference centre or hotel which is intended to allow people to produce new ideas out of the office setting)

Selected response from:

Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 10:47

Grading comment

Thanks to all. This sounds very good and fits the context best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

An away day

Kate Hudson

3 +2

management retreat

Harry Borsje

attitude forming course

Albert Stufkens

team building activities

Toiny Van der Putte-Rademakers

team building outing

Willemina Hagenauw

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

An away day

Explanation:
In Shell this is known as an away day (a day held out of the office in a conference centre or hotel which is intended to allow people to produce new ideas out of the office setting)

Kate Hudson
Netherlands
Local time: 10:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 35

Grading comment

Thanks to all. This sounds very good and fits the context best.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Harry Borsje: I think the original notion of seclusion, being away from any (not just work) disturbing influences, might have to be put in (maybe by referring to the guy who came up with the idea and spent 40 days in the desert ;-)

26 mins

-> Thanks

agree

writeaway: this answer allows the day to be whatever it is in the firm in question. Over-specifying without more context could lead to problems.

2 hrs

-> Thanks, P.

agree

Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly: and with writeaway.

4 hrs

-> Thanks, Siobhan

agree

MoiraB: team away day or team-building away day also get hits, but since team building may only be one of the objectives, this leaves it nice and open. Rest of the sentence makes it clear anyway.

7 hrs

-> Thanks, Moira

5 mins confidence:

team building outing

Explanation:
I think they mean here a day out to do some team building, but in a slightly ironic way. In Holland a day out with work is very common, so you could make something of it like a "team building outing" or a "day trip with work" if you don't want to use the word team building.

Willemina Hagenauw
Local time: 09:47
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

management retreat

Explanation:
Misschien toch wel een aardig alternatief...

Reference: http://www.trainersdirect.com/resources/articles/TrainingDev...

Harry Borsje
Netherlands
Local time: 10:47
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 16

2 hrs confidence:

team building activities

Explanation:
Lots of hits on Google. I asked around among some British HRM managers I know, and they agree.

Toiny Van der Putte-Rademakers
Local time: 10:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch

2 hrs confidence:

attitude forming course

Explanation:
Usually held at a conference centre in a picturesque setting for the purpose of team building or attending a seminar.

Albert Stufkens
Local time: 10:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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Jun 28, 2007 - Changes made by Alexander Schleber:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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