March Madness!

March 20th, 2008 at 09:31am Brent Swanson

March is a month that brings us green beer, easter bunnies, and hope that springs eternal.  March also brings us the annual NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.  This is the time of year when upsets happen, buzzer-beaters are commonplace, and in the end, one team will be left standing cutting down the nets.  It is also the time of year to run your company’s NCAA bracket challenge. 

Do’s and Don’ts of your bracket challenge: 

DO- include everybody- this is the time of year where Cathy in Payroll has just as good of a chance to win as Johnny in Sales who plays hoops every Tuesday. I laughed when a couple years ago my payroll manager said she was picking teams from warm weather states- guess who was laughing when Florida beat UCLA to win the title?

DON’T- fill out your brackets at work- this is something that should be done away from work and not on any company time.

DO- make it reasonable to enter. Determine a dollar amount to enter that will be good for everybody in the office- I suggest $5.

DON’T- make it complicated- keep the scoring system simple and easy for all to understand.

DO- have fun with it- it’s a good opportunity for you to talk to your co-workers about something other than work and the weather- office bragging rights are at stake!

DON’T- pick a #16 seed to win a game- it’s never happened in the history of the NCAA tournament.

Enjoy the tournament, pick the winners, have fun with it, but most importantly, do it on your time, not while you’re on the clock. 

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