I work as a consultant for Montara Farm, a teambuilding retreat center located on hundreds of acres of horse pasture and forest stretching around the base of Wauka Mountain. In 2015 we hosted the diversity program from Georgia State University. Part of their program included an adventure workshop designed around leadership taking them across the […]
“Business and Activism: Turning Profits Into Progress” was this year’s theme for Emory University’s business school leadership conference. For the past 5 years, Montara Farm has been invited to be a presenter at this conference, presenting team challenges and engaging students in activities that require them to think critically, communicate effectively and execute actions as […]
Who wouldn’t enjoy a weekend of pampering at a spa retreat? You learn about nutrition and diets and treatments to relieve pain, and exercises to make you feel energized. But what happens when you go back home? Montara Farm had a health and fitness spa weekend with ‘Simply Catherine’. Cathryn Marshall, a personal trainer who […]
Montara Farm introduces the first in a new series of transformational health and fitness programs. These programs will be led and organized by Cathryn Marshall, one of Atlanta’s top personal trainers and fitness gurus. The first program will be held the first weekend in May. There are still a few openings. Contact Cathryn Marshall […]
At Montara Farm, we have been working with corporate teams for almost 20 years. Our purpose is to take the concept of the Corporate Retreat and enhance what otherwise would have just been a social gathering into a productive opportunity to build teams through bonding and relationship building. Corporate Retreats that don’t strive to break […]
THE MONTARA EXPERIENCE ENHANCES CORPORATE RETREATS Why do corporate retreats prove more productive at Montara Farm? Why do groups actually engage in team building? Why does bonding take place between the attendees at a Montara Farm retreat? Why do groups come away saying that Montara Farm is the perfect place for a corporate team building […]
We at Montara Farm were recently invited to participate in the Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference (UBSLC) at Emory’s Goizueta Business School. This the third time we have brought our leadership and team building exercises to contribute to a program that brings in top business school students from all over the world. As Program Chairman, […]
By William Grace Frost As a partner and senior facilitator at Ideas To Go, Inc. for over 12 years, I was privileged to have the opportunity to design and facilitate hundreds of ideation projects for FORTUNE 500 marketing teams helping them generate possibilities for new products, services, advertising, brand names and packaging. Year after […]
As I was reading an article on anthropomorphism and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy in the EGALA(Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) monthly, I reflected on the amazing animals here at Montara. It is easy when you watch our horses, dogs and cats interact with guests and with each other to ascribe to them human qualities, motivation […]
In the past 15 years, we have had the opportunity to work with some of the best facilitators and trainers in the country. One the best is Lisa Rueth, President of Trinity Solutions. She is certified in LEAN, Six Sigma and Kaizen Methodologies, Lisa teaches the principles of eliminating waste and activities that add no […]
