Tired of the same old offsite routine that costs a lot of money and doesn't produce meaningful results? 

Especially in this era when teams are remote, hybrid and distributed, you can't afford to waste the precious opportunity to gather together in-person.

Let’s ditch the cheesy team-building clichés, never ending presentations, and generic motivational speakers.

Instead, step out of your day-to-day to reimagine the offsite paradigm with us, and recharge with a community of passionate experience designers who want to evolve their craft.

Upskill your internal team with innovative approaches to offsite design that unleash creativity and make the mundane magical.

In this highly experiential retreat, we're diving deep into the art and science of crafting offsites that go beyond the ordinary. It’s a meta experience where we will be pulling back the curtain to reveal what we’re doing while we’re doing it, so you can do it too. 😃

At this Offsite, you will:

• Participate in immersive experiences by offsite pioneers who are changing the game. 

• Learn by doing, and gain tools to immediately refresh and upgrade your offsite design. 

• Hear success stories from internal leaders who are redefining offsites.

• Exchange best practices and explore challenges with fellow participants. 

You will walk away with:

• Actionable insights, frameworks and tools to make every moment count

• Inspiration and fresh ideas to wow your team and keep them engaged 

• An opportunity to vet potential vendors you may want to work with in the future

• A community of fellow offsite designers and leaders who want to shake up the status quo.

Internal Leaders

who organize, create and lead offsites for their teams (L+D, HR, DEIB, Team Managers, EAs)

External Leaders

who organize, create and lead offsites for their clients (Coaches, Consultants, Trainers, Facilitators)

Jenny Sauer-Klein

Founder, The Culture Conference and Scaling Intimacy School of Experience Design

Jenny Sauer-Klein specializes in developing dynamic learning experiences that help companies engage their employees and bring their culture to life. She has designed and facilitated offsites for companies like Airbnb, Google, and Genentech, based on the frameworks she teaches through the Scaling Intimacy School of Experience Design. She is also the founder and director of The Culture Conference, an invite-only event for business leaders who are committed to building a positive culture in their own organizations. She has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., as well as Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.

Adam Rosendahl

Founder, Late Nite Art

Adam Rosendahl is the Founder and CEO of the Late Nite Art Method®, a practice that addresses disconnection in the workplace through unconventional yet highly effective learning and development programs. From executives at Adobe and Pixar to Federal Probation Officers in Louisville, Kentucky—a diverse range of companies, universities, and public institutions depend on Adam to create transformational events and gatherings that help leaders and teams deepen connection, lean into creative problem-solving, and engage in the conversations they want to have, but just aren’t having. Adam has been a guest lecturer at Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and is considered a global leader in facilitating group experiences that humanize people beyond the roles they play at work.

Joanna Miller

Executive coach, facilitator and experience designer

Joanna crafts practical people development strategies and experiences that deepen curiosity, meaningful connection and clarity of purpose. Previously Head of Learning & Development at Asana, Joanna has partnered with Slack, Levi Strauss & Co, Kapor Center, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and other global clients to design human-centered, experiential learning programs, values & organizational culture plans, manager development strategies, individual & group coaching programs, retreats and more. She is an engaging facilitator who has led events in the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Joanna’s voice has been featured in Harvard Business Review, WSJ, Great Places to Work, Liz & Mollie, and The Moth. Joanna is certified in Conscious Leadership and holds a B.A. from Harvard University.

Vivek Venugopal 

VP of Sales and Lead Evangelist of Freestyle+

Vivek is an improviser, musician and performer in San Francisco CA. As VP of Sales and Lead Evangelist for freestyle+ he facilitates and hosts workshops and performances around the world. In addition to his work with freestyle+ he has also performed around the world with Speechless Live and American Immigrants.  He lives in San Francisco with his wife, two kids and their dog, Mango, where he improvises being a good parent and partner daily.  

Anthony Veneziale

Co-founder of Freestyle+

Anthony is a presentation and storytelling expert, a Tony Award winner, a Grammy nominated Broadway/film star and designer of a UCSF brain research on the positive effects of improv-thinking along with Dr. Charles Limb. Anthony is also the first Ted presenter to present a totally improvised Ted Talk. Anthony, also known as Two Touch, is the conceiver and co-creator of the acclaimed Freestyle Love Supreme. Anthony has been performing and teaching applied improvisation for more than 25 years and is a leader in the field of musical improvisation. He has used these techniques with many networks/companies (HBO, TBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, PBS, Radical Media, Google, Adobe, Salesforce to name a few) and has trained over 500,000 people to date. 

Mirit Cohen

Senior Manager, Global Workforce Experience Programs at Adobe

As the global head of designing Adobe’s in-person, virtual, and hybrid workplace experience programs, Mirit Cohen is passionate about creating experiences that help people live and work better. A champion for connection and community at work as an antidote to the epidemic of loneliness sweeping the nation, she and her interdisciplinary team are constantly experimenting with new, human-centered approaches to the future of work. Previously, Cohen was steeped in the world of food as a chef and entrepreneur. Building on what she learned about the link between food and culture growing up in the Jewish community and as a graduate student in Stanford’s psychology department studying the origins of empathy in human and non-human primates, she came to recognize the unparalleled power of food as a tool for shaping culture on purpose — at companies and in communities. 

Liz Kleinman

Director, Ground Control Strategy and Program Operations at Airbnb

Liz has worked at Airbnb for the last decade on the Employee Experience team focused on culture and in-person experiences. Currently she oversees the company's approach to gatherings and offsites, as well as core values interviewing, new hire onboarding, and social impact. She's passionate about building communities and trust through shared experiences, interests and identities. 

Ciel Creative Space

We are excited to host our Offsite at Ciel, a space designed to inspire creativity and brought to life with the intention to inspire you to produce your best work and connect on a human level. The 50,000 sq foot creative studio features expansive rooms filled with luscious greenery and abundant natural light.