The work of events is often high volume, high complexity, and highly visible. Over time, you can keep your team energized by creating moments to pause, reflect, celebrate, and re‑align with your organization’s north star. Whether you're designing your first retreat or refreshing an existing one, explore tips, tools, activities, and examples to shape a one-to-two day or week‑long retreat that helps colleagues reconnect with the work, with each other and with where you're heading.

Learning outcomes:

Define the importance and value of creating strategic stepbacks or retreats for your team

Gain practical tools and guidance to design a retreat, including sample activities and exercises to consider

Integrate strategic pauses into your workflow to create stronger alignment