Planning great escapes to get things done!
Posted in Getaway Tips on Sep 20th, 2009
This question gets asked a lot. Especially when you’re someone who is proposing that your team has a working getaway. When you are asking your investors, your company or even your individual team members to put up money, the first thing they want to know is, Why? Why is this necessary? Why are we doing [...]
Posted in Getaway Tips, Meeting Planning on Sep 3rd, 2009
As I start to ramp up my own business around helping people escape so they can focus, I go back and forth on using the term, ‘Offsite’. Why, you ask? Mainly because of the negative connotations this word may have to the group I’m targeting (start-ups, tech people, small to mid-size companies). Almost everyone has [...]
Posted in Destinations, Getaway Tips, group escapes on Aug 30th, 2009
You know you want to getaway, you know who is coming, now you need to figure out the location. To do this, requires that you answer a few basic questions:
Where is everyone coming from, and how far are they willing to drive/fly to get to the location?
What type of environment does the group like? (urban, [...]
Posted in Getaway Tips, group escapes on Aug 26th, 2009
When I’m planning getaways for my group of friends or co-workers (yes, I tend to be the go-to person… I love this stuff!), the first thing I do is figure out what is the goal of the getaway. By defining this, the getaway can be planned to meet the need, rather than the other way [...]