Upcoming Meetings
- Spring 2025 – Boston, MA
Mon, Apr 7- Wed, Apr 9, Boston (single cohort) - Fall 2025 – Chicago, IL
Mon, Sep 15 – Wed, Sep 17
New Member Referrals
Schedule an intro call w/ Stephanie Saladen here.
In-Person Info: Boston, Spring 2025
For our Spring 2025 Council Meetings, we’re heading to Boston, MA!
This will be a *single* cohort model.
***Members can RSVP here***
Meeting Venue and Hotel:
Hilton Boston Park Plaza
50 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
Members can book their hotel rooms here!
***Note, members are responsible for booking AND canceling their reservations in the event they cannot attend the meetings.***
Tentative Schedule:
Mon, Apr 7, 2025
- 4:00pm Welcome cocktail & keynote with Amy Edmonson
- [7:00]pm Private Council dinners
Tue, Apr 8, 2025
- 8:00am Council Meetings begin
- 4:00pm Choose Your Own Adventure
Wed, Apr 9, 2025
- 8:00am Council Meetings Begin
- 3:00pm Meetings end
Agenda Template/Meeting Manager
- Agenda template to come
- Meeting Manager template to come
AV
In-room supplies & experience:
- Digital Projector & 1 screen OR LCD Flat Panel Display
- Your audio & video source is an owl (except EC1)
- Additional Laptop in each room, this runs the owl but can also be used by Mods if you’d like
- Ethernet cables to hardwire Mod only
- Power Strips
- Pens
- Notepads
- Fidgets
- 2 Flip Charts + Markers (or whiteboard depending on room)
Zoom Background
Instructions on how to set up a CG Zoom background can be found here. Please set it for yourself and ask your remote members to do so as well.
RSVP Yes List
To see a list of members who are currently RSVP’d as “yes, in person” go here.
Upcoming Moderator Dates / Deadlines:
- Oct – Mar: Hold Virtual Council Calls (include 365@collaborativegain.com as an invitee)
- Mid March: Begin Scheduling Council Meeting 1:1s (create Notes for each member)
- Mar 5: Begin weekly moderator meetings on Wednesdays at 1pm ET
- Mar 26: Send first draft mtg agenda (template above) in PDF to Phyl. You can also send draft to your Council if you’d like.
- Mar 31: Send Final Agenda to Council
- Apr 3: HQ sends the “everything you need for next week” template to mods, who will then send to members. (If you’d like to send earlier, here is general template)
- Apr 7 – Apr 9: Fall Council Meetings
- Week of Apr 14: Send member Thank You notes to encourage attendance @ Fall 2025 meeting & Schedule monthly VCC series (include 365@collaborativegain.com)
- Apr 16: Post-Meeting Moderator Debrief (via Zoom)
- Apr: Schedule a Post Meeting 1:1 w/ Charlee.
- May – Aug: Hold your monthly VCCs (include 365@collaborativegain.com as an invitee)
Moments that Matter:
- Meeting a new member
- Holding a virtual conference call
- Preparing for Council mtgs
Tools:
- Intros/Ice Breakers
- Mindful Movement
- Energy Boosters
- Facilitating Interactive Conversations
- Storytelling Exercise
- Power of Constraints Exercise
- Storytelling Exercise
- Mnookin Two-Pager Exercise (Description for agenda here)
- Salary Transparency & Benchmarking
Positive Politics – Admire/Revile Exercise (Fall 2023)
Positive Politics – Worry List (Spring 2023)
- Pre-reading for Positive Politics exercise (this link is in the agenda too)
- What is Positive Politics? for new members (this is also linked in the pre-reading and in the agenda)
- Member Instructions
- Video of first test session (confidential and only for moderator viewing)
Positive Politics – Care More/Care Less (Fall 2022)
Key CG Contacts:
- Britany: Production & Hybrid/AV support- 303.917.6203 mobile, britany@collaborativegain.com
- Stephanie: CYOA Lead – 505.795.2923 mobile, stephanie@collaborativegain.com
- Charlee: Moderator Support – 719.494.6988, charlee@collaborativegain.com
- BJ: 917.428.1591 mobile, bj@collaborativegain.com