Upcoming Meetings
- Fall 2025 – Chicago, IL
Mon, Sep 15 – Wed, Sep 17 (single cohort) - Spring 2026 – Location TBD
Dates TBD. More info coming soon!
New Member Referrals
Schedule an intro call w/ Stephanie Saladen here.
In-Person Info: Chicago, Fall 2025
For our Fall 2025 Council Meetings, we’re heading back to Chicago, IL!
This will be a *single* cohort model.
***Members can RSVP here***
Meeting Venue and Hotel:
Hotel:
Pendry Chicago
230 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Members can book their hotel room here!
***Note, members are responsible for booking AND canceling their reservations in the event they cannot attend the meetings.***
Meeting Venue:
Summit Chicago
(Inside Michigan Plaza)
205 N Michigan Ave, 10th floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Tentative Schedule:
Mon, Sep 15, 2025
- 4:00pm Welcome cocktail & keynote
- [7:00]pm Private Council dinners
Tue, Sep 16, 2025
- 8:00am Council Meetings begin
- 4:00pm Choose Your Own Adventure
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
- 8:00am Council Meetings Begin
- 3:00pm Meetings end
Agenda Template/Meeting Manager
- Agenda template coming!
- Meeting manager template coming!
AV
In-room supplies & experience:
- Digital Projector & 1 screen OR LCD Flat Panel Display
- Your audio & video source is an owl (if you opted in for remote attendance)
- 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:
- May – Aug: Hold Virtual Council Calls (include 365@collaborativegain.com as an invitee)
- Mid Aug: Begin Scheduling Council Meeting 1:1s (create Notes for each member)
- Aug 20: Begin weekly moderator meetings on Wednesdays at 1pm ET
- Sep 3: Send first draft mtg agenda (template above) in PDF to Phyl. You can also send draft to your Council if you’d like.
- Sep 8: Send Final Agenda to Council
- Sep 11: 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)
- Sep 15 – Sep 17: Fall Council Meetings
- Week of Sep 22: Send member Thank You notes to encourage attendance @ Spring 2026 meeting & Schedule monthly VCC series (include 365@collaborativegain.com)
- Sep: Schedule a Post Meeting 1:1 w/ Charlee.
- Oct – Mar: 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
The Moderator Way:
- Member Interviews – The “Elizabeth Way”
- Engaging Challenging New Members – The “Melissa Way”
- Walk and Talks – The “Amber Way”
- Member Accountability & Commitment – The “Craig, Amber & Hope Way”
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