Gathering Experience Design + Facilitation

Let’s co-create an upcoming gathering on your team’s calendar together!

Gather Better offers two levels of support

Gathering Glow Up

Identify key opportunities to boost engagement for an existing/upcoming gathering with a meeting makeover.

  • You complete a brief questionnaire of existing/upcoming gathering’s agenda to guide clarity session conversation

    • Meeting makeover clarity session to align on your gathering’s purpose, outcomes, participatory strategies, and develop an action plan to experiment with components to stop/start/continue

    • Post-gathering reflection session to discuss how experimentation went and refine plan for further improvement

Start-to-Finish Support

Expert guidance to design and facilitate a purposeful gathering, infusing intentionality at every step. Ensure your offsite/training/convening/etc moves your work forward.

  • Pre-Gathering:

    • Facilitate high-level strategy sessions (including retrospective of previous gatherings if applicable and visioning for upcoming gathering) to develop strategy that guides planning process

    • Create timeline to guide experience design process

    • Connect on a weekly basis (TBD # meetings depending on gathering complexity, typically ranging from 4-16 weeks) to keep planning moving forward and on track

    • Oversee session development process, including sourcing/coordinating external speakers/facilitators and coaching internal facilitators

    • Create run-of-show to guide and ensure seamless day-of event flow

    During Gathering:

    • Emcee gathering and/or facilitate specific participatory sessions

    • Provide behind-the-scenes support to ensure all goes smoothly

    Post-Gathering:

    • Create + analyze post-gathering survey to ensure continuous improvement

    • Facilitate debrief conversation to align on what went well and areas of opportunity for the future

Kind Words

  • "Tes has the magic touch to help you intentionally transform your next gathering into something that not only meets but exceeds your goals. Tes' extensive experience and thoughtful suggestions on how to align my agenda with my ideal results helped me design a cohort-based course experience that garnered rave reviews from participants. I highly recommend working with Tes!”

    —Abby Davisson, Author of Money and Love and Course Creator

  • “Tes designs a convening’s purpose with deep thought and intention to unlock insights from participants. She then leverages her superpower – facilitation – to execute the event. Her masterful facilitation style brings in all participant voices, encourages diverse perspectives and reflects back themes. Beyond the conversation, she thinks through the details of the participant experience for both in-person and virtual events. She knows how to ensure participants remain engaged and energized, blending deep thinking work with restorative (and fun!) breaks. The multiple sessions she’s concepted and facilitated for our team are still referenced as standout – some more than five years later.”

    —Abby Frost, Director of ESG at Gap Inc.