DESIGN OFFSITES THAT MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT.
NOVEMBER 2, 2026 • EAMES INSTITUTE • RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
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ONE DAY. 80 LEADERS. PRACTICAL TOOLS. MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS.
As teams become more remote and distributed, the stakes are higher than ever to maximize the time and money invested in IRL gatherings.
Budgets are being scrutinized and the pressure is on to justify the cost of the investment.
A well-designed offsite creates connection, clarity, and momentum that lasts for months, or even years.
DON'T JUST LEARN ABOUT BETTER OFFSITES, EXPERIENCE ONE.
This is not a sit-and-listen conference. At The Offsite for Offsites, the day itself is the learning lab.
You’ll experience the same interactive formats, facilitation practices, and design principles you can use in your own offsites.
As the event unfolds, we’ll pull back the curtain on the choices behind the experience so you can understand what worked, why it worked, and how to adapt it for your own teams.
You'll exchange best practices and explore challenges with a room full of 80 organizational leaders and experienced offsite practitioners as you:
- Participate in innovative workshops by offsite pioneers who are changing the game
- Hear inspiring case studies from internal leaders who are innovating offsites
- Apply leading-edge design practices to immediately refresh and upgrade your toolkit
The day is curated and hosted by Jenny Sauer-Klein, a global leader in experience design who has designed and facilitated hundreds of high-impact offsites for organizations including Airbnb, Google, Genentech, Autodesk, and Cisco.
You'll leave ready to:
- Choose the right mix of relationship building, learning, and deep work for your offsite’s goals
- Transform passive presentations into formats that invite participation and action
- Build genuine connection without forced networking or tired team-building clichés
- Use space, pacing, transitions, and facilitation to strengthen engagement
- Apply practical tools and tested ideas to your next offsite immediately
This Offsite is for
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Internal Leaders
who organize, create and lead offsites for their teams (L+D, HR, Chiefs of Staff, EAs, Head of Events, Culture, Team Managers)
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Offsite Practitioners
who organize, create and lead offsites for their clients (Coaches, Consultants, Trainers, Facilitators, Speakers)
OUR VENUE PARTNER
An environment designed to change how you think.
The context is part of the experience. We’ll gather at the Eames Institute's new Welcome Center, a space created to spark creative chain reactions, collaboration, community-building, and purposeful problem-solving
Located inside the Eames Archives, it is a space adjacent to more than 40,000 artifacts that have come from the legendary office and home of midcentury designers Ray and Charles Eames. The event here includes guided tours throughout the day that underscore how intentional design shapes the way people think, work, and connect—posing the same questions that we will be exploring in our own offsite.
For more information about offsites at the Institute, check out the Institute’s Visit Us page
a day in the life — Schedule
- 9:00 AM–10:00 AMArrival and Mingle + Mini-Tours of the Eames Archives
- 10:00 AM–11:45 AMMorning Session (Welcome, Context, 3 Key Elements of an Offsite, Team + Culture Building Workshop)
- 12:00–1:00 PMChoose from 3 Breakout Workshops
- 1:00–2:30 PMLunch (Gourmet Meal Provided On-Site) + Mini-Tours of the Eames Archives
- 2:30–3:30 PMCase Studies from Internal Leaders + Best Practices from the Field
- 3:45–4:30 PMUnconference Sessions (6-8 topics led by participants)
- 4:45–5:15 PMClosing + Take-Aways
- 5:15–6:00 PMFinal Mingle + Mini Tours of the Eames Archives
- 6:00–9:00 PMOPTIONAL ADD-ON: Afterparty at Good Hot (includes Dinner and Sauna with Cold Plunge in the Bay)
keep the night goingThe Afterparty at Good Hot
Optional add-on · 6:00–9:00 PM · Catered dinner included
Close out a day of learning and continue the day’s best conversations over dinner, saunas, cold plunges, and time by the fire.
We will have exclusive use of Good Hot, a rustic hidden gem only a 10 minute drive from our venue, with 5 saunas and the Bay as our cold plunge!
Delicious dinner and dessert by the firepit will be provided, as you move between saunas and cold plunging as you wish. (There are showers and changing rooms on site — towels will be provided by our sponsor Offsite.)
What Participants Have to Say
"Jenny unlocks what truly matters to create meaningful, connected change. The depth of care and expertise she shares is infectious in the best way — creating ripples of innovation and collaboration across communities."
CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE
One extraordinary day. Three ways to experience it.
Come for the daytime program, continue into the evening, or add personalized support for your next offsite.
Early-bird pricing ends October 12. Save $100 when you reserve your ticket now.
Every ticket includes lifetime access to the Play On Purpose activity library.
Main Program
A full day of ideas, tools, and connections at the Eames Institute
9:00 AM–6:00 PM
$450
Early bird through October 12
$550 beginning October 13
- The complete interactive daytime program at the Eames Institute
- Mini guided tour of the Eames Archives to inspire your design thinking
- Workshops, case studies, and peer learning
- Coffee, snacks, refreshments, and lunch
- Lifetime membership to Play On Purpose, Jenny's video tutorial database of 80+ team building games and icebreakers (valued at $199)
Full Experience
The Main Program plus dinner and continued conversations at the Good Hot afterparty
9:00 AM–9:00 PM
$650
Early bird through October 12
$750 beginning October 13
- Everything in the Main Program
- Private afterparty at Good Hot with sauna and cold plunge
- Catered dinner
- A smaller setting to connect with speakers and fellow participants
Limited to 35 guests
I'm in for the Full ExperienceOffsite Accelerator
The Full Experience plus private coaching to solve your offsite challenge.
$950
Early bird through October 12
$1,050 beginning October 13
- Everything in the Full Experience
- A private 60-minute Offsite Strategy Session with Jenny Sauer-Klein
- A focused review of one upcoming offsite, agenda, or experience-design challenge
- Personalized recommendations for optimizing connection, engagement, and impact
- Clear next steps you can put into action
Includes a private session valued at $500
Your private session will be scheduled separately after the event.
Add My Private Strategy SessionBring your team
Learning is better (and more fun) with friends
Get 20% off when you register 4 or more people. Email Jenny directly for a custom group discount code.
Get my custom group discount codeNot sure which experience is right for you?
Choose the Main Program for the main daytime experience from 9:00 AM–6:00 PM. Choose the Full Experience if you want to continue the connection over dinner and Good Hot from 6:00–9:00 PM. Choose the Offsite Accelerator if you have an offsite challenge and want Jenny's personalized guidance.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Frequently asked questions
Our Presenters
more to be announced very soon...
Jenny Sauer-Klein
FOUNDER, THE CONFERENCE FOR CONFERENCES + THE PRIMARY SHIFT
Jenny Sauer-Klein specializes in developing dynamic learning experiences that help companies engage their employees and bring their culture to life. Through her workplace design studio The Primary Shift, she has designed and facilitated offsites for companies like Airbnb, Google, Autodesk, Cisco and Genentech. She is also the founder and director of The Conference for Conferences, an event that gathers leaders to reimagine the conference paradigm to be more participatory, emergent and human. She has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., as well as Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
Adam Rosendahl
Founder, Late Nite Art
Adam Rosendahl is the Founder and CEO of the Late Nite Art Method®, a practice that addresses disconnection in the workplace through unconventional yet highly effective learning and development programs. From executives at Adobe and Pixar to Federal Probation Officers in Louisville, Kentucky — a diverse range of companies, universities, and public institutions depend on Adam to create transformational events and gatherings that help leaders and teams deepen connection, lean into creative problem-solving, and engage in the conversations they want to have, but just aren't having. Adam has been a guest lecturer at Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and is considered a global leader in facilitating group experiences that humanize people beyond the roles they play at work.
Liz Tan
Chief of Staff, Autodesk
Liz Tan is a Chief of Staff at Autodesk, where she partners with her VP and leadership team to drive strategy, communication, connection, and belonging across an organization of 400 people. Over her 30+ year career, largely at Autodesk, Liz has led teams across product development, M&A integration, and operations, with a consistent focus on impactful leadership and bringing people and teams together. A big believer in the value of stepping away from the day-to-day, Liz leads offsites ranging from small leadership teams to groups of 80+. She loves creating experiences that get people talking, connecting--and having some fun along the way.
Our Sponsor
Offsite plans team retreats, sales kickoffs, and executive offsites, covering everything from venue and vendor sourcing to travel, agendas, and on-site coordination. HubSpot, Perplexity, Roboflow, and YPO use our service, and clients typically save 20-50% versus booking on their own.
Registrants Promo: Get 10-20% off their first offsite, up to $5,000 in savings.
READY TO DESIGN OFFSITES THAT MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT?
Early-bird pricing ends October 12. Save $100 when you register now.
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