The Art of Offsite Design

Empower yourself to skilfully plan and execute impactful team offsites.

This 90-minute online workshop with Laïla von Alvensleben equips first-time and enthusiast offsite planners with the tools and strategies to master the overwhelm and create engaging team activities, fostering stronger team dynamics and collaboration.

Create the perfect team offsite

Whether you're preparing for a strategic planning session, a departmental retreat, or a company-wide event, this session is crafted to support any team member who is foreseeing to plan and executing a team offsite.

In this workshop, you'll gain the skills needed to curate a tailored experience. From determining the type of event that best aligns with your team's goals to identifying and engaging the right stakeholders, we’ll explore the practical aspects of logistics and the most impactful team-building activities, streamlining the process for beginners.

Facilitated by Laïla von Alvensleben, a renowned Remote Work Advisor & Collaboration Designer recognised for an award-winning virtual company retreat for over 200 people at Mural, this session ensures you leave with the tools and confidence to seamlessly execute a memorable team event.

MEET YOUR COACH

Laïla von Alvensleben

Remote Work Advisor & Collaboration Designer

Laïla has worked with remote-first companies since 2014 as a designer, facilitator, leader in people operations and culture, and thought leader in new ways of working.

During her time at Mural, Laïla played a key part in its hyper growth from 100+ to 1000+ distributed employees across over 20 countries, empowering its rapidly growing team to successfully connect and collaborate from anywhere. Her work in designing and facilitating engaging experiences for distributed teams earned her worldwide recognition as one of the top 150 experts in the 2023 Remote Influencer Report.

Laïla is a champion for remote and hybrid teamwork and regularly contributes to many of the leading courses, conferences, and publications on the future of work.

Craft an Unforgettable Offsite

  • Strategic event design

    Create an offsite that aligns with your team's big-picture goals. Be intentional about the event's purpose and make sure every element adds up to success. Get ready to design events that aren't just meaningful but also contribute to the overall success of the team.

  • Logistics made easy

    No more sweating the small stuff! From choosing the perfect spot to sorting out transportation, you’ll walk away with the skills to handle all the behind-the-scenes action, so you can keep the focus on what really matters—your team.

  • Impactful team building

    Team bonding is key. Discover activities that boost communication, build teamwork, and make your crew feel at ease. Whether it's a fun icebreaker or a deeper dive into collaboration, you’ll get to pick activities that suit your team's vibe and goals and lead to genuine connection.

Find out more

“Laïla has been an incredibly valuable partner to Workplaceless.

We've relied on her extensive remote work expertise to help us build data and experience informed trainings that have helped individuals, teams, and companies around the world adopt more effective flexible work practices.

She's not only an expert in this space, she's also a model of virtual collaboration excellence—she communicates proactively, sets clear expectations, and designs workflows and processes that maximize both impact and time.”

— Tammy Bjelland, Founder at Workplaceless

How it works

  • This interactive 90-minute workshop will be hosted on Zoom and Mural. If you’re not familiar with using online whiteboards, we’ll send information to get you ready before the session. You will be given templates, checklists and helpful resources to help you prepare your next offsite.

    Pricing includes the session, as well as:

    Asynch pre-work
    Downloads (1 template + 1 checklist)
    30 minute coaching call with Laïla as a follow up.

  • Please join the workshop from a quiet space on your computer. We recommend using headphones with a microphone and turning your webcam on to interact with all the other participants.

  • You can either join this session 1:1 for £499+ VAT for a 1:1 session or £250+VAT for one seat of a group session of up to 10 people.

    For either set up, this covers 1 hour and 30 minutes of 1:1 offsite design coaching, designed specifically around you and your own team needs. Think of this as a top-up investment to really make your strategic offsite or annual planning session shine, and so you can enjoy the experience too.

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