retreat Participants

VCI retreat participation is by invitation only, and there is a great deal of intentionality that goes into the selection of the people in the room. Once a retreat topic is identified, we convene a small cohort of planning partners that represent a cross section of related stakeholders. Together we identify candidates from across our respective networks who:

• Represent different industry perspectives

• Are diverse in terms of ethnicity, role, geography, age, and world view

• Are willing to be present, without a major agenda, listen, and have an open heart and mind

Furthermore, VCI retreat participants represent a mixture of roles including people who: 

• Are actively engaged in topic-specific work 

• Offer topic-specific or related / analogous perspective & guidance (scientists, academics, artists, changemakers from other fields, etc.)

• Support or inform relationships & implementation (elders, funders, etc.) 

Invitations

Our invitation to retreat participants is to take the opportunity to actually retreat.  We cannot step up to the challenges of our time without stepping back on occasion to reconnect with our motivation, source new inspiration and partnerships, check in on our approach, and recharge our will to act.