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The 3 Shifts That Make All-Hands Work
strategy, Town Hall Lindsey Caplan 5/28/25 strategy, Town Hall Lindsey Caplan 5/28/25

The 3 Shifts That Make All-Hands Work

Most All-Hands aim to inform. The best ones aim to influence by aligning people, sparking ownership, and creating a moment that moves the room

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The Five Conditions You Need to Move a Room
strategy, communication Lindsey Caplan 4/28/25 strategy, communication Lindsey Caplan 4/28/25

The Five Conditions You Need to Move a Room

Discover the five essential conditions that turn a good gathering into a transformational one—and learn how to create the emotional connection that moves people to act.

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Case study: Enhancing engagement & communication across a global workforce
strategy, Town Hall, Case Study Lindsey Caplan 1/13/25 strategy, Town Hall, Case Study Lindsey Caplan 1/13/25

Case study: Enhancing engagement & communication across a global workforce

Learn how a leading multinational energy company partnered with The Gathering Effect to transform its quarterly gatherings and foster more meaningful interactions and alignment.

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Scaling Your Content: Mastering the Shift from One-on-One to One-to-Many
strategy, Town Hall Lindsey Caplan 9/26/24 strategy, Town Hall Lindsey Caplan 9/26/24

Scaling Your Content: Mastering the Shift from One-on-One to One-to-Many

How do you take a piece of content or experience typically shared 1-on-1 and turn it into 1-on-many or 1-on-several thousand? Learn three tips to make a gathering feel personal, even at scale.

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How to bring your organization together around change
strategy, communication, organizational change Lindsey Caplan 5/21/24 strategy, communication, organizational change Lindsey Caplan 5/21/24

How to bring your organization together around change

Learn how to script experiences that boost morale, engagement and retention for the long term with lessons from entertainment, education and business.

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5 ways to boost adoption and attendance
strategy, communication, organizational change Lindsey Caplan 3/22/24 strategy, communication, organizational change Lindsey Caplan 3/22/24

5 ways to boost adoption and attendance

Despite our best efforts, getting buy-in and attendance for the programs and workshops we work so hard to deliver can be challenging. Learn what accounts for this gap and how to close it.

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How to maximize the impact of hiring a facilitator
strategy, Offsite Lindsey Caplan 2/21/24 strategy, Offsite Lindsey Caplan 2/21/24

How to maximize the impact of hiring a facilitator

External facilitators can significantly enhance your company offsites and team retreats. Here’s how to assess if you need a facilitator and how to make the most of your investment.

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How to increase connection at your gathering
strategy, organizational change, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 12/15/23 strategy, organizational change, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 12/15/23

How to increase connection at your gathering

Fostering genuine connection is the key to transforming routine gatherings into transformative experiences. Discover concrete tips on how to drive connection to your company, content, and among your employees, whether your gathering is virtual, hybrid, or in-person

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Top tips to elevate employee programs
Town Hall, Offsite, New Hire Orientation, strategy Lindsey Caplan 9/13/23 Town Hall, Offsite, New Hire Orientation, strategy Lindsey Caplan 9/13/23

Top tips to elevate employee programs

Short on time but want to make a big impact? Here are my best tips to elevate each of your gatherings from All-Hands to Off-sites, trainings, onboarding programs, and more.

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How to measure the impact of your gathering
strategy, Offsite, Town Hall Lindsey Caplan 1/18/23 strategy, Offsite, Town Hall Lindsey Caplan 1/18/23

How to measure the impact of your gathering

Billions of dollars are spent every year on motivating, engaging, and improving employee performance. The largest spending often comes from our gatherings. Here’s how to measure their impact.

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Your most common All-Hands questions answered (Part 2)
strategy, Town Hall, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 12/8/22 strategy, Town Hall, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 12/8/22

Your most common All-Hands questions answered (Part 2)

Part two! Call it All Company, All Hands, Town Hall, or more, these gatherings are our culture on display. Here’s more answers to your most pressing questions.

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Your most common All-Hands questions answered
strategy, Town Hall, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 11/10/22 strategy, Town Hall, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 11/10/22

Your most common All-Hands questions answered

Call it All Company, All Hands, Town Hall, or more, these gatherings are our culture on display. Here’s answers to your most pressing questions.

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How to create your first offsite
Offsite, strategy Lindsey Caplan 9/16/22 Offsite, strategy Lindsey Caplan 9/16/22

How to create your first offsite

Tasked with creating your first offsite? You’re not alone. Here’s how to turn it from a day of department presentations into a more deliberate approach

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3 ways to get the most value from a keynote or guest speaker
strategy, communication, organizational change Lindsey Caplan 8/11/22 strategy, communication, organizational change Lindsey Caplan 8/11/22

3 ways to get the most value from a keynote or guest speaker

You’ve secured a keynote or guest speaker for your upcoming event. Here’s how to help ensure their message sticks and has a meaningful long-term impact.

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Case Study: How Launch Darkly made their most expensive meeting worth it
Case Study, Town Hall, strategy Lindsey Caplan 7/21/22 Case Study, Town Hall, strategy Lindsey Caplan 7/21/22

Case Study: How Launch Darkly made their most expensive meeting worth it

Learn how one organization redesigned their monthly All Company meeting to become worthy of everyone’s time

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Four agenda pitfalls to avoid
strategy, communication Lindsey Caplan 6/6/22 strategy, communication Lindsey Caplan 6/6/22

Four agenda pitfalls to avoid

Agendas do more than give us structure and certainty. They help us achieve a specific effect. Learn how.

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4 steps to determine if you need a gathering
strategy Lindsey Caplan 4/7/22 strategy Lindsey Caplan 4/7/22

4 steps to determine if you need a gathering

“This event should have been a recording” is the new “this meeting should have been an email”. Here’s how to determine if your next gathering needs to be synchronous.

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How to motivate attendance without making it mandatory
strategy Lindsey Caplan 1/26/22 strategy Lindsey Caplan 1/26/22

How to motivate attendance without making it mandatory

Instead of manufacturing stakes, we can understand something more powerful: motivation.

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How to pivot your in-person gathering to remote in 1 week
strategy, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 1/5/22 strategy, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 1/5/22

How to pivot your in-person gathering to remote in 1 week

How to pivot your in-person gathering to remote if you have a little more time to plan

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How to pivot your in-person gathering to remote in 24 hours
strategy, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 12/23/21 strategy, virtual gathering Lindsey Caplan 12/23/21

How to pivot your in-person gathering to remote in 24 hours

You're faced with the sudden need to shift your gathering to remote. Here's how to maintain connection and engagement.

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