Great Minds Think In Person, Together

In-person events aren’t just fun.

They’re a way to transform your team.

We’re talking about building culture and connection across your entire company.

No emails, Slacks, and missed-you-at-the-water-coolers.

Just getting together: problem-solving and uniting on a mission.

Check into this issue of Gathering Ground to get intentional about company events, read about the new meeting space management features in Workgrounds, and see what travel trends are changing.

Our Itinerary

🌎 Getting the team together for a reason

🚀 Meeting space booking upgrades in Workgrounds

🔗 What the web has to say 

💭 Share your thoughts

Your Best ROI Happens In Person

You know when you're stuck on a problem, shooting emails and Slacks back and forth all day, and then you walk to CAVA with your coworker and suddenly figure it out?

That's not magic. It's not even luck.

That's what happens when people talk face-to-face — and that’s why Sidecar Health CMO Kevin Knight is all-in on in-person events. His simple philosophy: the more intentional you are about your team events, the better their outcomes will be.

It's just good business to get the team together, whether they work across the world from each other or across the hall. Staff who know, understand, and even like each other(!) work together best, aligned on what your company wants to do most.

But here's where most companies go wrong: they treat team events like afterthoughts instead of investments.

Any team program you have in mind deserves attention and intention — starting with getting clear on why you're hosting it in the first place.

Knight breaks it down to two core reasons:

1. You need to lock yourselves in a room with a whiteboard to figure out a problem
   
   OR
   

2. You want to build company culture.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with wanting a little bit of both. But once you've figured out your goal, the question becomes: how do you maximize your ROI, making sure your team event brings energy into the business (and not just mini-croissants out of your budget)?

Your employees' experience at these events directly impacts your bottom line in ways that'll make even the CFO pay attention.

Here’s how Kevin thinks about it: https://www.workgrounds.com/blog/why-in-person-events-matter

What's New on Workgrounds

We’re rolling out major improvements to how teams book and manage their hotel meeting spaces. Cleaner views, clearer details, and less back-and-forth with hotels—plus new tools for handling F&B, A/V, and setup with ease.

👉 Discover how we’re transforming meeting space bookings with smarter tools and a smoother experience.

Points of Link-terest

A quick tour across the internet.

• What if you could use your tourism to give back?

• At the IMEX Frankfurt trade show, U.S. Travel Association executive Kevin Hinton addressed planner concerns about attracting more global events to the United States.

• A list of potential activities you can do once you’re on site. 

Onward!

Well, we’re taking off.

Keep your seatbelts buckled, and we’ll see you soon. 

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