Building Campfires:
How to Build Durable Communities in a Divided and Lonely Era
Full-Day Interactive Workshop Led by Author and Leadership Advisor Charles Vogl
History teaches us that to create meaningful change, significant impact, and spark consequential movements that stand the test of time, we must first connect, empathize, and understand together. Building a community requires leaders and vision.
You will leave leveled-up in your ability to connect the colleagues, neighbors and collaborators you care about in ways that support, mature and even heal them in the ways they seek.
You’ll know exactly what you can do next to destroy the isolation and disconnection that surrounds you in your schools, neighborhoods and profession.
You’ll leave feeling confident and inspired to take action to connect yourself and others into satisfying relationships that matter.
This day-long event is designed to share time tested tools and principles for any leader to connect critical people for resilience and strength. Participants will experience an exciting day full of learning, community building, and sharing perspectives.
This event will leave participants with life changing new tools and a vision that connects them with the people who matter to us most.
EAST COAST
January 28th, 2023
Tatnall School
Wilmington, Delaware
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Learning objectives include:
Recognize community building in contrast to list building and audience growing.
Create invitations that lead to meaningful experiences
Plan the experiences that knit people together to form connections and caring.
Protect critical relationships in our communities that respond in emergencies.
Workshop Schedule
Lift your voices up and join in the conversation that helps us create actions that bring people tougher in fulfilling, supportive and inspiring ways. Join us “around the campfire” to learn how you will build a strong community that you are proud to be a part of.
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Session #1
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Session #2
Lunch Offered
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Session #3
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Session #4
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Group Follow Up
Session Details
Whether you are a first responder, a tech giant, medical professional, or a budding entrepreneur, you are part of your community. Your participation matters, and during these lonely times, your contribution has the power to create meaningful, memorable experiences that will connect you to your people, in a way that builds you up, and shares your purpose.
Each session shares insight and tools that you can use to The sessions are interactive experiences where we explore how time tested wisdom applies to the people and leadership each of us is working with now.
Recognize Community & Community Leadership: We will learn to recognize what community building means in contrast to list building, “engagement counting” and audience growing. This will allow us to recognize where there is already an unacknowledged community and what we’re inspired to create that will make a difference. We will explore how durable communities help us grow into who we want to be.
Invitation: We will distinguish the power, features and efficacy of powerful invitations that lead to meaningful experiences. They’re the tool that start all communities. We’ll reveal why many can’t even recognize them and distinguish them from announcements.
Campfire Principle: We will recognize the kind of experiences that knit people together to form connections and caring. We will explore these kinds of intimate events and reveal how easily we can create them for the people we care about in many contexts.
3 AM Friends: We will articulate the kind of relationships that most or all of us want people in our community who will respond in an emergency. The world will be different when everyone knows there are people ready to help when they need it. We’ll explore how we can build these kinds of relationships for ourselves and others as we bring people together.
Registration Information:
If you are registering more than one person, we will contact the registrant for the individual names of each participant.
If this fee is a financial hardship, please let us know.
Please email Claire any questions you may have at clairehr.pollyanna@gmail.com
COVID Protocols as of September 27th, 2022: You must be vaccinated, masks are optional
Price per participant: USD$250.00 (group rates offered here)
No refunds are given after January 15th, 2023
What People Are Saying
“Powerful. Masterful in distilling complex [ideas] into actionable movements not moments.
This was right on time. More discussion about the intersectionality between personality types and campfire experiences. How [you can] make the most of experiences with differing personality types.”
“An inspiring and engaging speaker, Charles Vogl captivates an audience with personal stories, hard truths, and actionable steps to build community and belonging.”
“Community, connection, inspiration. Proximity, permission, conditions. I’ve been teaching 21 years in independent schools. And this was one of the best presentations I’ve experienced. Poignant story to begin and close. Grateful for your wisdom and generous sharing of personal narratives. Power in vulnerability, indeed.”