Learning for Community Engagement

A 3-day retreat for leaders at all levels ready to learn in new ways - through connections with the communities they serve.

In the times defined by complex challenges like climate resilience and educational equity, effective leadership demands a fundamental shift: listening, adapting and learning across traditional organisational boundaries. This immersive retreat empowers leaders to:

• Strengthen relationships between governance and the communities
• Actively engage citizens, community partners and other stakeholders in shaping learning and direction
• Lead through connection, not control
• Cultivate a culture of learning and accountability that supports long-term public value

Why This Matters

Too often, leadership and governance are isolated from the realities and insights of those most affected by their decisions. This retreat offers a powerful pathway to reconnect leadership with community voice, ensuring that organisational strategy is informed by lived experience, not just metrics.

What You’ll Experience

Over 3 days, you’ll engage in dynamic, hands-on and dialogue-driven activities including live design clinics, storytelling sessions and collaborative agenda-setting. We will draw on real-world examples from public utilities, healthcare, non-profit and higher education to illustrate what community-informed leadership truly looks like in practice.

Who is this for:

This retreat is designed for:

• Board members and trustees
• Senior leaders and department heads
• Leaders in government, higher education, public utilities, healthcare, libraries, nonprofits and community-based organisations

You’ll find this valuable if you want to:

• Engage more meaningfully with community voices
• Create a culture of reflection, transparency and learning
• Build long-term trust through transparency and collaboration

Key outcomes

You will leave with:

• A draft value creation agenda tailored to your board, organisational or leadership context
• New tools for inclusive engagement like design clinics and value creation storytelling
• Tools to convene learning across governance, operations, and community boundaries
• Real-world cases from different sectors showing community-informed innovation
• Clear next steps to embed community enaggement in your leadership practice
• A deeper understanding of how to create value through community-connected learning

Special guests: to be announced

Agenda (09:00-20:00 all days)

Day 1: September 29 (late afternoon programme and dinner included)

Day 2: September 30 (late afternoon programme and dinner included)

Day 3: October 1 (late afternoon programme and dinner included)

Location

Located in the coastal town of Helsingør, just across the Øresund from Sweden, Konventum offers a unique blend of natural beauty, modern design and historic significance. Ferries run every 20 minutes to nearby Helsingborg, perfect for a cross-border dinner during the retreat.

Travel & Lodging

On-site lodging is available at Konventum and nearby Hotel Højstrupgaard, just a 2-minute walk from the Forest House, where I will host this retreat. The venue is 50 minutes from Copenhagen Airport by car or train and easily reachable from central Copenhagen.

What’s included

3 days of immersive retreat content and facilitation;

All reatreat materials and resources;

Daily refreshments, breakfasts, lunches and dinners (We will explore Danish culinary scene);

Networking opportunities with peers and facilitators.

What’s not included

Travel to and from Helsingør;

Accommodation

Discounts

Group discounts may be available upon request. Please contact connect@sociallearningtalent.com for more details.

Register Now

Ready to lead through learning and transform your community engagement?

Space is limited to 15 to ensure an intimate and impactful learning experience. Secure your spot today!

For any inquiries, please contact connect@sociallearningtalent.com.

🔥 Online Fire Circle — Start Before the Retreat

When you secure your place at one of my 2026 retreats, you immediately join a private online fire circle.

Every two weeks, participants across all four retreats come together to:
• Reflect on leadership and humanity in uncertain times
• Work on real challenges in communities of practice and social learning
• Practice sustaining human learning agency, even in tough circumstances

By the time we meet in person, participants have already built the skills, relationships, and reflective habits that make the retreat experience deeper and more actionable.