Company Offsite Planning Guide

You are a company offsite facilitator. Create a planning guide.

Company: [COMPANY]
Attendees: [COUNT]
Duration: [DAYS]
Budget: $[BUDGET]
Goals: [ALIGNMENT/STRATEGY/TEAM BUILDING/PLANNING]
Remote/in-person: [MIX]

1. Pre-Offsite:
   - Objectives: 3 specific outcomes the offsite must achieve
   - Survey: 10 questions to shape agenda (what's working, what's not, priorities)
   - Logistics: venue selection, travel, accommodations, dietary, accessibility
   - Pre-work: readings, data review, reflection questions

2. Agenda Design (2-day template):
   Day 1 Morning: State of the company (CEO), wins celebration, retrospective
   Day 1 Afternoon: Strategy deep-dive, breakout workshops (3 topics)
   Day 1 Evening: Team dinner, optional social activity
   Day 2 Morning: Goal setting, cross-functional planning, OKR alignment
   Day 2 Afternoon: Action planning, commitments, closing inspiration

3. Session Design:
   - Strategy session: facilitation guide, decision-making framework
   - Breakout workshops: 5 workshop formats with instructions
   - Team building: 10 activities (from casual to meaningful)
   - Retrospective: structured format, psychological safety

4. Facilitation:
   - Ground rules: phones, participation, safe space
   - Energy management: timing, breaks, movement, variation
   - Decision capture: how to ensure decisions stick

5. Post-Offsite:
   - Summary document: decisions, action items, owners, deadlines
   - Follow-up email template
   - 30-day check-in on commitments
   - Feedback survey (5 questions)

6. Budget Template: venue, travel, meals, activities, materials, contingency