Oregon Region Seaside Retreat

Feel like you've been in survival mode all year? This June, we're helping you hit pause and refocus on your mission, your staff and your volunteer teams. Join us for a first-of-its-kind overnight retreat in the Oregon region. It’s real talk, real people, and real tools to help you lead with clarity, confidence, and connection.

What’s in it for you?

🌿 Fresh ideas for navigating challenges big and small

🤝 A stronger network of peers who can relate

🧰️ Tools to expand your impact and avoid burn-out

🌊 Ocean air, relaxed vibes, and space to breathe

Wednesday Education

Kick Things Off in The Situation Room...

Dive into this retreat adventure by engaging with your peers through creative conversations and problem-solving. In this highly interactive session we'll examine case studies of real-world association challenges, develop potential solutions, then discover “what really happened,” followed up by lessons learned. Leave with a strengthened network of peers and new insights that will build confidence and resilience in your role. Led by CalSAE President, Jim Anderson, CAE

Thursday Education

SPARK: Ignite What’s Possible in Your Life and Leadership

In a world of competing demands and finite resources, how can we ignite a SPARK in our leadership and expand both personal and organizational capacity? This dynamic and interactive workshop dives into the SPARK framework—Stress-Proofing, Possibilities over Problems, Accountability, Recognition, and Key Relationships—to explore how we can lead with clarity, connection, and resilience.

Outcomes: Through engaging activities, reflective exercises, and collaborative discussions, you will leave with actionable tools to amplify your impact while fostering a culture of trust and collaboration. By using the SPARK framework, you’ll:

• reflect on and assess your own capacity
• uncover strategies for building more effective teams, and
• learn to reframe challenges into opportunities for growth

Come ready to connect, reflect, and reignite your leadership potential!

Early Bird Pricing

Association Professionals

• Members:  $275
• Non-Members:  $399

Industry Partners

• Members:  $375
• Non-Members:  $499

PRICES WILL GO UP $50 ON MAY 19

CAE Credits

As a CAE Approved Provider, this program may be applied for 6.5 credits toward your CAE professional development requirements.

Content Leader

Chris Failla, Founder and Lead Facilitator, See the Human, LLC

🤩 Top 10 speaker from ELEVATE 

Chris Failla is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, executive and relationship coach, and Gallup-certified Strengths Consultant. He worked in Community Development for five years in China and has a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership. Chris has worked with leaders and teams on every inhabited continent, and helps humans from all industries find their WHY, stress-proof their life, and play to their strengths, so that they and their teams are energized, fulfilled, and productive!

Chris has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Adult Learning and Development. Over the last 15 years he’s coached or trained people on every inhabited continent (at some point he’ll get to Antarctica as well!). He lived in China for five years and has some of the most amazing mentors ever.