2024 Nature-Based Business Retreat 

We will offer a Certificate of Completion for all attendees for 17.5 hours. The Certificate of Completion will include learning objectives and basic information about content covered at the retreat. This should allow professionals to possibly use this time toward licensure requirements for your profession, but YOU are responsible to know the CEU requirements for your profession.

***FOR OT PROFESSIONALS: Since Therapy in the Great Outdoors is an approved provider for the American Occupational Therapy Association, we  submitted the Nature-Based Business Retreat to qualify for 17.5 clock hours of CEUs and were APPROVED! The AOTA Learning Objectives for this retreat are: 

OVERARCHING LEARNING OBJECTIVE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT:
1. Attendees will appraise their past year of business through analysis of specific metrics for mindset, finances, operations, and marketing. 

2. Attendees will set annual goals and first quarter goals for the following year in their business. 

INDIVIDUAL SESSION LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Mindset:
3. Attendees will identify 3 specific actions to take in the next year to support mindset as an entrepreneur.

Finances:
4. Attendees will analyze yearly business finances and create a plan for financial growth in the next year. 

Operations:
5. Attendees will create an annual strategic plan for the next year in their nature-based business, focusing on 1-2 strategic planning areas specific to their business goals.

Marketing:
6. Attendees will create a strategic marketing plan for the next calendar year. 

 AOTA CEUs require attending all sessions at the retreat, completing all of the required workbook pages in the yearly planning guide during each session of the retreat, and completion of the post-program evaluation prior to certificate of completion being awarded. 

YES! The food is DELICIOUS and nutritious (vegetarian though - BYO meat if you can’t live without it for 3). There is also a fridge and freezer on site for you to store your own food/drinks if needed. 

I want you to have privacy and time to unwind and relax, so all lodging for the business retreat will be one person per room with a private bath. 

Commuter rates may be available and do not include lodging, only food. Commuters must find their own lodging off-site.

Closest airport is San Jose International Airport (approx. 40 miles) You can Uber, rent a car, or carpool with other attendees. Closer to the date of the retreat you can connect with other attendees in the TGO Free Discussion forum to arrange rides.

Unfortunately, no. This is not a “start your nature-based business” retreat (although that might be fun for me to offer in the future!). This is a retreat for already established nature-based business owners. You may be a sole proprietor with just you as the owner working in the business or have a team of people that you’re leading. You must have already started your nature-based business in order to attend this retreat.

NO! This retreat is for ANYONE running a nature-based business. BUT, my email list is mostly pediatric therapists and I am an occupational therapist, so it is likely most of the attendees will be pediatric occupational therapists, speech therapists, physical therapists, mental health counselors, or social workers who run nature-based businesses. The retreat will focus on strategies and systems that work to grow a service-based business in a local community, especially a service that is marketed to parents for their children. Most of the attendees will likely be pediatric practice owners, but the content would also be beneficial for forest school owners, outdoor program businesses, or other outdoor professionals who are serving children in their local business. If you’re not sure if it is for you, just email me at laura@therapyinthegreatoutdoors.com and tell me a little about your business.

This retreat is for nature-based business owners who EVENTUALLY want to grow their business beyond themselves. You don’t have to be doing that right now, but you should understand that much of the content of the retreat will expect that you will eventually be leading a team (however small) of people who are helping you in your business. The only way to 1.) avoid burnout, and 2.) get to work less hours and still pay yourself a good salary from the business, is to hire people to help you. For that reason, I’m big on encouraging nature-based business owners to build teams when they are ready to do so. Setting up good systems and processes when you are a solopreneur is the perfect way to get ready to hire in the future so all of the content and connections at the retreat will be very valuable.

Yes, you’re welcome to join us! All of the content is applicable to any nature-based business. There may be questions asked or discussions around US health insurance systems and reimbursement but that would be a very small portion of the content at the retreat.  

If this is what you're thinking, I’d encourage you to re-frame your mindset and consider this an investment in your business. In other industries, business owners pay $5000, $10,000, or even $20,000 for a weekend of business coaching and strategizing. The most successful nature-based practice owners invest in their business and in their personal development as a leader of their business. So, I would argue that it’s not expensive at all. It’s a deal. Because I guarantee that if you establish a yearly plan and follow it in your business, you’ll see a return on your investment and make at least the cost of the retreat back in revenue (and likely double, triple or even 10 times more over the next year). Also, part of the cost of the retreat is that the retreat center is in a BEAUTIFUL location, which is exactly the experience I want to give you as a nature-based business owner.

Check in to your room at the retreat center will be at 4pm on Thursday Nov 7. The retreat will wrap up by noon on Sunday Nov 10.

DM Laura inside the Therapy in the Great Outdoors Community or email support@therapyinthegreatoutdoors.com