ACCP Executive Network Retreat & Learning Journey
February 2-4, 2026
Ritz Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
Join a select group of senior CSR leaders at ACCP’s brand new Executive Network Retreat! This exclusive, peer-driven experience is crafted to help you strategically navigate today’s rapidly changing corporate landscape.
Through off-the-record dialogues, action-learning workshops, and immersive site visits, you’ll engage deeply with a trusted network of senior peers to exchange insights and lessons learned, gain critical support, and explore practical solutions to your most pressing challenges.
This tailored two-day retreat blends strategic discussion with hands-on, on-the-ground learning—giving you the space to step back, think big, and focus on what matters most.
You’ll return with the collective wisdom, deeper connections, and renewed purpose you need to lead with confidence and meet this moment.
Learning Outcomes
- Strategic clarity for evolving environments: Develop robust approaches to lead your team and organization through shifting priorities and external pressures, ensuring your CSR initiatives remain impactful and aligned.
- Powerful peer network & support: Engage with a prestigious and vital network of senior CSR leaders, fostering critical connections and a trusted community for ongoing collaboration, problem-solving, and shared learning.
- Real-world solutions & practical application: Move beyond theory to focus on actionable strategies grounded in real-world experience. Learn what works—and what doesn’t—from peers and experts and discover proven methods you can adapt to your organization’s unique culture and needs to strengthen programs and enhance your influence.
- Experiential insights from the field: Benefit from unique, on-the-ground learning opportunities, directly observing innovative practices and understanding local community engagement through curated site visits at local corporate-backed initiatives on the topic of workforce development.
- Enhanced leadership & renewed purpose: Strengthen your leadership capabilities and gain fresh perspectives while reconnecting to your sense of purpose. Leave inspired and reenergized, equipped with insight, peer support, and confidence to drive meaningful change and lead with clarity in this pivotal moment and lead with clarity in this pivotal moment.
AGENDA
Day 1
Monday, February 2
Day 2
Tuesday, February 3
Day 3
Wednesday, February 4
| 3:00 PM | Check In |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Kickoff and Welcome Dinner |
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Open Arrival & Breakfast: Coffee & Connection |
| 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM | Welcome & Grounding |
| 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM | Resilience Mapping An interactive activity to help participants recognize their own strengths and discover shared assets in the room, while sparking connection and conversation. |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | What’s Working (And Why) A brief, energizing opener that frames the day and gets participants ready to dive in. |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Collective Intelligence: Dead Ends & Doorways Participants move through four stations, each centered on a key challenge: • Resource Scarcity (Doing More with Less) • Making the Case / ROI & Influence • Navigating the Current Landscape/Climate • Reimagining What’s Next |
| 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM | Personal Reflection & Question Capture Participants jot down their most pressing questions for the afternoon Catalyst Conversation. |
| 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM | Catalyst Conversation: The Unwritten Rules A focused, facilitator-led conversation that uses a few essential questions and insights from the room to ground everyone in the big picture before diving into hands-on problem-solving. |
| 1:25 PM - 2:45 PM | Case Clinic: Individual Problem-Solving Peer consulting on individual current challenges. |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM | Blackbaud: Tools & Applied Insights for the Moment We’re In A look at practical tools and perspectives on doing more with less, ROI/business alignment, benchmarks, and emerging trends (including AI). |
| 3:40 PM – 4:10 PM | Idea Accelerator: What’s Next? Brief, small-group work |
| 4:10 PM – 4:45 PM | Action Planning: Prioritization Clinic Attendees will walk away with clear, practical next steps tailored to their work. |
| 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Closing & Integration Key reflections and collective takeaways |
| 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Bus Departs |
| 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM | Tour and Panel Discussion at Location 1 |
| 11:30 AM- 1:45 PM | Tour and Panel Discussion at Location 2 |
| 2:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Return and Closing Session |
*****Agenda Subject to Change*****
Learning Session Topics to Be Added As Confirmed.
Cost:
- Introductory Price Members: $4,995
- Introductory Price Nonmembers: $6,495
Cost includes a 3-night hotel stay (Monday – Wednesday), evening experiences, learning sessions, immersive learning journeys, meals, and transportation while on site.
Participation is limited to 25 senior leaders and one representative per company
Registration Deadline: January 12, 2026
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