Round this time annually, it appears that evidently our ideas naturally have a tendency flip towards the issues we’re grateful for. Whether or not it’s the vacation season, the tip of one other journey across the solar, or one thing else fully, we spend a little bit extra time than regular reflecting on the great we’ve been fortunate sufficient to expertise.
This yr, one of many issues I’m grateful for is the time we spent collectively on the 2023 TUNE Retreat.
After the thrill of final yr’s retreat, we knew that getting our staff collectively yearly was an vital a part of TUNE tradition. For 2023’s occasion, we determined to get out of the PNW and enterprise south to the desert of Palm Springs for some hotter climate and much-needed vitamin D.
As we now have continued to refine our remote-first office, the necessity for a unified TUNE tradition has solely intensified. These annual retreats supply a singular setting for staff members to work together, share finest practices, and get in-person time with the folks we work with on daily basis. There isn’t a alternative for having the ability to meet face-to-face and resolve actual issues collectively.
I’m grateful that we had the chance to create this expertise for a second yr, and I’m pleased to have the ability to share just a few ideas and images from our time collectively.
Why We Make Time for a Yearly Retreat
“It’s nice to place your each day ‘work life’ on maintain for every week to have everybody cease the whole lot and have intensely rewarding breakout classes that supplied 360* suggestions. We additionally bought to replicate on our huge achievements over the previous yr, in addition to a peek into the game-changing tasks we can be bringing to the market in 2024 and past!”
—Dan Buontempone, Enterprise Improvement Specialist
“Touching down in sunny Palm Springs for the annual TUNE retreat introduced every week crammed with scrumptious meals, enjoyable actions, and even higher firm. Nothing compares to hanging out together with your staff in particular person. From the hilarious dinnertime tales to the morning brainstorms over a cup of espresso, I left feeling refreshed and excited for the way forward for TUNE!”
—Shandi Michno, Head of Onboarding and Coaching Packages
“The retreat to me meant a time for all TUNErs to collect collectively in an atmosphere that facilitates collaboration and appreciation amongst friends, in addition to rest and reflection on the place we now have come whereas specializing in the place we’re going.”
—Kyle Holderness, Senior Buyer Success Supervisor
“The pre-travel jitters left instantly as quickly as I bought off the airplane in Palm Springs and began reuniting with friends on the retreat. The power was electrical, and it was nice to get collectively and talk about TUNE’s VisionType and overview focus areas that may finest help an ever-evolving trade. Tremendous excited for what’s to return!”
—Emily Ersbak, Senior Onboarding Supervisor
“My favourite second was all of the speeches in the course of the closing dinner. There was each some laughter and a few pleased tears, and it actually confirmed how a lot people from throughout the corporate cared about TUNE and the group of those who make this such a particular place to work.”
—Nate Ivie, VP of Enterprise Improvement
“The retreat in Palm Springs was my favourite TUNE occasion but. It was an ideal mixture of productive conversations and enjoyable staff constructing. I bought to spend time with colleagues I not often work together with over Zoom.”
—Lyndsey Fish, Director of Partnerships
“My favourite second was the pleased hour and dinner on the primary night time. There have been soooo many individuals I’ve been wanting to fulfill and chat with, and the room allowed for excellent mingling and publicity to everybody.”
—Kyle Holderness, Senior Buyer Success Supervisor
Takeaways from Connecting in Particular person
“Whereas I worth the pliability of distant work, the importance of interacting with my colleagues in particular person can’t be overstated. The enjoyment of sharing laughter, private anecdotes, and fascinating in work-related discussions amid the backdrop of swaying palm bushes and the beautiful surroundings of Palm Springs is actually unparalleled. What extra might one ask for?”
—Iana Starostovich, Head of Buyer Success, EMEA
“Since TUNE is a remote-first firm, it’s at all times thrilling to get out from behind the digital camera and have an opportunity to fulfill up face-to-face. Connecting on a extra private degree is nice, nevertheless it additionally opens up alternatives for dialog and new concepts between folks that just about actually wouldn’t have had a motive to attach on-line in any other case.”
—Cale Mooth, Senior Product Supervisor
“Being on the ommercial staff, I’m in a position to see people from gross sales, advertising, and partnerships semi-regularly at occasions and reveals by means of the yr, however attending to work together face-to-face with the remainder of the corporate is one other degree of gratification. I bought to hang around and bounce concepts off of engineers, product managers, and worldwide staff, and it simply reinforces the truth that we now have among the finest folks working right here. You possibly can typically overlook that sitting behind screens on a regular basis.”
—Nate Ivie, VP of Enterprise Improvement
“It was nice connecting with teammates that I communicate to on daily basis just about, however IRL! From our ‘convention crew,’ there have been a handful of those who I’ve seen not as soon as, not twice, however thrice this yr — in three completely different states!”
—Dan Buontempone, Enterprise Improvement Specialist
“Having simply joined TUNE two months previous to the retreat, I actually had no concept what to anticipate. Over the subsequent two to 3 days, the in-person interactions, conversations, power, and impromptu moments have been elements I don’t suppose might have been replicated wherever else. I’m grateful to work with such extremely gifted and supportive folks. An enormous shout-out to the staff that helped make this occasion a actuality, and excited for what’s to return!”
—Rachel Tu, Built-in Advertising Supervisor
“With being distant since beginning at TUNE, it was so nice to fulfill so many individuals that I work with each every day, in addition to in one-off conditions. Fostering IRL relationships with teammates makes for a way more personalised expertise when working with colleagues going ahead and serves as a reminder that we’re all human beings, not simply bots behind a display.”
—Kyle Holderness, Senior Buyer Success Supervisor
Ideas on TUNE’s VisionType
“It’s so vital for a company to be trying forward and making an attempt to anticipate what clients would require not simply within the subsequent few months, however three to 5 years from now. It indicators that TUNE is a pacesetter with endurance and never simply following developments.”
—Cale Mooth, Senior Product Supervisor
“I’ve been at TUNE for over six years now, and I believe that is by far probably the most thrilling time to be at TUNE! We’re questioning and re-evaluating the whole lot we all know and never afraid to tackle huge challenges. We’re recognizing the altering partnership panorama, understanding what our purchasers have to run profitable packages, and diligently working in the direction of these options. It’s thrilling to see the imaginative and prescient we now have for the longer term and what influence that would have for our purchasers — and I’m thrilled to be a part of the modifications which are about to return!”
—Soyoon Bach, Director of Buyer Success
“We’re making some huge bets at TUNE, and seeing the VisionType bought me extraordinarily excited for our future. It’s apparent the product staff has taken insights from present purchasers, staff, prospects, and trade leaders to develop a very intriguing street forward for us.”
—Nate Ivie, VP of Enterprise Improvement
“The long run is vibrant for TUNE! The VisionType is nice publicity to the place we wish to be, but in addition is a reminder of the work forward to get there.”
—Kyle Holderness, Senior Buyer Success Supervisor
”It’s superb to see what got here to fruition from our 2022 VisionType presentation, and I can’t wait to see our 2023 VisionType come to life!”
—Dan Buontempone, Enterprise Improvement Specialist
To the Season Forward
Due to everybody who makes TUNE a particular place to work on daily basis. I’d additionally like to increase a heartfelt thanks to all of our clients, who make it potential for us to proceed to construct nice issues with nice folks.
Right here’s to constructing on our tradition yr after yr … and to planning subsequent yr’s occasion!
