1. Sponsored by HRD and EPCC Facilitation Team
EPCC Annual Staff Retreat
Sponsored by HRD and
EPCC Facilitation Team

2. What is it?

3. The annual staff retreat employees at an offsite
is an interactive fun
packed educational
event provided to
approximately 50 EPCC
employees at an offsite
location

5. Which locations have we visited in the last few years?

6. 2017 – Orlando, FL
2016 – South Padre Island, TX
2015 – Galveston, TX
2014 – San Diego, CA
2013 – Dallas, TX
2012 – San Francisco, CA
2011 – Seattle, WA

7. How is the location selected?

8. By a consensus of the Facilitation Team

9. What are some of the educational programs that have been presented?

10. For the Love of It

11. Employee Wellness A Way of Life

12. Believing is Achieving

13. Make it Matter

14. “A Kick In the Attitude” by Sam Glen

15. “Mixing the Four
Generations”

16. “Our Iceberg is Melting”

17. Who is eligible to attend?

18. Any EPCC full time classified or professional staff employee

19. How are employees selected?

20. By a lottery An employee who has never been to a retreat, has first priority Attended one retreat, second priority Attended two retreats, third priority. Four, etc., etc………

21. Who plans, organizes, and facilitates the event?

22. Nine EPCC employees, selected as facilitators, guided and trained by the Human Resources evelopment Department

23. What is the duration of the retreat?

24. Three days, normally Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

25. Can you give us an overview of what normally happens in those three days?

26. Wednesday: Participant orientation Thursday: Fly to destination, hotel check-in, free time until about 6 p.m., dinner, guest speaker, an ice breaker activity. Friday: Breakfast, training and breakout sessions until about 12 p.m., lunch, training and breakout sessions until about 2 p.m. Free time to visit the city. Saturday: Breakfast, breakout sessions, auction, program closure, and fly back to El Paso.

27. When do we leave?

28. Sometime in March or April

29. Is there a cost for the employee?

30. The college pays for the training and materials, hotel, meals, and one half of the airfare. Employees pay for one half of the airfare and transportation to and from the airport (approx $ per person) depending on location.

31. What is the “auction” all about?

32. Facilitators give out “play money” to participants for answering questions and participating. Participants can use this “play money” to bid on some very nice gifts that are donated by different companies. Some of these gifts have a value of up to $200 dollars

33. Is it true that we have an unbelievable amount of fun?

34. Absolutely! Yes! Si!

35. Why?

36. I can’t tell you because what happens in (Where ever) stays in (Where ever). You need to go in order to find out. Or ask any former participant, they might tell you.