Retreats and Workshops
A one-degree shift can change everything.
''Get back to yourself — beyond titles, metrics, and daily responsibilities."
Emma Donovan, Dapper CEO and Retreat Facilitator
What are they?
Retreats and Workshops by Dapper are immersive experiences designed to help people and teams realign with purpose, presence and impact.
Join as an individual, or book a custom experience for your team. From half-day deep dives to multi-day off-site retreats, each experience is curated to foster reflection, clarity and meaningful connection.
Why they matter
In a world of constant urgency, most people rarely stop long enough to ask:
What really matters? Where are we going? Are we aligned?
Whether you’re navigating change, burnout, growth, or simply want to reconnect — these facilitated experiences offer space to pause, recalibrate, and re-energise.
When people gain personal clarity and feel connected to a shared vision, performance follows. So does loyalty, creativity, and ease.
When we make time to pause, we learn to listen to the wisdom beyond the mind, beyond reaction to the external, and beyond conditioned thinking.
Sarah Miller Coach, writer, yogi, and One Degree, by Dapper facilitator
Who guides our retreats
Meet our expert Retreats and Workshops facilitators
Jim Hughes
Jim Hughes
Blends grounded coaching with real-world challenges to help people face discomfort, find stillness, and rewrite their story.
Sarah Miller
Sarah Miller
Brings breathwork, yoga and mindfulness into reflective spaces that help people live and lead with deeper awareness.
Iris Smyth
Iris Smyth
Helps people realign with purpose and take practical steps toward fulfilling careers — one decision at a time.
Claire O’Sullivan
Claire O’Sullivan
Combines science with a holistic approach to women’s hormonal health, offering empowering tools to support energy, focus, mood and overall well-being.
Jane Viedge
Jane Viedge
Combines media expertise and storytelling to help people speak with intention and show up with authentic presence.
Amy Daley
Amy Daley
Draws on 18+ years of experience in C-suite roles and being an entrepreneur, to identify opportunities to optimise for impact.
Emma Donovan
Emma Donovan
Guides founders and leaders to uncover their brand essence and show up with clarity, purpose and quiet confidence.
"Authenticity isn’t found — it’s practised. Here, we give people the tools and the space to do that."
Jane Viedge Dapper writer & facilitator
Retreats
One Degree, by Dapper
Transform Team Performance Through Authentic Connection
Pause | Align | Accelerate
In business, just a one degree shift in direction can make all the difference, leading to transformative results over time. One Degree by Dapper creates that strategic pause your leadership team needs to realign, recalibrate, and recommit to shared objectives.
Our tailored retreat experience combines evidence-based reflection methods, curated conversations and team connection activities — all in a beautiful, calm setting designed to foster clarity and alignment.
Who it’s for
One Degree retreats are designed for teams of 8 - 15 people and ideal for:
- Leadership teams and founders
- Professionals in transition or seeking clarity
- Boards of directors and executive committees
- Start-up teams navigating rapid growth
- NGOs, NPOs, and institutions needing strategic alignment around mission, values or internal culture
The golden thread linking everyone at a One Degree, by Dapper retreat are our values around being real, cultivating joy, keeping it simple, creating space, and setting clear intentions.
Emma Donovan Dapper CEO
The One Degree Investment
Your Team Receives Far More Than A Few Hours Away From Daily Operations.
They’ll leave with clarity about what matters to them as individuals, where this aligns to the organisation’s values and objectives, and how to contribute in a meaningful way.
One Degree is an immersive experience that balances self-reflection, learning and play. This leads to a renewed sense of clarity to live with greater intention, ease, and joy.
When you press pause, disengage from the pressures of hustle culture and reconnect with yourself at a deeper level, you create space to unpack questions such as:
Where am I going? Where do I want to be?
Who do I need to become to get there?
What is most important right now? What needs to change to be successful?
For teams, this process cultivates authentic alignment that transforms organisational performance.
Business outcomes include:
- Strategic clarity to accelerate decision-making and execution
- Enhanced team cohesion built through genuine connections
- Improved communication across departments and hierarchies
- Renewed energy and commitment to shared objectives
“Quieten the noise and tune out life's many distractions in order to actually hear what our hearts have been telling us for years.”
Jim Hughes founder of Untamed
One Degree creates space for your team to be authentic, creative, and productive.
How does it work?
Trusted Framework, Tailored Content
We tailor the content and duration of the retreat to align with the challenges you’d like to work on off-site as a team. Typically we suggest a full day or multi-day retreat, to allow time for deep work and reflection. We’ll guide you through:
Pre-retreat questionnaires
Customised retreat design aligned to your objectives
Expert facilitation
Post-retreat integration of insights into actionable plans
Don’t take our word for it
This is what other people say about their retreats with Dapper
“It gave me the pause I didn’t realise I needed. It offered me the space to reconnect with what truly matters and start shaping what I want 2025 to look like. The day was beautifully curated, with: Inspiring presenters and meaningful conversations; movement and stillness in balance; and delicious food and plenty of room to think and grow.”
Nicole Jennings
“I am so grateful for the incredible Dapper team for the one degree one day retreat, a truly beautifully curated day which helped to ease me into some real profound understandings of some subconscious drivers as well as helping me to establish a real practical strategy to approach life and work in the new year. highly recommended.“
Leila Walters
“I feel so much better about the past, present and future after One Degree, by Dapper! It’s amazing what a retreat can do!“
Tobi Schroeder
FAQs
Questions Answered
Will taking the team off-site really be worth the time and cost?
Here’s what Nicole Jennings had to say after attending One Degree:
“It gave me the pause I didn’t realise I needed. It offered me the space to reconnect with what truly matters and start shaping what I want 2025 to look like. The day was beautifully curated, with inspiring presenters and meaningful conversations; movement and stillness in balance; and delicious food and plenty of room to think and grow.”
Workshops
Practical, energising sessions to shift how your team thinks, shows up and works together.
Connect | Clarify | Energise
Dapper Workshops are half-day facilitated sessions designed to help teams align around purpose, presence, and communication.
They’re built for companies who want more than just a motivational talk — they want focused sessions that create clarity, spark real connection, and leave their team with tools they can actually use.
Who it’s for
Our workshops are tailored for:
- Founders and team leads building culture intentionally
- Marketing and sales teams needing stronger alignment
- Organisations facing change, growth, or rebrand moments
- Cross-functional teams needing to collaborate with more clarity
- Start-ups wanting to build shared language early
Workshops are ideal for in-house team sessions, off-site intensives, or event-based learning.
What we cover
We Co-design Every Workshop With Your Team, Based On Where You Are And What You’re Trying To Shift.
Some of our most popular sessions include:
Personal brand & leadership presence
Help your team speak with confidence, consistency and credibility in high-stakes spaces.
Brand behaviour & culture alignment
Define how values show up in action — from sales conversations to team rituals.
Team storytelling & shared language
Get everyone on the same page with narrative tools to shape strategy and external comms.
Purpose & contribution mapping
Help each team member understand how they connect to the bigger picture.
"Dapper facilitated a two-part brand workshop for my business. Their approach was excellent: pragmatic, tangible, actionable! Their fresh viewpoint and guidance also helped establish real clarity and a clear way forward for my brand."
- Darragh McGillicuddy
How does it work?
Each Workshop Includes:
A pre-session briefing or discovery call
A custom-designed agenda aligned to your needs
Professional facilitation by Dapper
Interactive exercises, tools and takeaways
Optional post-session reflection resources
Workshops can be delivered in person or virtually, and adapted for teams of all sizes.
What you get
Delivered online or in a hybrid format:
✓ Clarity and alignment
Your team walks away with shared language, purpose and direction — aligned to your brand, values and current challenges.
✓ Practical tools and takeaways
Every session includes frameworks, prompts and action steps your team can keep using long after the workshop ends.
✓ Stronger presence and communication
We help people show up with more confidence, clarity and cohesion — across teams, roles, and external conversations.
Don’t take our word for it
This is what other people say about their workshops and retreats with Dapper
“Dapper’s motivational team building and professional brand development workshop was just what Nielsen Sports SA needed. They got the team excited, helped us think differently, and provided practical tools for better habits and teamwork. We’re already seeing positive results! Highly recommended!“
Tumelo Selikane, CEO, Nielsen Sports South Africa
“Emma and Lindsay facilitated a brilliant workshop around brand synergy. It is a workshop that will definitely stick with myself and our team. Now to put plans into actions! Thanks so much Dapper team!“
Genevieve Storm Lewington, Operations Manager, Amazing Spaces
“Dapper facilitated a two-part brand workshop for my business. Their approach was excellent: pragmatic, tangible, actionable! Their fresh viewpoint and guidance also helped establish real clarity and a clear way forward for my brand. Highly recommend these two ladies – they really know their stuff!“
Darragh McGillicuddy, Founder & MD, McGillicuddy Hospitality
“I have battled to distinguish between the purpose of my business and my own personal purpose, so the biggest win for me was leaving the workshop with clarity of purpose for myself. I love the team, and I would highly recommend going through their process if you are an entrepreneur or executive on the journey to find more meaning in your work.”
jonno proudfoot, founder & author, real meal revolution
FAQs
Questions Answered
Can we book a workshop even if we haven’t done any brand work with Dapper before?
Absolutely. Workshops are a great entry point. We’ll work with you to define the focus and outcomes, no matter where you are in your brand or team development journey.
