Early Registration Discount
FAQ ...
Why such big discounts for early registration? ...
It's worth a lot to us for our workshops to sell out early and not have to spend extra ongoing time and effort marketing them.
What we love to do and are experts at is leading workshops. We consider the marketing and administration aspect of putting on workshops a necessary evil and we're grateful for what it brings us, but, really, we'd rather be facilitating! Your willingness to sign up straight away (without further need to have questions answered, concerns addressed, or in any otherwise taking us away from preparing for the workshop) well, that sign of faith in us and what we're offering is worth a lot to us!! It's worth so much, in fact, that it's easy for us to give you a substantial price break for registering right away.
Here are some of the other benefits we think begin to show up when people register early for our events:
- More powerful experiences for everyone! Early registration helps you (and everyone) show up more prepared and ready for their experience. Often we'll send out materials before the workshop — questions and such to think about — to help you prepare for the workshop and you thereby get more time to work on them. But it doesn't have to be something conscious that you do that prepares you either.
- The old adage "the workshop starts when you register," has a lot of truth in it. There is something about "marinating" in whatever happens when you're about to participate in a powerful, intentional experience like a workshop. Stuff starts coming up for you and you start the process — whatever that is for you — that gets you ready for the workshop. So, the sooner you register, the more likely you are to be "cooked" and ready for the feast of learning, opening, and transformation when you arrive. Believe us. We've seen, time and time again: "Early birds" consistently have some of the most powerful experiences we've had the honor of facilitating.
- Do we need a bigger boat? In the movie Jaws, when Roy Scheider's character observed that they needed a bigger boat, it was after Jaws destroyed the little one. Too late. When people register early we know early on who and how many people are going to show up. This makes it so much easier for us to plan a more powerful workshop. Do we need a bigger space? Do we need to adjust gender balance? Should we order more snacks? Strong response to early registration helps us address logistical concerns better, and — whew! — it's just a relief to know we've got people committed to showing up and playing with us! I mean, who wants to throw a party that no one is going to come to, right?
- Quick! Book a second show at the Apollo! Sometimes workshops sell out early. Not only does early registration allow us enough time to book a larger venue in advance, it allows us (especially when a particular workshop experience is enhance by having it be a smaller, more intimate group) to schedule a second workshop. This way, those who would normally be put on the waiting list or have to wait months and months for the next workshop don't have to wait so long. Everyone wins!
- No threat of having to cancel the event. Sometimes, people wait to the last minute to register for a workshop and there's a huge rush to register just before the workshop starts. As workshop facilitators, we know this is just normal human behavior and a natural outcome of the busy, rat-paced lives many of us lead. However, in these situations, when lots of people register last minute, we've been stressing over whether there will be enough people to even run the workshop! We've been mulling over whether we'll have to cancel or not, and canceling a workshop is something we want to avoid at all cost. Not only is it a bummer to cancel an evening or a weekend or a week of doing something we just love to do (leading workshops that help people!), it's especially unfair to those who registered early and planned ahead and may have made expensive travel arrangements to attend. When you register early, we can breath a sigh of relief!
As facilitators of workshops and events, as you can see, we LOVE you early registration birds! Rewarding you for planning ahead and committing early is the least we can do for the amount of stress you reduce in our lives and the sense of impending joy you help create!
Why such an expensive Regular Price?
The Regular Price is the very minimum that our workshop is really worth. We're willing to give a discount for early registration for all the reasons we've just listed above.