Experiential Learning

Opportunities For Schools, Teams, and Businesses

Organizations and Teams work better together and perform better when you create margin for them to:

  • Have a Fun Experience Together

  • Accomplish a Challenge Together

  • Understand their Individual Strengths

  • Understand their Team Members’ Strengths

  • Reflect on How to Communicate Better

Does Your Team Struggle in Any of these Areas?

  • Poor Communication - Leading to Misunderstandings, Conflicts, and Inefficiencies with the Team?

  • Trust Issues - Hindering Collaboration and Openness?

  • Conflict from Differing Opinions or Personality Differences?

  • Ineffective Leadership, Lack of Direction, or Unclear Goals?

  • Siloed Thinking Limiting the Best Ideas from Coming Forward?

If you answered ‘Yes!’ to any of these questions, then your team would benefit from a targeted Experiential Learning experience that creates a safe and fun environment for teams to take on challenging objectives while learning how to better communicate and work as a team!

We can come to you!

We can come right to your school or work place to provide experiential learning, team-building experiences!

Previous Partners

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Logo for High Point Urban Adventures featuring a city skyline and a silhouette of a person climbing.
Black and white illustration of a man walking a dog on a leash, with trees in the background.
Logo of the Oklahoma School Counselor Association with stylized figures and text
Union Public Schools logo featuring a stylized maroon menorah with white accents above the black text 'Union Public Schools'.
Logo for Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MOASSP), featuring an outline of Missouri, red text 'MOASSP,' and the slogan 'Serving all Middle and High School Administrators'.

What is Experiential Learning?

Why Experiential Learning?

  • Optimized Learning (Improved Retention and Understanding)

  • Enhanced Engagement and Motivation

  • Development of Practical Skills

  • Personal and Professional Growth

  • Transferrable Skills

Guiding Principles

For Next Steps Experiential Learning

  • You optimize learning when it is fun!

  • You must create margin for learners to reflect and discover!

  • We should be aware of our strengths and step into them!

  • We learn by doing!

  • We need mentors and we need to be a mentor!

  • We must develop the right mindset to overcome self-doubt and prevent stagnation!

A man climbing a rope over water, seen from behind, with mud and dirt on his arms and hands.
Indoor obstacle course with people wearing harnesses and helmets, others observing or waiting, inside a large industrial-looking space with high ceilings and ventilation ducts.
Group of students participating in a physical activity or gym class inside a gymnasium, with some standing and others moving through colorful hoops on the floor.
A smiling man taking a selfie with a decorated banana creature in an indoor gym or sports facility.
A group of children standing in a circle inside an indoor gymnasium, holding a long PVC pipe, likely preparing for a team activity or game.
A man in a red jacket standing and speaking to four seated students in a library or classroom setting, with bookshelves and colorful signs in the background.
Group of people standing and walking in a wooded park with green trees and grass.
A group of people participating in an outdoor activity involving stepping through colored hoops on grass, near a rustic building with trees in the background.
People gathered in a spacious, rustic indoor venue with wooden walls, decorated with string lights. Some are sitting on the floor while others stand and chat. In the foreground, a boy with curly hair wears sunglasses and takes a photo with his phone.
Group of students holding books, standing outdoors in a grassy area with fallen leaves, facing each other in two lines, with a small red cone in the middle, in front of a building with trees in the background.
Group of people gathered indoors, sitting on the floor, watching a presentation or performance in a rustic wooden barn with string lights and a large window showing greenery.
A gymnasium filled with students sitting on bleachers, holding signs, and listening to a man in a red shirt speaking or performing in front of them.
A collage of six photos of a man wearing different t-shirts with the phrase 'Next Steps Mindset' and mountain logo, posing in front of a white bookshelf with decorative objects.
A list titled 'EmpowerEd Experience Modules' with topics including developing a next steps mindset, habits, understanding perspective, communication, community building, leadership, and optional modules on values and financial literacy. There is a light blue circle in the top right corner with the text 'NEXT STEPS MINDSET' and a small icon of a person walking with a map in the bottom right corner.

For Schools: Teams/Clubs/Mentoring Groups/Leadership Groups

Would your students benefit from a mentoring curriculum that incorporates experiential learning to teach the following concepts:

Developing the Right Mindset; Setting Goals; Developing Perspective and Empathy; Effective Communication; Importance of Community; Taking Ownership and Building Positive Culture; Healthy Relationship with Technology; Being a Leader

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