COMMUNITY ARCHITECTS GATHERING
Community Architects Gathering
For Entrepreneurs Building Lucrative, Transformational In-Person Communities
If you are building or planning to build — a paid community, mastermind, or retreat-driven ecosystem for your business, welcome home.
Why This Matters Now
Most communities are struggling.
• Engagement drops after month three
• Members lurk but don’t participate
• Revenue is inconsistent
• Retreats don’t fill as expected
• Leaders feel pressure to constantly produce more content
Yet connection - the primary purpose of community - is extremely hot right now. As it should be.
The retreats and experiential gatherings industry stands at $260 billion and growing. Subscription-based communities and paid memberships continue to expand as founders look for predictable revenue. People are actively seeking belonging and shared experience.
In a world where business cards are forgotten, social media posts disappear in 24 hours, and online groups feel transactional, retreat-driven communities are both soul-nourishing and your competitive advantage.
If in-person retreats are part of your business model, you are ahead of the curve.
What You’ll Experience
Part I — Retreat Community Workshop (Led by Jon Block & Dr. Mansi Shah)
This is an open, strategic discussion on:
• What is actually working right now in paid communities
• Why some masterminds retain and expand and others quietly dissolve
• How retreats are being used as anchors for loyalty and long-term revenue
Bring your notebook.
You will have the opportunity to:
• Pressure-test your current model
• Strengthen your offer positioning
• Identify gaps in retention and engagement
• Get live peer-level insight from other builders
This is not theory. This is active work on your ecosystem.
Part II — Creating a Massive In-Person Community
Lauren Dickinson | Founder of the Orion Foundation ✨ A philanthropic organization awakening humanity to its divinity through sacred retreat experiences, wellness scholarships, and artistic programs.
Consciousness thought leader, artist, speaker and podcaster, and pioneer in transformational retreat experiences. I've spent 20+ years in the healing arts, leading to building an ecosystem that bridges science and spirituality—transforming lives into "divine laboratories" where people consciously align with natural law and cosmic intelligence.
Community Architects Gathering
This gathering is for founders who:
• Lead or are launching a paid community or mastermind
• Use (or plan to use) in-person retreats as strategic anchors
• Want long-term members — not short-term buyers
• Care about culture, not just cashflow
• Are building in Health, Wealth, Leadership, Conscious Business, or Regenerative spaces
If you’re casually experimenting, this may not be for you.
If community is central to your business model — it is.
And if alignment is there, you’ll learn about the ARC Gathering happening in-person July 8-11 at our San Diego compound. This is our deeper immersion for founders architecting community-led wealth.
🔥 Hosts
Jon Block — Co-Founder of The ARC | Community Architect & Facilitation King
Jon Block is a Community Architect, strategist, and co-founder of Abundance Retreat Club (The ARC). His life’s work is dedicated to helping founders and leaders use in-person experiences as the foundation for building enduring communities, masterminds, and legacy ecosystems.
Jon is known for his depth of clarity, structural thinking, and uncompromising standards around integrity, leadership, and community design. His work bridges strategy with soul, helping leaders build what outlives them.
Dr. Mansi Shah — Co-Founder of ARC | Fire Woman | Legacy Builder
Dr. Mansi Shah is the founder of ARC (Abundance Retreat Club), a global movement and sanctuary for community builders, founders, and legacy leaders building at the intersection of wealth, health, leadership, and consciousness.
A former PharmD & a Functional Medicine Expert who left mainstream medicine after witnessing the systemic failure of allopathic healthcare, Mansi has since built multiple impact-driven ventures and produced high-level retreats and masterminds serving conscious founders, healers, and investors.
🌟 Guest Speaker
Lauren Dickinson | Founder of the Orion Foundation ✨ A philanthropic organization awakening humanity to its divinity through sacred retreat experiences, wellness scholarships, and artistic programs.
Through the Orion Foundation, I curate conscious travel experiences across the globe. Through Retreatpreneurs, I certify the next generation of retreat leaders. Through The Orion Institute for Human Potential, I offer transformational education at the intersection of ancient wisdom and quantum science. Through Ki Retreat Box, I bring the retreat experience home—delivering curated monthly rituals, tools, and sacred practices that make transformation accessible anywhere.
My work integrates quantum physics, energy medicine, and spiritual practice to prove how universal intelligence flows through conscious channels—empowering people to awaken to their divinity and step into their role as active participants in cosmic evolution.
Artist. Author. Speaker. Retreat Facilitator. New Earth Leader.
Transforming consciousness. Building communities. Birthing the future.