The AI Executive Retreat · Now enrolling for 2027
Hands-on AI retreats for senior leaders accountable for people, culture, and change. You work in the tools yourself, on your own real work, in rooms built for it. Then you go home and lead.
2027 retreats
Two settings, one approach. Both put your hands on the tools from the first hour, and both keep supporting you after you get home.
January 2027 · Dominican Republic
Now enrolling · 20 seatsAn intimate retreat in Punta Cana. Two full hands-on days, a Sunday morning on governance and next steps, and 90 days of practice together afterward.
August 2027 · Oak Bluffs
Early pricing until January 1Two executive retreats on the island, each with a day in the Tooling Lab and a day in the Governance and Leadership Forum. Early pricing holds with a deposit before January 1.
For sponsors · Martha's Vineyard 2027
Up to 200 senior leaders accountable for people, culture, and change, across two retreats in Oak Bluffs. Exclusive experiences have one slot each and go first.
SHRM recertification credit
Every 2027 retreat seat earns SHRM Professional Development Credits toward your SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification. It is one of the simplest ways to fund your seat from a development budget.
12SHRM PDCs
Two full days in the room, with your hands on the tools.
Martha's Vineyard Executive Seat18SHRM PDCs
Keep building after you get home, with two calls a month for three months.
Every Punta Cana seat · Martha's Vineyard VIP SeatMarley Nonami, Inc. is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. Each retreat is valid for 12 PDCs, and the retreat with the 90-day program is valid for 18 PDCs, for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification. Every seat also earns CPD (Continuing Professional Development) hours.
The difference
There's no shortage of programs that explain why AI matters. These retreats give you protected time to work in the tools yourself, on your own work, with expert guidance beside you.
You build on real tasks from your own organization and leave with tools that already work.
What may go into which tool, how to protect your people, and what to ask vendors, covered before and while you build.
Live follow-up sessions after Punta Cana, and small-group calls for VIP seats after Martha's Vineyard, keep the work moving.
Your host
Founder and CEO, Marley Nonami, Inc.
Bethanie's story starts with a high school diploma and caregiver roots. Over 35+ years in technology she rose to Senior Vice President at IBM, and since founding Marley Nonami in 2017 she has trained more than 21,500 professionals to lead with AI.
She teaches the ADOPT Method™: Acknowledge the fear, Demystify the tech, Own your human edge, Practice in community, Take the lead. It exists because AI adoption usually stalls for human reasons.
Nobody is unadoptable.
Track record
Trusted by leaders at
The best way to understand what these systems do, how they help, and how to use them across every department in an organization.
An interactive AI session that showed us how to use various tools for research and evaluation to help address real world work issues.
Practical knowledge to apply for more advanced and critical thinking AI usage, and leveraging multiple AI platforms to get the best answers.
For the person who approves this
Each retreat page has the full business case and a ready-made approval email your leader can copy and send. Here is the short version.
Return on investment
Your leader returns with working AI tools built on real work, a clear governance standard, and a plan to act on. If you're weighing AI training at scale, a retreat is the most complete way to see the method before an organization-wide decision.
Data security
Environments are set up in advance, and what may go into which tool is covered before anyone starts building. Your leader brings that standard home.
Measurable outcomes
Cost justification
Your leader earns 12 SHRM PDCs at a retreat, or 18 with 90 days of follow-up calls, plus CPD (Continuing Professional Development) hours. Many organizations fund attendance from development budgets, and payment plans are available for both retreats.
Start here
Not ready for a retreat yet? Join Bethanie's free monthly briefing on where AI stands for organizations right now, with live Q&A. It's where many retreat guests first join the room.
Sponsorship · Martha's Vineyard 2027
Two retreats of senior leaders who decide how AI reaches their people. Eleven sponsorship experiences, from the title position to the workbook in every executive's hands. Exclusive experiences have one slot each.
The AI Executive Retreat · 2027
Two retreats in 2027. Seats from $8,500, or $7,500 for nonprofit and education leaders, and up to 18 SHRM PDCs. Choose the room that fits you.