The Connection Movement

What The Connection Movement does

The Connection Movement is a founder-led, bootstrapped services company founded in 2012 by Amy Silverman that facilitates human connection through events, workshops, training programs, and consulting. It operates without outside institutional capital and has Amy Silverman as its sole director, with the business headquartered in Chicago following a 2023 relocation from New York City.

The company generates revenue across multiple distinct streams: Connection Camp (public events with ticket pricing around $25–35), Connection Labs (workshops), Human Centered Group (organizational consulting on a quote basis), Connected Business Collective ($150/month subscription community, operated in partnership with Red Sapiens), private coaching, Tribe Builders Mastery (a training program launched in 2016), and public activations. There is no proprietary software platform, no AI/ML components, and no patents or technology-protected assets; the underlying delivery mechanism is founder- and community-led facilitation rather than a technology stack.

The company has historically targeted both individuals and organizations, with a strategic pivot in 2023 toward B2B and organizational clients via Connected Business Collective. Prior to the pivot, the primary customer base was individual participants in NYC-based events, supplemented by international activity in South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town, since 2016). Brand recognition has been driven by media features in Inc. Magazine and Oprah Magazine and by collaborative public activations such as the 2015 international Eye Contact Experiment co-hosted with Liberators International.

Name

The Connection Movement

Legal name

The Connection Movement

Website

https://theconnectionmovement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Connection Movement is a founder-led, bootstrapped services company that facilitates human connection through events, workshops, training, consulting, and a subscription community, serving both individuals and organizations seeking to build community and culture.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Development and Coaching Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Interest-Based Communities & Forums (BPAMABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Membership Communities with Learning (Community-Led Education) (MPACALAF), Conversation Clubs & Speaking Practice Groups (EDAMAFAB)

Keywords

• Authentic relating workshops
• Communication training services
• Team building experiences
• Emotional intelligence coaching
• Community building services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Organizational Consulting & Training: Human Centered Group provides consulting services to organizations, businesses, and teams to improve communication, culture, and internal connection. Services include Communication Laboratories, Connection Labs, Emotional Intelligence training, and team building experiences.
2. Public Events & Workshops: Connection Labs are ticketed social events in Chicago, sold through Eventbrite at $25-35 per person. Public workshops and activations at conferences, festivals, and corporate events.
3. Connected Business Collective Membership: Monthly subscription program at $150/month offering mastermind calls, training sessions, accountability check-ins, coaching nights, and affiliate commissions for healers and facilitators.
4. Private Coaching: One-on-one customized coaching programs for individuals, couples, parents-teens, and roommates exploring communication and connection.
5. Connection Camp: Annual 4-day, 3-night adult sleepaway camp held every June. Revenue from camper registrations for the immersive camp experience.
6. Tribe Builders Mastery Program: Six-month cohort-based training program for community leaders covering business development, marketing, operations, and community building skills.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Connection Movement delivers in-person and online programs that cultivate emotional intelligence, relational intelligence, and skilled communication through workshops, retreats, camps, coaching, and organizational consulting. Its portfolio spans consumer-facing experiences (Connection Camp, Connection Labs, private coaching) and business-facing consulting (Human Centered Group), with a signature methodology drawing on mindfulness, NonViolent Communication, Circling, Improvisation, and Gestalt practices.

Product overview

The Connection Movement offers a portfolio of in-person services, programs, and events centered on fostering human connection and emotional intelligence. The core offerings include Connection Camp (flagship 4-day adult summer camp), Connection Labs (interactive social events), Human Centered Group (organizational consulting), and Coaching & Private Sessions. Supporting offerings include the Connected Business Collective (business mastermind), Consulting and Teaching services, Community Building programs with the Tribe Builders Mastery Program, Public Engagement and Activations, and Circling/Relational Meditation. These offerings range from individual/personal development to corporate training and community building at scale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Connection Camp: A summer camp-style experience for grown-ups focused on fostering connection in all its forms – connection with self, connection with other, connection with nature, connection through play, connection through collaboration. A 4-day immersive adult sleepaway camp featured in Inc. and Oprah Magazines.
• Human Centered Group

Products and services

• Connection Camp A flagship four-day, three-night adult summer camp experience focused on fostering connection with self, others, nature, and community through participatory workshops, guided practices, playful activities, evening dance parties, and campfire gatherings. Open to individual adults.
• Connection Labs Welcoming, fun, low-pressure interactive social events hosted in Chicago that playfully invite participants beneath the surface through games, conversations, and exercises, supporting authentic connection. Open to individual adults and also delivered in organizational settings.
• Human Centered Group The consulting division of The Connection Movement that applies principles of conscious business and interpersonal communication in organizations, businesses, and teams to create more engagement, profitability, and success. Offerings include Communication Laboratories, Connection Labs, Signature Dinners, Emotional Intelligence Training, team building, and networking events.
• Coaching and Private Sessions Private coaching sessions with Amy Silverman offering customized programs for individuals, couples, parent-teen dyads, and roommates to explore communication, relating, and connection patterns, providing tools and insights for better relationships.
• Connected Business Collective A monthly subscription business training and mastermind group co-presented with Red Sapiens for healers and facilitators, offering monthly mastermind calls, daily accountability check-ins, weekly training sessions, newsletter features, affiliate commissions, and monthly in-person coaching sessions at $150 per month.
• Public Engagement and Activations Large-scale public activations including Connection Camp Pop-Ups at conferences and events, Eye Contact Experiments, and EYE to EYE festivals featuring eye contact experiments, play, dance, hand massages, and creative expression designed for strangers, friends, and families.
• Consulting and Teaching Facilitation and presentation services working with NonProfit Organizations, Businesses, Community Groups, Schools, and Religious Congregations to deepen relationships, team build, improve communication, manage boundaries, and resolve conflict.
• Tribe Builders Mastery Program A six-month online interactive training program designed to empower leaders to build local, active, and engaged tribes, featuring live training sessions, group coaching, one-on-one coaching, and mastermind sessions with community builders globally.
• Circling (Relational Meditation) Relational Meditation (Circling) practice introduced to thousands in NY and worldwide through weekly in-person sessions and online, with facilitator training for new practitioners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 42% of non-purpose-led companies showed revenue drop vs 85% of purpose-led companies showed positive growth
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Liberators InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Co-hosted the NY installation of an international large-scale eye contact experiment in 2015. The Connection Movement led the way in New York for this global initiative, joining over 220 other cities in the World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment.
• Red SapienscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-presenter of the Connected Business Collective with The Connection Movement. Red Sapiens, led by Joe Rojas, is a small business advisory firm helping entrepreneurs break their first million. Joe teaches weekly sales training within the Collective. This partnership combines The Connection Movement's relationship expertise with Red Sapiens' business development knowledge.
• Chicago Loop AllianceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInvited by Chicago Loop Alliance to design experiences for 'Sundays on State Street' during COVID. Connection Camp Pop-Ups created engaging experiences to get folks interacting and participating.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MindGym: MindGym is a scaled B2B provider of behavioral-change and wellbeing programs for enterprises, directly comparable to TCM's Human Centered Group corporate training line. MindGym represents what a fully systematized version of TCM's consulting business looks like at scale.
• 6 Seconds: 6 Seconds is a global emotional intelligence network delivering EQ assessments, certifications, and corporate training. It overlaps with TCM's Human Centered Group offering around emotional intelligence and culture work, but operates at a larger, certification-driven scale.
• The School of Life: The School of Life offers courses, workshops, and coaching on emotional intelligence, relationships, and self-knowledge—the same broad themes as TCM's personal-development and connection offerings. It is a much larger, more established brand but operates in the same 'life skills for modern adults' category.

Others

• Red Sapiens: Red Sapiens is a small-business advisory firm that co-presents the Connected Business Collective with TCM. It is a current GTM partner that addresses the same healer/facilitator customer segment from a business-development angle rather than a connection-facilitation angle.

Direct peers

• Authentic Relating: Authentic Relating runs community gatherings, trainings, and facilitator certification programs centered on authentic connection and relational skills—the same core domain The Connection Movement operates in. Amy Silverman's NYC community was built directly off this framework, making it the most analogous peer.
• Circling Institute: Circling Institute is the leading organization teaching Circling/Relational Meditation, a core methodology in TCM's curriculum. Amy Silverman previously served as Director of Operations at Circling Europe, indicating deep overlap in practice, audience, and facilitator-training model.
• Liberators International: Liberators International organizes large-scale public connection experiences including the World's Biggest Eye Contact Experiment that TCM co-hosted in NYC in 2015. It shares TCM's event-driven, community-building approach to human connection at public scale.

Emerging players

• Fever: Fever is a large experience-discovery and ticketing platform that powers demand for in-person events comparable to TCM's Connection Labs and Connection Camp. While not a content peer, it represents how TCM's experiential offerings could be distributed and scaled through an external platform layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/connectionmvmt
• Facebookfacebook.com/theconnectionmovement
• Instagraminstagram.com/connection_camp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-connection-movement

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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