AATB 2026 Community Collaboration Summit
WE ARE ENOUGH
We Have Enough. Together, We Thrive.
Walk In Feeling Unseen. Walk Out Recognized, Reconnected, and With Real Partners for 2027.
One powerful afternoon and evening in Oakland where we stop chasing the next goal long enough to acknowledge what we’ve already built, celebrate the people who helped us build it, and leave with real collaborations for the year ahead.
Sunday, November 22, 2026 · 1:00–10:00 PM
Informal Spaces · 2044 Franklin St, Oakland
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU’LL DISCOVER
• The one question that turns a room full of strangers into a room full of potential partners
• How “not enough” thinking quietly costs entrepreneurs opportunities, relationships, and momentum
• The hidden resources already sitting in your network that most people never think to ask for
• Why the strongest businesses and nonprofits in the Bay Area grow through collaboration, not competition
• How a single event can produce more than a stack of business cards
WHY WE’RE GATHERING
Every year seems to move faster than the last. We build businesses, support families, serve our communities, carry projects forward, and push through challenges. And yet when the year comes to a close, the first thoughts are rarely “Look how far I’ve come.” They’re “I should have done more. I’m behind. Everyone else seems further ahead.”
We go to networking events and leave with business cards and nothing else. We attend conferences, feel inspired for a week, and then go back to building alone. We know collaboration matters, but conversations rarely turn into real partnerships. And the cost adds up: burnout, isolation, and opportunities that could have happened if we’d just known who was in the room.
The problem isn’t that we don’t have enough. It’s that we’ve never paused to see what we already have, in ourselves and in each other.
Before Thanksgiving, All About The Bay and our community partners are creating space to do exactly that.
Before asking what more needs to be accomplished, we acknowledge what has already been accomplished.
Before focusing on what’s missing, we recognize what we already have.
Before continuing to build separately, we discover how we can thrive together.
- The Journey -
This isn’t another networking mixer or a conference full of speeches. It’s a guided journey that moves people from recognition to real collaboration in a single day.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
Self-Reflection Experience
Close the year with clarity and confidence instead of “not enough”.
Community Appreciation Exchange
Feel seen for contributions that usually go unnoticed
Community Contribution Showcase
Discover resources and opportunities you didn’t know existed
Collaboration Labs
Leave with a real opportunity, potential partners, and a next step
2027 Commitments
Start the new year with momentum, not a blank page
Community Appreciation Dinner
A meaningful evening of celebration, connection, and great food
Recognition Celebration
Honor the people who make our community stronger
Community Resource & Sponsor Tables
Connect directly with organizations ready to collaborate
COLLABORATION LABS
Acknowledgement is the foundation. Collaboration is the action.
People & Purpose
Well-being, identity, culture, leadership, and self-expression
Business & Resources
AI, technology, marketing, funding, and resource sharing
Community & Impact
Civic engagement, nonprofit partnerships, and cross-community building
SCHEDULE
1:00 PM · Welcome Reception, Coffee & Community Connections
1:30 PM · Opening: I Am Enough
2:00 PM · Self-Acknowledgement & Appreciation Experience
2:45 PM · Community Contribution Showcase
3:30 PM · Break & Sponsor Tables
4:00 PM · Collaboration Labs
5:30 PM · Collaboration Commitments & 2027 Possibilities
6:00 PM · Community Appreciation Dinner
7:00 PM · The Contributions That Make Us Who We Are
8:15 PM · Together We Thrive: Partnership Invitations
9:00 PM · Celebration, Music & Networking
Schedule subject to minor changes.
WHO THIS IS FOR, AND WHO’S BEHIND IT
The Summit is for entrepreneurs, professionals, nonprofit and civic leaders, creatives, community builders, and anyone with a purpose or project worth sharing.
It’s brought to you by All About The Bay, a Bay Area 501(c)(3) nonprofit community for entrepreneurs and small business owners. AATB co-founders Karen and Weihaur Lau have led workshops at Informal Spaces, including Master Your Pitch, helping local entrepreneurs sharpen their story, offer, and voice. Karen brings 18+ years in digital marketing and has served 100+ clients.
The Summit is presented in partnership with organizations that have spent years building community across Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose:
Informal Spaces · Coalition for Community Engagement · BeAwaken / Awaken Inner Voices · DOI250AA · Rotary Clubs
REGISTRATION OPTIONS
Early Bird – $65
Full Summit access, including the Collaboration Labs and the Community Appreciation Dinner. Available through Thursday, November 13.
Standard Participation – $85
Full Summit access, including the Collaboration Labs and the Community Appreciation Dinner.
Community Sponsorship – $250
One Summit ticket plus stage and event-page recognition, a sponsor table with an interactive exercise, collaboration in the Labs, and a nomination for Summit recognition.
As a nonprofit, we keep the price accessible on purpose. Every registration directly supports All About The Bay’s community programs. Only 65 seats are available. This is an intimate gathering by design, so conversations go deep and connections are real. Once seats are filled, registration closes.
BECOME A COMMUNITY SPONSOR · $250
Sponsors are more than supporters. They help make the Summit possible, and they join the community we’re celebrating.
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