Greaterthan as a collective is always experimenting with how to make money flow with joy, to where its most needed. This is why we have taken it on us to start aligning the pricing of our courses with these values and practices.

Since 2023, the pricing for Thriving Networks shifted to a “Contribution within Capacity” model, also referred to as sharing or gift economy. We learned about this approach from Miki Kashtan, who invites everyone to “give the most they can without overstretching or resentment”.

This model is in alignment with what we teach in the course –  breaking the exchange logic of capitalism. It also stands for values that are relevant to us: partnership, accessibility, sustainability, and needs-based, among others. It also allows us to give more room to both the participants’ and our own needs.

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How much should I pay?

To help you decide how much to pay for the course, we offer two resources:

Information about our & cost structure & facilitator needs

In the paragraphs below we share how much it costs us to run this course, the thinking behind the contribution options, as well as our needs as course hosts to offer this in a sustainable way.

Self-assessment questions

A series of questions to help your reflection on what contribution is right for you.

Made your decision?

Then head over to our website where you can enroll.

Still unsure?

If you have questions or are unsure about what contribution to make, drop us a line at [email protected].

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Information about our cost structure & facilitator needs

What does it cost to run this course?

To be able to deliver a high quality live course with two facilitators, our desired income to run it sustainably would be a net income of 8.000€ per cohort. This calculation is based on and includes the work that goes into:

• Re-designing & updating the course based on feedback from previous cohorts
• Facilitation for 2 months with two experienced professionals + a stipend for a possible third “learning” facilitator
• A remuneration for guest speakers (if we have them) - we have quite a few videos from the previous cohorts, so we’re not inviting the former speakers again to deliver the same message, we generally invite one speaker per cohort to dive into an unexplored approach / topic.
• Promotion efforts to fill the course - this currently takes as much effort as delivering the course, approximately 100 hours.
• 15% to the Greaterthan commons (read more about Greaterthan’s financial agreements).

We aim for our courses to be delivered with very high quality and to be prioritised alongside the other paid engagements we do at Greaterthan - we mainly do consulting work and courses -  which is why we aim for each facilitator to receive 3.000€ net per cohort. Our ideal number would be 5.000€ per facilitator.

The contribution options and what’s behind them

With an aim of 25 participants and 8.000€ income per cohort, the average price per person would be approximately 320€. This has lead us to create the following ticket options:

How did we arrive at this? The reality that we experienced in previous cohorts though is that about a third of participants need a total or partial scholarship to participate.