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.

As of February 2023, the pricing for Thriving Networks has shifted to a model called “Contribution within Capacity” (often also referred to as sharing or gift economy).

This new model is in deep 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.

We want to give more room to the participants’ needs and to ours as well. You can find the pricing / contribution options on the website. If you have questions or are unsure about what contribution to make, drop us a line at [email protected].

The following paragraphs share the thinking behind the pricing options we offer, and make our needs as course hosts as transparent as possible.

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 aimed average of 25 participants and 8.000€/ cohort as the aim, the average price per person would be approximately 320€.

The reality that we experienced in previous cohorts though is that about a third of participants need a total or partial scholarship to participate. To truly make this course accessible and support those with lower financial means, we created the ticket tier Supporter. This is recommended for either those a) whose participation is paid for by their organisation or b) who ****want to support the sustainability of this course with this specific amount.

As the pricing for the course is self-assessed, of course those who want to support can also give any amount above 450€ – any amount above the “regular ticket” recommendation is very welcome and contributes to us being able to run this course well. Another reason why we are shifting towards the “contribution within capacity” model is that we don’t want people in need to have to ask for a scholarship. We want this course to reach as many purpose and impact networks as possible and for their creators and builders to feel empowered to access this course no matter their financial means.