Hear from Amanda Slavin, creator of The Seventh Level Framework.
What if engagement wasn’t just about likes or clicks—but about loyalty, transformation, and purpose?
Amanda developed the Seventh Level Framework to help people and brands move beyond surface-level interactions and build real, lasting connections. It maps engagement as a journey through seven levels—each one deepening the relationship between you and your audience.
Whether you’re just starting out or refining what’s already working, this framework helps you understand where your audience is and how to move them forward with intention and meaning.
Human beings crave meaningful connections.
23%
Customers who are fully engaged represent a 23% share of profitability, revenue, and relationship growth compared to the average customer (Gallup).
51%
51% of B2C and 34% of B2B customers say they don’t engage because brands send too much content that doesn’t matter to them. (Marketing Insider Group)
Your Guide to Meaningful Engagement Starts Here
The Seventh LevelAn engagement framework by Amanda Slavin
From attentionto meaningfulconnection.
The Seventh Level shows how engagement deepens—from disconnection to Literate Thinking, where knowledge, values and action come together.
Explore the framework ↓Write your Catalyst Statement ↗
What engagement really is
Connection has depth.
Engagement is the quality of a person’s connection to an idea, a community, a relationship or a system.
It is not a click, a like or a single moment of attention. The Seventh Level gives us a shared language for seeing where connection is now—and creating the conditions for it to grow.
ConnectionCommunityParticipationMeaningCreated by Amanda Slavin and adapted from the educational research of Bangert-Drowns and Pyke.
The original seven-level model
A path toward Literate Thinking.
From Disengagement through Literate Thinking, the framework reveals the depth of a person’s connection—and the conditions that can help it deepen.
Levels 1–3AttractLevels 4–5Engage / ConnectLevels 6–7DelightLearn the full model ↗
The book
A practical language for deeper engagement.
In The Seventh Level, Amanda translates educational theory and years of engagement strategy into a way to understand how people connect, participate and grow. The book is available to order on Amazon.
Buy the book on Amazon ↗Begin with what you believe
Write your Catalyst Statement.
A clear expression of what you believe and value becomes the foundation for how you communicate, create and connect.
The starting point
Put your values into words you can use.
Define the belief at the center of your work. Return to it when you make decisions, tell your story or invite others to participate.
Write your statement ↗
Build relationships
that matter.
Start learning ↗Hear from Amanda Slavin, creator of The Seventh Level Framework.
What if engagement wasn’t just about likes or clicks—but about loyalty, transformation, and purpose?
Amanda developed the Seventh Level Framework to help people and brands move beyond surface-level interactions and build real, lasting connections. It maps engagement as a journey through seven levels—each one deepening the relationship between you and your audience.
Whether you’re just starting out or refining what’s already working, this framework helps you understand where your audience is and how to move them forward with intention and meaning.
Human beings crave meaningful connections.
23%
Customers who are fully engaged represent a 23% share of profitability, revenue, and relationship growth compared to the average customer (Gallup).
51%
51% of B2C and 34% of B2B customers say they don’t engage because brands send too much content that doesn’t matter to them. (Marketing Insider Group)
Your Guide to Meaningful Engagement Starts Here
The Seventh LevelAn engagement framework by Amanda Slavin
From attentionto meaningfulconnection.
The Seventh Level shows how engagement deepens—from disconnection to Literate Thinking, where knowledge, values and action come together.
What engagement really is
Connection has depth.
Engagement is the quality of a person’s connection to an idea, a community, a relationship or a system.
It is not a click, a like or a single moment of attention. The Seventh Level gives us a shared language for seeing where connection is now—and creating the conditions for it to grow.
Created by Amanda Slavin and adapted from the educational research of Bangert-Drowns and Pyke.
The original seven-level model
A path toward Literate Thinking.
From Disengagement through Literate Thinking, the framework reveals the depth of a person’s connection—and the conditions that can help it deepen.
The book
A practical language for deeper engagement.
In The Seventh Level, Amanda translates educational theory and years of engagement strategy into a way to understand how people connect, participate and grow. The book is available to order on Amazon.
Buy the book on Amazon ↗Begin with what you believe
Write your Catalyst Statement.
A clear expression of what you believe and value becomes the foundation for how you communicate, create and connect.
The starting point
Put your values into words you can use.
Define the belief at the center of your work. Return to it when you make decisions, tell your story or invite others to participate.
Write your statement ↗