Videos, Webinars & Continuing Education

As one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs Naomi Simson (a Shark on Australian Shark Tank) shares a colorful entrepreneurial story of growth, leadership and culture. She expands on how aligning ‘the right team’ to purpose, vision, and values created a winning formula to scale her enterprise in a rapidly changing experience ...

Having a fixed mindset and leaning on behaviors that have made your career successful up to now may hold you back in the future. Future of work strategist Heather McGowan will reveal the major shifts impacting workplace identity and why human-centered skills like creativity, empathy and communication will be essential ...

Discover how “ubertrends” and innovations are reshaping business and consumer market behavior. Michael Tchong, an adjunct professor of innovation at the University of San Francisco and author of three books, takes you on a journey through the “landscape of now” to gain insights and ideas on how to connect with ...

Discover the negotiation strategies that will help you secure the best hotel, facility and vendor contracts for your events and organization. You’ll her about key contract clauses, tips and variables that can influence negotiation outcomes. Find efficient and painless ways to get to “yes” in this session ...

Leadership can be an elusive, but learned, skill. This session will help you understand the A.C.E. leadership approach (Appreciation, Contribution and Engagement) and how to effectively implement it at your organization. Hear how you can inspire your team to succeed and how A.C.E. culture can make you an effective leader ...

Technology is aggregating the speed, scale, and synthesis of change. If your organization harbors a tech resistant culture, you may be leaving opportunities on the table. In the fast-paced business events industry, how are you integrating tech to better serve your audiences? ...

LGBTQ+ business events attendees can still face challenges despite the best inclusion efforts of events organizers. In this session, we’ll take a closer look at the LGBTQ+ audience and how efforts including gender-neutral language and bathrooms can make all business events participants feel welcome ...

China’s reputation as a top meeting destination continues to grow the Asia-Pacific region sees increases in its MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) industry. Hear about China’s evolution as a business events industry leader and gain strategies on how to navigate complex cultural and logistical relationships to ensure your organization’s ...

It is widely understood that a percentage of attendees at conventions don’t reserve hotel rooms within the room block. Consequently, it’s challenging to accurately quantify the true impact of convention/group business, attendee buying trends and guest experiences, booking through housing companies, room block incentives, third-party partnerships and shared marketing initiatives ...

Creating a meaningful theme, one that binds the elements of an event together consistently, is often substituted with a tagline that has little to do with the purpose, objectives and structure of the event. During this session you’ll be introduced to a model and methodology for theming events from the ...

What makes someone magnetic enough to attract, influence, and lead other people? Charisma is not born, it’s built. How people see us depends on the way we treat them. Therefore, our habits determine who we are and how effective we are in life and at work ...

No two people retain information in the same way, which presents a challenge for event strategists and speakers alike. How do we provide education in a format that engages and enlightens all adult learners? This session will take a closer look at how key adult learning principles can assist in ...

As an industry we can come together to make a difference on social justice issues — it's simply a matter of awareness. We'll kick off the session by taking an in-depth look at the human trafficking epidemic, discussing the warning signs that someone is being held against their will and ...

Two remarkable people will tell their stories of grit and resilience, proving that life experiences can uniquely position all of us to change the world for the better. The pair will be interviewed by Main Stage facilitator Holly Ransom ...

The Events Industry Council and Oxford Economics reported meetings, conventions, and trade shows collectively contributed $845 billion in business sales and $104 billion in federal, state, and local taxes to the U.S. economy in 2016. The power of the industry is clear, but evaluating the contribution of an individual event ...

We are living in a time when it is harder to earn trust than ever before. People skip ads, doubt brands, and disagree on what the “facts” actually are. So what does it take to build trust during this believability crisis? Rohit Bhargava will reveal the five fundamental secrets to ...

Strong evidence has proven diverse teams outperform homogeneous ones. Inclusive teams are 2 times as likely to meet or exceed financial goals, 3 times as likely to be high-performing, 6 times more likely to be innovative and 8 times more likely to achieve better business outcomes.* During this session, participants ...

In this TV binge era, it’s not hard to imagine providing an abundance of content from your annual events that your followers could devour in one sitting, one “episode” after another. This session will explore how you can strategically bundle the content you already own into a binge-worthy block your ...

Business event strategists and suppliers have massive potential to drive changes that increase revenue, decrease risk and contain costs for their organization. It comes down to being familiar with business challenges and applying innovative thinking to create more value and growth ...

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we all have a seat at the table to make a difference in creating inclusive cultures that empower everyone. Join us for this dynamic roundtable conversation where inclusion strategists from various perspectives explore key issues, challenges, and opportunities to advance our organizations and ...

The College of Extraordinary Experiences “is a designed experience journey that aims to equip participants with the mindset, insights, and network to step in the Experience Economy and design something truly extraordinary.” University professors, retailers, game developers, filmmakers, artists, storytellers, marketing agencies, and event planners all have participated in the ...

It takes a radical new approach, and a certain amount of risk, to stand out from the crowd. In this session, we’ll examine companies that are doing things differently and explore common elements you can employ to do the same for better business outcomes. With smart strategy, radical innovation can ...

The Berlin-based Falling Walls exemplifies this notion of creating a forward-looking international community and an atmosphere that encourages participants to join in tackling the “next walls to fall”. You'll take away lessons from this unique conference on how to create experiences that inspire meaningful exchange and enable breakthroughs in any ...

Most companies fiercely guard their data facing the challenge of keeping it secure and compliant with privacy laws all alone. Cutting-edge industries are embracing blockchain technology as a way to optimize and safeguard their data across shared networks. Blockchain evangelist Sam Radocchia will share how this has transformed the business ...