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0.5 Clock Hours | Domain I: Marketing
Great ideas need great voice! Learn how to deliver a winning pitch from Startup Pitch Coach David Beckett, who will share his process, tools, tips and inspiration with you.
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1 Clock Hour | Domain I: Marketing
Monica Deza, founder and CEO of the innovation and marketing firm Bendit Thinking, will discuss the new wave of innovation that is transforming societies, cultures and businesses, and how to successfully navigate within the “Maverick Economy.”
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1 Clock Hour | Domain F: Stakeholder Management
Learn how to remember more names and faces than you ever thought possible. In his TED style talk, neuroscientist Boris Nikolai Konrad, PhD, CSP will begin with a fascinating demonstration of his own world-class memory, followed by teaching you five distinct steps to create a powerful memory that’s ripe for networking.
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1 Clock Hour | Domaing G: Meeting or Event Design
Can events really hold someone’s attention for a sustained period of time? Is the brain hardwired for it? In this session we will define what a slow meeting is, how mindfulness and intentionality relate to the way people learn and interact, and how it can be structured to provide the maximum experience.
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1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
What do Pokémon Go, driverless cars and the Internet of Things have to do with the meeting and event industry? They’re all technologies disrupting how we do business. Today, everyone with a smartphone is walking around with a fully-loaded production studio in their pocket. What will meetings look like in 2036?
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1 Clock Hour | Domain F: Stakeholder Management
Suppliers, walk through the steps planners take in order to make a buying decision. Ciara’s Steps to WIN Program teaches you how to align your sales process to the planner’s buying process. Understanding the steps your potential clients take in order to buy will help you to WIN a lot more business.
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1 Clock Hour | Domain C: Risk Management
In an increasingly complex world with a growing problematic in terms of security, it becomes essential for event companies to prepare for crisis management. The objective of this session is to present the topic of crisis management from 2 points of view: that of a specialist in event security and that of a professional rescuer.
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1 Clock Hour | Domain I: Marketing
Develop your winning pitch in this high energy interactive class where you’ll learn and practice the Open-3-Close© pitch methodology with Startup and Innovation Pitch Coach David Beckett.
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1 Clock Hour | Domain I: Marketing
To quote Tim Sanders: “Meeting and event organizers are the movie producers of the corporate world.” You have the power to change behavior, educate, entertain and emotionally engage your participants. Experiential marketing is the most obvious way MICE managers can do this, but the best practices have not been known. Until now.
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1 Clock Hour | Domain I: Marketing
During what is, let’s be honest, the sh*ttiest weather season of the year, Slush brings together the leading actors of the global tech scene to Helsinki for something very special. Described by many as “Burning Man meets TED,” Slush has grown exponentially, but the philosophy behind Slush has remained the same—to help the next generation of great, world-conquering companies move forward. Join Jessica Blechingberg, head of Nordic Operations at Slush, who will unveil some of the many lessons there are to learn.
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