Case study speakers will be added here in May.
Throughout his career, Jim has been a catalyst for growth, redesign, and positive change. He has worked with leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors and is most skilled at building the bridges between them and has helped national organizations move beyond their differences and overcome paralysis by helping them see mutual and connected interests. Jim has rebuilt deeply troubled organizations whilst creating national brand strategy and advocacy frameworks.
Jim has served as Executive Director of the Minnesota Optometric Association, the Jefferson Center and Jefferson Action. His experience also includes working with national medical specialty societies in the Office of Federation Relations at the American Medical Association. Prior to that, he was in charge of federal and state government and chapter relations for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
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https://www.tecker.com/contact-us/
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jimmeffert
3. Building an effective Strategic Partnership with your board Monday @ 9:00 AM
11. Global vs Local issues: Challenges within a multinational association Tuesday @ 8:30 AM
Lisa has been building powerful networks and communities for over 25 years, ensuring the groups she works with thrive and grow. After a flourishing career working for a variety of associations, membership bodies and not for profit organisations, Lisa launched her own agency, Dovetail Creative Ltd, in 2021 and now supports a variety of organisations with all aspects of community, member and customer forum engagement, events, marketing strategy, and consultancy.
Lisa is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events and is on the board for RISE and Trade Association Forum. In addition, Lisa is involved in several mentoring programmes enabling her to pass on skills and knowledge to help others grow. Lisa has a passion for ESG initiatives and is co-producer of the Media Tech Sustainability Summit and Corporate Star Awards.
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https://www.dovetailcreative.co.uk/
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lisaibbotson
5. Optimising Membership Engagement: Strategies, Metrics, and Real-World Insights Monday @ 9:00 AM
Award-winning events strategist, Sasha Frieze, has distilled over thirty years' and a thousand successful conferences and events’ experience into this Event Playbook event transformation methodology.
Sasha learned her business skills in the commercial conference industry, worked on her first association conference over 23 years ago; has since managed and advised on events for association and other non-profits including the Open Data Institute, United Nations Foundation, British Society for Immunology, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Chartered Institute of Wastes Management. Sasha has advised on events for media owners including The Guardian, Times & Sunday Times, Incisive Media, Informa and Thomson Reuters.
Sasha is a Non-Executive Director of the British Society for Haematology, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and The Royal Society of Arts, is a visiting lecturer in event management at The University of Westminster, London and judges industry awards.
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https://thebusinessnarrative.com/
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sashafrieze
4. How to create Transformational Association Events that have your delegates booking early, your sponsors signing up and your sector on fire? Monday @ 9:00 AM
Michelle Goodall is a community strategy, marketing and communications leader focused on community building, community led growth and community based marketing. She is a recognised leading specialist, speaker, trainer and lecturer with 25 years experience in a mix of consultancy, agency and in-house roles. Co-author of Community Based Marketing (CBM) Best Practice Guide and creator of The Periodic Table of Community Strategy.
Michelle has also lectured in Community Strategy at Manchester Metropolitan University. Michelle has worked with clients in multiple sectors, industries and countries building thriving communities and networks that deliver results for organisations, brands and businesses in multiple sectors across the world.
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www.michellegoodall.co.uk
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michellegoodall
9. Online Communities: Value, effect and the effort to create and maintain them Monday @ 2:30 PM
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https://www.associationexecutives.org/
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damianhutt
2. Plenary: Opening Session Monday @ 8:30 AM
With experience as an international business leader and innovation practitioner, Stéphanie know what it takes to make impactful innovation and cultural change happen in the public and private sectors. Since 2017, as founder and CEO of Fresh Strategy, she has been on a mission to help organisations deliver innovation that makes a real difference.
Fresh Strategy was founded on the belief that innovation can be a force for good, and that the actions of single people and organisations collectively have the power to change the world. Through sharing knowledge, experience and expertise, they help everyone realise their potential to become a catalyst for change.
Stéphanie's work is centred around deep global and local experience across a variety of sectors and industries, embracing complexity and prioritising simplicity to successfully lead complex strategic processes and deliver excellent results.
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freshstrategy.ch
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skioutsoukis/
8. Associations & AI: How to get the most from AI for events, conferences, and members Monday @ 2:30 PM
Fascinated with both people and organisations and how they function, Lisa has built her career in leading various international trade federations. She has a track record of building extensive networks from scratch, creating visibility and driving impactful, global solutions.
In 2020, she created her own business, Re-Focus Coaching & Consulting, to support organizations and in particular trade federations as a project and management consultant, as well as providing coaching and trainings to support individuals and organizations to thrive. She is passionate about increasing the impact of female leaders.
Lisa believes that the personal development of individuals does not only benefit the people themselves in terms of performance and wellbeing, but that conscious and empowered leaders are the cornerstone of any successful organization.
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https://www.re-focus.eu/
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lisa-kretschmann-634b8311
6. Coaching – An introductory experience Monday @ 9:00 AM
10. Retain & Gain – Retaining and recruiting members in trade associations / federations Monday @ 2:30 PM
Ori joined Kenes in 2013 as VP Marketing, bringing more than 15 years of marketing experience to the management team. Ori’s expertise includes implementing marketing strategies, ATL/BTL and leading digital campaigns in online/social media channels. He began his career in the communications industry, where he held marketing positions at Internet, voice and mobile telecom providers. This was followed by a senior role in the automotive sector with a start-up that raised US$ 900M to manufacture electric cars.
After 4 years in Kenes Group, Ori moved to manage the Client Accounts & Operations business unit.
At the beginning of 2017, Ori also became an IAPCO Council Member (IAPCO – the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers), currently, serves as the association's Immediate Past President President.
Ori was announced as Kenes Group's CEO at the beginning of 2022. His appointment marks the first time a CEO is not from a family member in 57 years.
Lahav was recognised by event professionals in the Eventex Top 100 Most Influential People in the industry for four consecutive years.
In addition, Ori speaks at different industry events: IAPCO EDGE Seminars, PCMA Convening Leaders, ICCA World Congress, Event Innovation summit, IMEX and more.
Ori holds a BA in Statistics from the University of Haifa and an MBA from the University of Derby, UK.
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https://kenes-group.com/
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ori-lahav-13391119
1. Medical Associations Meeting Sunday @ 2:00 PM
Raisa steers the UK’s Association of Translation Companies, representing the voice of over 200 language service companies providing translation, interpreting and other language services to clients across the world.
As the ATC’s CEO, Raisa’s focus is on supporting a community of language service companies, collaborating with external stakeholders on best practice, policy and sustainable development of the language services industry. She is also the association’s Lead on Standards, driving adoption and certification to ISO standards.
Raisa is an experienced language services production, training and quality manager. She holds an MA in Translation & Interpreting from her native Finland.
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https://atc.org.uk/
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raisamcnab
13. Understanding member's needs, the board's priorities and executive's focus: Resolving disparities Tuesday @ 8:30 AM
Linda is passionate about associations and is particularly active in the professional associations in her own field. She is also a consultant to a variety of associations. In 2008 she was considered one of Portugal’s five most influential people in the conference & events industry and received the education award from IAHMP.
Respected internationally as a speaker Linda has lectured in countries such as Italy, Spain, Russia, Egypt, Cape Verde, United Kingdom, Dubai, Spain and The Netherlands. In 2009 she received the medal of honour for positive entrepreneurship in Portugal for her commitment to promoting culture and heritage and for CSR initiatives.
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http://www.cplevents.pt/
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linda-pereira-phd-68a36a8
12. What's in it for me? Effective Conferences & Events Sponsorship & Exhibition Strategies Tuesday @ 8:30 AM
I look after the leadership activities for the AAE. This involves chairing the Leaders Forums at the UK and the World Associations Congresses, as well the Leaders Summits and identifying other opportunities to support association leaders, for example new programmes and forums to bring Executive Heads together.
I have been working on the AAE leaders events for eight years, contributed to the leadership aspects of all AAE's activities, and have an Executive Masters in International Association Management from Solvay Business School, Brussels.
Get in touch if you would like to hear more about our leadership activities at AAE or if you would like me to put you in touch with a trusted advisor or another executive director with experience of a particular issue.
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https://www.associationexecutives.org/
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cecilia-spoor-a30956
Ben has worked closely with Membership organisations for over 20 years, spanning many sub-verticals within this sector. Leading and supporting on digital transformation for many membership organisations during this time.
With this wealth of experience he aunched Chrysalis Digital in 2015. Drawing upon the deep understanding and unique challenges within this sector Ben is able to create and lead digital strategy transformation enabling Membership organisations to deliver compelling digital outcomes.
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chrysalisdigital.co.uk
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bensturt
14. From pain to gain: Strategies for success in CRM Tuesday @ 8:30 AM
Mark is a strategist, author, and entrepreneur. His work combines collective intelligence with networks, complex systems, behavioral science and neuroscience. He is the founder of Orcasci, a consulting firm designing scaling and network strategies with recent clients including the $1m Global Teacher Prize with the Varkey Foundation.
Previously Mark co-founded Imaginatik plc, a pioneer in crowdsourcing and collaborative problem solving for innovation. During his 16 years at Imaginatik, Mark worked with hundreds of companies, including Allianz, Bayer, Cargill, IBM, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Whirlpool and Xerox. The World Economic Forum nominated him a Technology Pioneer and a Young Global Leader. Mark is a Professor at Hult International Business School.
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freshstrategy.ch
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markturrell
8. Associations & AI: How to get the most from AI for events, conferences, and members Monday @ 2:30 PM
Anca has been with AAE since 2011, and manages the Association Awards programme of three Awards per year internationally, and she produces Association Success story case studies for our Resource Centre.
Anca has a BA in Sociology, and an MA from the University of Greenwhich. She is a certified Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a Certified Master Practitioner of Time Line Therapy and a Certified Master Hypnotist.
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https://www.associationexecutives.org/
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ancaurdea
15. Association Success Stories: Projects from the Association Success Awards Tuesday @ 2:00 PM
Charles is a strategic business leader with extensive experience in the private and not for profit sectors. Skilled with data analytics, digital transformation, managing change and leading open and collaborative working cultures; creating effective business strategies; devising clear and efficient business processes and management reporting; new service development; and managing profit and loss to deliver increased revenue.
Career covers working for companies in membership, the built environment and healthcare to education and finance and in organisations from corporations and public sector to SMEs and start-ups.
Specialities: Digital transformation, leadership, strategy, CRM, project management, operations management, new service development, business process mapping, digital marketing, profit and loss management, culture and organisational change, business processes, customer service, event production, finance and public speaking.
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https://www.membershipinsights.co.uk
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charlesveal
7. Association Data Analytics Monday @ 2:30 PM
