THE Conference 2015

THE Conference for Festivals & Events.... More than a party.....
March 1 - 3, 2015
Seaside Oregon
Three incredible days filled with the most exciting training and networking opportunities available!
It?s more than a party?it?s an experience that will leave you excited, energized, and ready to take your festivals and events to levels you never dreamed possible.
Quality festivals and events are one of the most successful tools available to communities to create powerful and memorable branding, boost tourism, bring people together, create a sense of pride, enhance economic viability, get positive press, and add to the quality of life. If you are going to do it, it?s important to do it right! One of the best investments you can make in your festival, fair, or event is ensuring you have staff that is constantly changing to meet community needs, growing in their skills and abilities, improving their knowledge, networking with others, and getting the training and resources required to make your festival and event a spectacular, one-of-a-kind, can?t-be-missed experience.
Here?s just a small sampling of why you can?t afford not to register for this conference:

Rekindle Passion & Ignite Potential in Yourself and Others!
Paul Wesselmann, The Ripples Guy
In a world of competing priorities, multiple pressures from multiple sources and overwhelming work and life challenges, many of us have buried our passion and potential under years of stress, disappointment, and obstacles.  THERE IS HOPE in small, everyday actions that can enliven ourselves, our colleagues, and our communities. We are absolutely sure you won't forget spending an hour with one of the most engaging speakers we've ever seen. Ever.

Work Like an Athlete
Jarod Cogswell
It?s championship training for the game of business! Learn to be the best in your field. Discover how to effectively lead others. Create a winning game plan that will help you accomplish your goals with a winning strategy. From knowing your numbers and tracking your progress to developing discipline for constant improvement, you?ll learn how to bring your best everyday, work harder and smarter than your competition, and celebrate your victories! It?s high-octane learning that will leave you ready to get in the game.
Bare Naked Leadership
Kevin McCarthy
Its time to empower every employee that interacts with your customers to take ownership and become stellar representatives of your brand and festival or event. People are crying out for a new kind of leadership?you?re it! When you change the way you think, you?ll change your life! Learn to embrace change, communicate more effectively, and be more productive. Bare Naked Leadership will help you develop an authentic leadership style based on vision, alignment, and empowerment.

But wait, there?s more! You?ll also receive training from the industry?s best on: And More! Much more? But more on that as the details are confirmed. Our promise? It?ll be worth it!

Sunday's Pre Conference workshop
Winning the popularity contest for your event; Social Event Marketing for 2015
Full Bloom Digital
Never before has there been a Social Media workshop like this!
Learn how to grow your event attendance, popularity, and excitement before the event ever begins. This workshop will focus on the months leading up to your event, the days of your event, and how to keep the conversation buzzing long after your event has ended.

Just When You Thought It couldn't Get Any Better: It's a one-of-a-kind, blow- you-out-of-the-water pre-conference session!

So there you have it. Three days. Incomparable training. Hospitality and networking that will be events in themselves. It?s more than a party?it?s a conference you can?t miss!