The Champions of Change Summit

This event will take place on May 19th and 20th, 2021. Change happens even though most see change as a villain. While most avoid change, some seek it for its promise. This summit is for those who champion it as an opportunity. The Champions of Change Summit celebrates free-thinkers like you who move our world forward. These are people who see change as an opportunity to pivot, to rethink, to grow. The question is how do you identify the opportunity and see it all the way through. Overcoming doubt starts with the question what does this change make possible? This summit will help you identify and harness the opportunities and scale them to power your next-level growth because the world and your markets and your processes wont wait for the “right moment”. Change happens and together we can champion that change. Over the course of 2 days 10 speakers will present 8 sessions.

Building a High-Performance Culture May 19th 7:30 am – 08:15 am PT

Patty McCord has spent 14 years at Netflix as Chief Talent Officer experimenting with new ways to work and was instrumental in creating the Netflix Culture Deck. Patty’s approach to talent and culture is deceptively simple: it’s derived from ‘common sense’. In an age where the way we work and interact has been disrupted beyond recognition, her attitude is perhaps more timely than ever for us to learn from. Tune in to listen to Patty narrate her approach to building a high-performance culture.

Championing Scale with Empathy May 19th 8:20 am – 9:00 am PT 

Lauren Vaccarello is an award-winning marketing executive with a track record of accelerating revenue growth for the fastest growing SaaS companies in Silicon Valley & has held executive leadership roles at Box, at AdRoll and at Salesforce. While she excels at building scalable integrated campaigns that leverage cutting-edge marketing techniques, Lauren admits the cornerstone of her success as a leader is being able to navigate the trials and tribulations of a scaleup journey with empathy. Join us for a refreshingly candid commentary on how to lead change with empathy in practice.

Customer Success for All Seasons May 19th 9:05 am – 9:45 am PT

As the former COO at Gainsight, Allison Pickens scaled the company from infancy to a multi-product platform, creating the category of customer success software. She is the host of The Customer Success Podcast and a thought leader on go-to-market strategy for SaaS companies, having coached thousands of CEOs and executives at both Fortune 500 companies and born-in-the-cloud SaaS ventures. Join Allison to hear her story of championing change across various stages of a business – startup, scaleup, unicorn and beyond.

Building Moats through Communities May 19th 9:50 am – 10:30 am PT

Move over pens and swords; Belief is here. Businesses that are able to bring together a market by underlining a shared sense of purpose and belief, create communities. And those are often the strongest moats a business can have. Creating one, let alone nurturing one, can be daunting though. Tune in to our panel of experts to learn how they created communities, ground up, that vouch for your brand because of their shared belief in your raison d’être.

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