Day 21 - the momentum is growing!
We added nearly 20 registrations since yesterday, locked in more speakers, and have dropped the press releases to a few industry publications, so now thing should get rolling. We need to get about 100 registrants a day to hit our goal and that doesn't seem possible to me, but we shall see!
My two big requests remain: 1) are there any companies that would want to sponsor sending surprise and delight moments to participants during the event? Now, I understand that this is the big catch-22... With 80 people registered and a target of 2,000, who would sponsor something no knowing if their message will actually get to 2,000 people? Alternately, without sponsors and supporters to help share our message, how will we grow our audience? Yes, the age-old question of sponsorship value! Sure, you could send a bouquet of freshly baked cookies to a client or prospect, but if you send it through The Age of Conversation Summit, you will get a video of the recipient's surprised face AND the notoriety (and fanfare and shares) of how cool it was that you were the one who made that happen! So that's what your $100-500 could do for you!
And 2) would anyone want to host an in-person gathering of 10 or fewer people on September 10th? Any city, doesn't matter. I'd love to see 5 venues or hotel welcome a handful of participants for coffee and conversation to carry on the torch of the Age of Conversation!
There's also conversation amongst our marketing team about daily email updates to our list - is it too much? is it just right? It's basically 15 emails between now and the event... would people unsubscribe? Not if the content was AWESOME. So that's what we need to do. Create AWESOME content. I know what's on my To Do list for tomorrow!!
Join us for the next installment of our livestreamed planning meeting Wednesday, August 19 at 2pm Central on YouTube channel!
Here's how you can get involved in this journey with us:
- Watch our progress: Daily LinkedIn updates (like a journal!)
- See it get created: You can watch our twice-weekly planning meetings live on our YouTube Channel (subscribe to get notified when we go live)
- Join in the process: You can join the Age of Conversation Slack channel and be part of the creation of this event
- Register for the event: The Age of Conversation Summit, September 9th!
Liz Lathan, CMP is co-founder and CEO of Haute Dokimazo, a "spontaneous think tank” company that empowers participants to solve their business challenges through conversation fueled by the wisdom of peers. Haute Dokimazo is part of Haute Companies, a family of companies anchored in human connection, from events to media (podcasts, videos, and more) to direct mail to swag to entertainment talent management to strategy session facilitation.
Haute Dokimazo is partnering with QiqoChat to create The Age of Conversation Summit on September 9, 2020 to bring conversation back to the digital world.