Inspired By... Acquire or Be Acquired

For the past 10 years, I went into the Christmas break with something BIG on my wish list: a successful Acquire or Be Acquired Conference the following month.

This year is different.

As you might guess, 2020 threw a wrench into our plans. A few weeks ago, we made the difficult, but obvious, decision to postpone this event. We had been holding out hope on bringing business leaders together in Arizona at the end of January. The staggering number of new COVID-19 cases + hospitalizations since Thanksgiving makes it irresponsible to do so.

Yes, we are eager — and I am personally very excited — to welcome men and women from across the country back to Arizona. Regardless of where one’s bank falls on the buy, sell or remain independent spectrum, we are already putting together plans for the 2022 Acquire or Be Acquired Conference. It takes place January 30 - February 1, 2022 at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge. As always, we intend to help bank CEOs, executives and board members plan for what’s ahead.

But we did not throw in the towel on connecting key decision makers around key issues at key moments.

Indeed, we adjusted our focus in order to provide timely & relevant information to the financial industry's senior-most leadership teams to start the year. We have been busy preparing to roll out a new, board-level, business intelligence package called Inspired By Acquire or Be Acquired: What Officers & Directors Need To Know Now.

Truly inspired by our Acquire or Be Acquired Conference, this exclusive, time-sensitive, digital content becomes available February 4 and remains accessible through February 19th on BankDirector.com.  In it, we aggregate key topics, trends, statistics and market insight through short-form videos and written content to help men and women get smarter, faster.

This is not a digital conference. Instead, a compilation of issues, insights and perspectives that respects people's time and interests as best we know how. For those curious about the efforts being made — and board-level intelligence package we'll push live in six weeks — I invite you to check out this new page on BankDirector.com.

From our team to yours, happy holidays. We wish everyone a healthy, and prosperous, new year.

-Al