2012 Convene CEO Summit

Featuring: Rick Warren, Kraig Kramers, Art Barter and Ronnie Andrews

The 2012 Convene CEO Summit will be held March 1 – 3, 2012 at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, California.

Since 2005, Convene’s annual CEO Summit has brought together peers and experts to inspire and equip CEOs and Business Owners.

This investment of 2 work days has proven to yield a refreshed return to the office, geared up to lead the business and family with newly acquired wisdom and tools.

See below for information about the keynote speaker line-up for 2012. For a schedule overview, check out the Agenda, and be sure to visit Prior CEO Summits to glance through this tradition of growth and community.

2012 Keynote Speakers

Art Barter \\ 20x Growth in 7 Years

How would you go about growing your business 20x larger by 2018?

As CEO of Datron World Communications, Art Barter led his company to significant growth — $10M to almost $200M in just 7 years! How you ask? He’ll share how he fundamentally shifted their culture, which led directly to high-growth.

Kraig Kramers \\ Turning Sales Activity into Predictable Profits

How could your business benefit from having a more predictable revenue growth engine?

Buckle up! Kraig Kramers will bring his energy and experience to help us re-asses and re-focus on what truly causes sales in our companies. He’s led 8 ventures to turnaround through accurately identifying and managing the real sales drivers, then bringing the full resources of his businesses to bear on the challenge of sales growth. His time-tested strategies will equip you to tackle sales growth in this rough economic climate.

Rick Warren \\ Vision and the Leadership to Achieve

What’s your vision?

Do you have the leadership capacity to bring it to life?

With a God-inspired vision, armed with Jesus’ model of leadership, Rick Warren was used to accomplish great Kingdom work. Rick will share wisdom and insights from his years’ of leadership. Rick Warren is often called “America’s most influential spiritual leader.” He and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, which is now one of the largest and best-known churches in the world. He also wrote the #1 all-time bestselling hardcover book, The Purpose Driven Life.

Ronnie Andrews \\ Implementing Servant Leadership

How can you get quick traction on shifting your culture?

As CEO of Clarient, Ronnie turned Clarient around, from a failing medical research firm to an industry leading, cutting edge, highly profitable organization. As he shared at the 2011 CEO Summit, the servant leadership culture he built led to breakthroughs on all levels. He’ll share some of his experience implementing a servant leadership culture.

James Obermayer \\ Resuscitate Sales: How to Fix the 12 Most Common Sales Leakage Problems!

How can you get quick traction on shifting your culture?

James will highlight the twelve most common, irritating and costly mistakes made by sales organizations. Most companies’ experience some SalesLeakage™ Obermayer contends, but each becomes a serious problem if left unchecked, eventually stunting the growth and sapping the momentum of the company. SalesLeakage includes the many “leaks” which hurt sales productivity, reduce marketing effectiveness and waste the two most valuable resources a company has: time and money.

Bill High \\ The Generous Business

In both times of great profit AND of great loss, your company can still be one of generosity…Bill will share how.

While some learn about generosity in times of wealth, Bill was steeped in lessons of “giving” while growing up poor, on welfare, without the luxury of shoes or heat. He observed the stark contrast between his mother, a saint who gave of herself without pause, and father, a drunk who turned to the bottle to self-soothe.

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