The Sales Gap Model: Creating lift by moving McKinsey's CDJ theory into a practical, sales driven, marketing process.

Guest Speaker: Sean Doyle, FitzMartin

Sean’s thinking, vision and experience are focused on helping clients truly align marketing and sales with one another and jointly with the customer. The FitzMartin process is linear and can be used to create "rational" buying experiences.

Bew White, CEO of Summer Classics Companies will share his experience founding and growing the largest luxury outdoor furniture manufacturer in the United States. From a textile Engineering Degree at Auburn with an expected future at Avondale Mills, the great grandson of its founder and Alabama Governor, Braxton Bragg Comer, Bew began a life long entrepreneurial pursuit of excellence in home goods leading to

Guest Speaker: Hatton Smith, Royal Cup

Join us as Hatton Smith shares the strategies behind Royal Cup’s two-tiered marketing strategy.

Royal Cup Coffee has built a national brand whose coffee and teas are not sold in stores. The company partners with restaurants, hotels, offices and resorts to develop custom blends of coffee and tea that customers recognize as special and unique.

Connecting With Customers
Location: The Harbert Center Time: 11:30 - 1:00pm
Register by 12 pm October 10
Presented by Michele Elrod, Executive Vice President, Head of Marketing - Regions Financial

Sponsored by ExactTarget, a salesforce.com company.

The Next Frontier of Marketing: Human Engagement
Presented by John Gardner, Luckie & Company

The proliferation of technology, data and connectivity has accelerated and amplified every aspect of the marketing ecosystem, helping us as marketers optimize all our marketing processes. But, is that good news for the customer?

Marketing Strategies For Companies In Their Early Stages
Location: The Harbert Center Time: 11:30 - 1:00pm
Presented by Devon Laney, President & CEO, Innovation Depot
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Keith Richards - A Passion for Cooking and Community

Keith Richards found his passion for Taziki's and its Greek inspired menu on a 1997 trip to Greece with his wife, Amy. In 1998, they opened their first restaurant at the Colonnade in Birmingham. Today, Taziki's has 47 locations in 13 states.

Digital Storytelling on Steroids: Branded Content Marketing
Guest Speaker: Libby Romano and Lindsey Sims, Big Communications

Join us as Libby and Lindsey share how great stories have the power to create gravity - effortlessly drawing people into brands, whether written, spoken or seen. But if that information isn’t relevant, exciting, timely, and shareworthy, it is a waste of time. Don’t waste time.