IFEA 71st Annual Convention & Expo

Working in the festival and event business is deeply meaningful. As rewarding as your days can be, they can also be demanding, emotional and exhausting. Even the most dedicated professionals can feel stretched thin.
In this energizing and deeply relatable session, you will be inspired to reconnect with why you do what you do, rediscover your personal and professional purpose and re-ignite the positivity that fuels outstanding care!
Through relatable stories, practical mindset shifts and uplifting insights, you will be reminded that how YOU show up everyday matters - to your customers, families and colleagues. The bottom line? When YOU lead with purpose, manage your energy with intention, and choose positivity – you build a culture of success, and leave a legacy of results.

From increasingly harsh weather to major equipment failures to criminal acts, we're forced to confront the risks of holding our festivals and events. You'll learn how to identify the risks to your events, how to make a plan for dealing with them, what to do when a crisis occurs, and how to recover quickly. You'll walk away with a checklist of actions you can take as soon as you get home.

Sustainability can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. This interactive session explores what sustainability is - and what it isn't - through the lens of real-world event operations. We'll discuss practical, achievable steps that events of any size can take, common challenges organizers face, and simple ways to measure and communicate results.