Join our game changer speaker sessions for stories from those leading by example. Hear their innovative thinking and visions for better communities.
Monday Sessions
Brian Elms
Don’t Let the Merry Go Round of Work Get You Down
Monday, October 2 | 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Nationally recognized Innovation and Performance expert Brian Elms can’t give you more hours in your day, dollars in your treasury, or personnel on your team – but he can show you how to do far more with what you have.
Nicole Lance
Uncertain and Undeterred: Unconventional Leadership for Unparalleled Times
Monday, October 2 | 2:45 – 3:45 pm
Nicole Lance is an internationally certified coach best known for working with individuals and teams who are ready to make courageous transformations.
Larry Schooler
Why Conflict Matters: An Alternative Perspective on Resolving—and Leveraging—Your Thorniest Issues
Monday, October 2 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm
In this interactive, multimedia experience, Dr. Larry Schooler, an award-winning mediator for public agencies and professor of conflict resolution, presents an approach to tackling conflict that brings important, unheard voices to the conversation and builds momentum for win-win solutions that will last.
Tuesday Sessions
Allison Orr
Advancing Civic Processes Through Arts-Based Public Participation
Tuesday, October 3 | 2:45 – 3:45 pm
Forklift’s Allison Orr will be joined by the City of Austin employees to share performance videos and reflections from these novel collaborations with sanitation workers, watershed protection employees, firefighters, aquatics maintenance teams, and other public sector staff.