AMCI Annual Conference
April 24, 2023David was honoured to be asked to deliver the keynote speech at the AMC Institute’s (AMCI) annual conference in Orlando, Florida earlier this year.
AMCI is a non-profit trade organisation focused on advancing professionalism and high industry standards for association management companies (AMCs). It provides expert support and resources to drive new business to members; champions accreditation to promote industry best practices, and creates educational and networking opportunities for AMCs to engage and learn from each other.
It represents over 180 association management companies that collectively provide full-service management to over 1,800 associations and provide project support to 900 additional associations.
The annual meeting is AMCI’s premier, in-person business event to connect its members, partners, and industry leaders.
Present at the event were leadership teams representing associations from every sector, including medical, clinical, surgical, pharmaceutical financial technology and everything in between. With delegates travelling from all across the globe, the conference was a who’s who of forward-thinking associations and their leadership teams.
With his reputation as a world-class keynote speaker, David was tasked with challenging the way these individuals think, act and behave in order to motivate them to continue to invest in their own innovation and development.
In the session he looked specifically at the psychological tools that will help them navigate the changing landscape of their organisations and their marketplace over the course of the next five years.
While the message was serious, the delivery was upbeat, high energy and incredibly interactive with David spending as much time in the audience dashing between people with the microphone as he did on stage.
In addition to the keynote the organisers also hosted an exclusive and private deep-dive, round-table session with David. This gave the audience a rare chance to speak to David one-on-one to talk about the individual issues that they are at facing in their organisation in a trusted space.
This gave the associations a golden opportunity to truly unpick and brainstorm about where they are now, where they are headed and where they need to be.
Speaking after the event David said: “I was delighted to be asked to attend AMCI’s annual conference. In the keynote I wanted to really challenge the audience to take a moment to reimagine how they overcome obstacles, how they run towards hurdles, and how they can continue to invest in their people and in their organisation to skyrocket their results in 2023 and beyond. More than that I wanted to leave every single member present with practical tools that they’re able to apply and employee straight away to get results.
“I was there to motivate the delegates but after getting the opportunity to speak with so many individuals from world-leading organisations I was left feeling inspired myself. It was a fantastic opportunity to be a part of and I hope the audience learnt as much as I did!”
