Keynote Speakers for Missouri's Premier Revitalization Conference
July 1, 2019 | Janie Dennison
Join us at Missouri’s Premier Revitalization Conference to hear Keynote Presentations by Peter Kageyama, Brandon W. Johnson, and Ben Muldrow.
The Westin St. Louis
July 24 – July 26, 2019
www.getpluggedindowntown.com
Peter Kageyama is the author of For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places and the follow up, Love Where You Live: Creating Emotionally Engaging Places. He is the former President of Creative Tampa Bay, a grassroots community change organization and the co-founder of the Creative Cities Summit, an interdisciplinary conference that brings citizens and practitioners together around the big idea of ‘the city.’
Peter speaks about emotional engagement with PLACES- cities, towns, communities, neighborhoods, and especially downtowns, which he calls the “psychic centers” of places. Good things happen when more people become emotionally engaged with their places and when more people fall in love with those places. Main Street programs play a unique role in creating this sense of place.
Peter will inspire the audience to encourage people to go from saying they love a place to actually doing something for that place. He believes Main Streets can compete and even thrive in the Age of Amazon with bottom-up community development and the amazing people who are making change happen.
Peter will be available at Main Street 5 & Dime to sign books immediately following his address.
Brandon W. Johnson, a.k.a. “Positive Energy Guy” has had the honor of developing tens of thousands of leader through his leadership trainings, workshops, and speeches over the past 20 years. In 2017 and 2018, Brandon was honored and humbled by being named the #1 Global Guru for the Hospitality Industry.
Brandon has more than 20 years of experience in operations and leadership positions in the hospitality industry, non-profits, training organizations, entrepreneurship, and higher education. He holds a bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management and a master’s degree in management technology with an organization development focus. His clients include such well-known names as McDonald’s, Hilton, Famous Dave’s, Hyatt, and Odyssey Resorts.
Brandon’s trademark passion, heart, and energy inspires audiences everywhere while also giving them practical tools to take their results in business and life to the next level. Brandon’s book, “Hospitality from the Heart,” will help you engage your employees, deliver extraordinary service, and create loyal guests.
Brandon will be available at Main Street 5 & Dime to sign books immediately following his address.
Join Ben Muldrow as he discusses all the current trends and future changes that could revolutionize our nation’s downtowns. Ben has been presenting at Main Street conferences for nearly twenty years. His motivation and quick wit will keep you engaged and his background in branding and marketing will reveal insights and inspiration that will give you practical steps you can put into action right away to shape the future of your town. This fast – paced presentation is sure to get you excited about the changes happening on Main Street.
