Diversifying the Events Industry: Elevating Black Voices and Spaces

Diversifying the Events Industry: Elevating Black Voices and Spaces

Events are a chance for us to share and communicate new ideas with each other, but we know there is much room for improvement. As we actively become more intentional about our decisions across the industry, overlooking the lack of diversity at events is a non-negotiable. Though the conference space has a long way to go to improve, there are some bright spots bringing more representation to event stages and agendas.

From conferences dedicated to solely Black people, to our clients who are utilizing their voices to advocate for other Black entrepreneurs, to increased conversations around diversity at events, here are a couple of ways the industry is starting to change.

Building a Webinar Series with Datavant

Building a Webinar Series with Datavant

Over the past several months, cred has had the opportunity and pleasure to work with Datavant to launch their webinar program. Through their webinar series, Datavant has been able to build client and partner relationships and zero in on 1:1 conversations to spotlight how they partner with each, and showcase how they operate across different industries and areas of focus.

Building Tomorrow’s Boardroom, Today: Driving Necessary Change with Lightspeed and Rich Talent Group

Building Tomorrow’s Boardroom, Today: Driving Necessary Change with Lightspeed and Rich Talent Group

This week we had the opportunity to collaborate with Lightspeed and Rich Talent Group for their second annual Building Tomorrow’s Boardroom, Today, event—a virtual panel and intimate discussion breakouts focused on supporting and promoting more people of color to the boardroom, specifically from our Black community.

More than 150 leaders—from CEOs to investors to founders and board members—joined together to drive meaningful and necessary change.

Speaking 101: How to Speak at Every Type of Virtual Event

Speaking 101: How to Speak at Every Type of Virtual Event

Over the past few months, almost every in-person event has made the switch to virtual—but not all virtual events are alike. We’ve seen three major virtual session types become popular: pre-recorded, live, and simulcast.

Each of these types of sessions requires different preparation and style, so we’re sharing our tips and tricks to help make sure you rock the virtual stage.

Scaling Better, Faster, and Stronger at SaaStr Scale

Scaling Better, Faster, and Stronger at SaaStr Scale

Last week we closed out a full year of SaaStr’s digital events with SaaStr Scale. More than 20,000 SaaS revenue leaders tuned in from across the world for two days of tactical content (shoutout to our Aussie attendees who tuned into sessions at 3 am local time—that’s dedication to SaaS!).

Year in Review: Lessons Learned & Top Posts of 2020

Year in Review: Lessons Learned & Top Posts of 2020

2020 certainly didn’t end up as we had initially planned thinking back to January 2020, but we’re ending the year centering on positivity, pride, and a lot to look forward to in 2021.

I was stretched and challenged in more ways than I’d like to admit this year. Here are five things I learned and will take with me in 2021 and beyond (and hope you can too!)

URx Global Leaders Summit 2020: Learning from Recruiting Season

URx Global Leaders Summit 2020: Learning from Recruiting Season

We had the opportunity to work on the inaugural URx Global Leaders Summit last week–a curated virtual summit for university recruiting leaders. URx describes themselves as an ecosystem which brings together all sides of the university recruiting industry. They are under the umbrella of OneReq, whose mission is to build a diverse & inclusive workforce for everyone.