Marketing, Branding and Creativity Expert
Trained at the legendary Second City, Ron Tite has always blurred the lines between art and commerce. He has been an award-winning advertising writer and creative director for some of the world’s most respected brands including Air France, Evian, Fidelity, Hershey, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Intel, Microsoft, Volvo and many others.
Currently, Ron is founder and CEO of Church+State, an agency that helps global brands unify content and advertising, and editor-in-chief of The Business Casual.
Ron has written for television. Penned a children’s book. Wrote, produced, and performed a hit play. Created a branded art gallery. And was executive producer and host of the award-winning comedy show, Monkey Toast.
In demand as a speaker on disruption, innovation, creativity and content marketing, Ron speaks to leading organizations all over the world about “Think. Do. Say”, his own take on modern business.
Ron’s own book, Everyone’s An Artist: Or At Least They Should Be (Co-written by Scott Kavanagh and Christopher Novais), was published by HarperCollins in 2016.
Monday, September 30, 2019
8:30-10:30 a.m.
GENERAL SESSION
THINK. DO. SAY. A GUIDE FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS IN A BUSY WORLD
Times Square isn’t just one of the most vibrant parts of the world, it’s almost one of the most distracting. With massive messages, blinking lights, animated creatures, and scrolling text along with the authentic NY honks and music and protests and characters performing at street level, people don’t know where to look.
Well, Times Square isn’t just in Times Square, it’s also in your pocket. And it’s in your car. And it’s in your home. And it’s in your office. The corporate world isn’t just battling for attention with its customers, it’s battling for attention with itself. Every day delivers a priority. There’s always a new platform, a new technique, a new tool, and a new approach to chase.
Stop chasing. Start succeeding.
Organizational and personal performance doesn’t need to be complicated. It just needs to be focused.
In today’s busy, busy world, for brands, organizations, and leaders to succeed it’s about:
- What you think.
- What you do.
- What you say.
Thinking is your beliefs and values. It’s not your product, it’s your purpose.
Doing is the decisions you make and actions you take to live your values.
Saying is how you communicate your values and actions: the internal or external selling, marketing, and promotion.
When an organization and all its people think, do, and say the same things, it creates complete alignment. But when an organization and its people DON’T think or do or say the same things, the result is an integrity gap. That’s not good for careers. And it’s certainly not good for business.
This entertaining and enlightening keynote will not only inspire your people to change their thoughts and actions to align with the organization. It’ll also give them the tools to do it.