The IABC Leadership Institute returns on 24 April in Minneapolis, Minnesota, bringing together leaders from around the world for a day of renewed connection, purpose, and growth. This reimagined experience builds on IABC’s rich tradition while offering fresh opportunities to strengthen your leadership skills and expand your network. Designed for chapter and regional leaders, the event provides a space to share ideas, gain confidence, and reignite the inspiration that drives our community. Join us for a meaningful, energizing gathering that will equip you to lead with clarity and connection.
Price: $199
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Why You Should Attend
This year's Leadership Institute offers a reimaged format that follows the traditional mission of empowering IABC Leaders in a space that promotes growth, connections, and inspires you to lead with confidence. With a schedule built around engaging interactions, reflections, and real-world leadership insights, it's the ideal space to strengthen your impact. Here's what you can expect from this year's experience:
- Reconnect With Purpose: From opening remarks to closing takeaways, the day creates space for meaningful conversations and shared moments that renew your sense of purpose as an IABC leader.
- Grow as a Leader: Keynotes, learning sessions, and development panels provide practical tools and fresh ideas to help you lead your chapter or region with confidence.
- Celebrate Your Impact: Through peer discussions and collaborative sessions, you’ll honor achievements, learn from one another, and recognize the collective strength of our leadership community.
- Build Community and Connection: Networking breaks, lunch conversations, and roundtable discussions give you multiple opportunities to deepen relationships and collaborate with leaders from across the association.
| 8:15-9 a.m. |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 9-9:15 a.m. |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 9:15-10 a.m. |
Lead The Room: Communicate a Message that Counts in Moments that Matter Most
Communication isn’t just a ‘helpful skill ’, it is a leadership imperative and hallmark of the best leaders. It remains one of the crucial skills for 21st century leadership. James C. Humes, an American presidential speech writer put it this way: “Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.” Tailor to audience after conversation with Paige Our world is more globally connected than ever before, with easier access to information than at any point in history, yet in the important moments – the moments that really matter – people aren’t just looking for something that can inform them, they are looking to someone who will lead them. This is a program about making those moments count. To communicate a message that not only engages and inspires but also one that mobilises and compels people to take action. In this program I invite you to think bigger and aim higher than the idea of presentation skills or simply public speaking. This program is for leaders and teams that want to:
- Become a trusted and credible leadership voice.
- Accelerate change and buy-in
- Capture and communicate your thoughts with greater confidence and clarity.
- Extend your reach and influence within your sector or organisation. -Mobilise people towards action both internally and externally.’
- Build and leverage your leadership platform to lead with more impact at scale.
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| 10-10:30 a.m. |
Networking Break |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Membership Rapido |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
Personal & Professional Development
Personal and Professional Development can go hand-in-hand. This session will explore how being an IABC Leader can help enhance your own personal development. Here from a panel of industry professionals share their IABC leadership experience and help you identify new ways to upscale your presence on LinkedIn and become a professional networker!
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| 12-1:15 p.m. |
Networking Lunch |
| 1:15-3:15 p.m. |
World Café: Roundtable Connections
Join us for our World Cafe: Roundtable Connections, an open forum for networking and discussion on key volunteer roles and positions within IABC. Choose from what is of interest to you, at designated tables, each led by a facilitator to guide conversations and spark insights. This is your chance to delve into expectations as a leader, understand the role and responsibilities, ask questions and learn from others. -Prof Development -Marketing -Membership -Leadership -Events -Regional Support -Certification
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| 3:15-3:45 p.m. |
Networking Break |
| 3:45-4:15 p.m. |
Closing Takeaways
Let's hear from you now! We will close out the event hearing from our peers on what stood-out to them during this event, what was the best thing they learned and how are they motivated to move forward? It's your opportunity to take the mic and share with the room.
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Bundle and Save!
Make the most of your trip to Minneapolis by attending both the 2026 Convergence Summit and the Leadership Institute. Unlock the full learning experience while saving on registration. By pairing these two impactful events, you’ll maximize your professional growth, deepen connections with fellow leaders, and elevate your impact within the IABC community.