What’s Brewing Ottawa-Gatineau!

8:00am – 9:00am ET

Events/Conferences during Covid: How to continue to monetize and still provide value to your member and sponsors when events are virtual.

Speakers:

Hélène Sabourin has over 25 years of experience of not-for-profit management experience with proven expertise across the health systems at the international, national, and regional levels.

As the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT), Hélène led CAOT in successfully shifting the organization’s May 2020 in-person, national conference, to a fully virtual format within weeks of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. Helene will share CAOT’s experience about the challenges they faced, what worked, and what CAOT is doing differently as they prepare for their Spring 2021 event.

Kevin will be discussing virtual best practices including tips on how to turn your home office into a TV studio.

Kevin is a media veteran with over 20 years experience in Canadian broadcasting. He is the CEO of WeeStreem, a high-tech & efficient mobile live streaming production company, which he helped launch in 2015.

Sandro Perruzza holds more than ten years of executive management experience and is recognized for his ability to build high-growth organizations.

As the Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), Sandro led OSPE in shifting the organization’s November 2020 in-person, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI Advantage) conference, to a fully virtual format. Sandro will share OSPE’s experience about the challenges, and what OSPE is doing differently as they prepare for their event.