NACS Show 2025
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
  • Chicago | McCormick Place
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Mastering Influence: A Workshop for Persuasive Communication and Leadership

Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.
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Format: Workshop Workshop

Influence is the ability to have an important effect on people or situations and it lies at the very heart of strong and sustainable leadership. Despite this fact, far too many leaders overlook influence as a critical skill and find themselves frustrated with their inability to have the impact they seek most within their organizations. Join 20-year leadership expert, Leslie Beale, CEO of Profusion Strategies, for this dynamic workshop that will turn what you think you know about unleashing your full potential as a leader on its head.




Add to Calendar America/Chicago NACS Show Education Session - Mastering Influence: A Workshop for Persuasive Communication and Leadership

Influence is the ability to have an important effect on people or situations and it lies at the very heart of strong and sustainable leadership. Despite this fact, far too many leaders overlook influence as a critical skill and find themselves frustrated with their inability to have the impact they seek most within their organizations. Join 20-year leadership expert, Leslie Beale, CEO of Profusion Strategies, for this dynamic workshop that will turn what you think you know about unleashing your full potential as a leader on its head.
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