As business owners, we know how important it is to invest in yourself and surround yourself with good people. The NZ Drive Conference is an annual one-day conference, aimed at business owners who want to develop and grow their businesses, with like-minded peers. Focusing on the core elements of Leadership, Innovation and Growth the conference is set to deliver key strategies that will both challenge and inspire attendees. Drawing on the incredible skills, knowledge and passion that has made this region what it is today, the Drive Conference has numerous inspirational speakers delivering insight on one key area - their one “Big Idea”, enabling people to come away with strategies and action points that they can implement.

Not just another conference! When we came together to make this happen we put key criteria on the table:

1) We have amazing talent in the region who have achieved incredible results - we wanted to learn from local people who have got results where we are.

2) We have deliberately drawn people from across multiple disciples - Business, Exporters, Science, Web based and Wellness - A key foundational concept of the Drive Conference being “Hybrid Vigour” - Creating superior quality by ‘cross-breeding’.

3) Engagement is key! It is not about being spoken to all day - The talks are short with discussion and time for questions being an essential part of the structure for the day. There will be time inbetween talks to write down reflections, notes and action points!

4) Clarity = Action : Each speaker has been asked to share “One Big Idea” - this will increase the opportunity for attendees to get core ideas that they can turn into action points.

5) It needs to be more than a ‘shot-in-the-arm’ day - we will follow the session up with podcasts and short webinars giving attendees a chance to ask further questions and get additional insights once they have had a chance to process the content from the day.

6) The focus is on growing the skill set in the region and regional partners will be present during the day to showcase the incredible support that is available to help businesses grow.

This is a conference not to be missed!