Jul. 18—The Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce will host its "Leadercast — Human Intelligence" digital leadership conference from 9 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. Friday, July 28 at the Palestine High School auditorium.
"Leadercast is a simulcast event the Chamber of Commerce has been hosting for several years," said Chamber Executive Director Angela Howell-Fields. "The event is a digital seminar loaded with guest speakers sharing their field of expertise to hopefully inspire and help the leaders in our community to grow to their potential."
A lineup of globally influential speakers will help develop the skills and amplify the leadership impact of the Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce's community of leaders.
Scheduled to speak during the conference are:
—Communicator, author and pastor Andy Stanley founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries in 1995. Each month, more than 10.5 million of his messages, leadership videos, YouTube videos, and podcasts are accessed online. He is the author of more than 20 books and loves engaging with live audiences, which he has pursued for over three decades at leadership events around the world. Stanley holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from Georgia State University and a master's degree from Dallas Theological Seminary.
—Award-winning and internationally acclaimed humanitarian, storyteller, public intellectual, and disability practitioner Eddie Ndopu is a thought leader and advocate for social equity, sustainability, and disability-based innovation. Ndopu is the Founder of A Billion Reasons, a groundbreaking social impact incubator established in partnership with the World Economic Forum to tackle the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals through a lens of universal design and disability-based innovation.
—Erica Keswin is a workplace strategist who has worked for the past twenty years with some of the most iconic brands in the world as a consultant, speaker, writer, podcast host and professional dot-connector. Her first book, "Bring Your Human to Work: Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Design a Workplace That is Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World," a Wall Street Journal bestseller in its first week, serves as a powerful guide to a workplace revolution that honors relationships and puts people first.
—Dr. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. His 45 books, including the iconic Boundaries, have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. He has an extensive executive coaching background and experience as a leadership consultant, devoting the majority of his time working with CEOs, leadership teams, and executives to improve performance, leadership skills and culture.