Speaking at Customer SuccessCon events

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About Customer SuccessCon Presentations

The goal of Customer SuccessCon events is to build connections between executive leaders of the profession through conversations about core aspects of Customer Success group management.  The audience is CS executives — VP’s, Directors, Heads of CS and Managers of Customer Success (rather than customer-facing CSM’s).  We also typically have some C-level types (CEO/COO/CCO’s) and the occasional VC/Investor partners as well.  There are a maximum of 100 attendees for each event.

Each conference has three types of speaking roles.  The first is as a plenary presenter.  The other two roles are as leaders of smaller focused sessions on either Case Studies or Best Practices.

Customer SuccessCon Plenary Sessions

CSCL2016The two plenary sessions of Customer SuccessCon are about reviewing the current and future state of the profession, and how CS teams can increase their effectiveness.  For plenary presenters, we look for standing in the worldwide customer success community as thought leaders and direct experience as senior executive leadership of customer success groups in a variety of companies.

Customer SuccessCon Focus Sessions: Case Studies

Case studies focus on how a particular company’s CS team dealt with a specific real-world challenge that customer success professionals will typically encounter.  For such sessions, the presenter will need to identify how the particular issue was perceived by the company and its effects.  What was the plan for dealing with the challenge?  What was done about it and why?  What were the outcomes, and what would you do differently next time?

To be considered for leadership of case study sessions, presenters should have in-depth experience of the topic and group discussion facilitation skills.

Customer SuccessCon Focus Sessions: Best Practices

Customer SuccessCon Best Practices session CSCE2015Best Practices sessions also focus on specific issues common to customer success teams.  The scope for these sessions is wider, covering the strategies and tactics used across a variety of companies.  The presenter should highlight and explain the differences in how the issue was perceived by different companies and what they did or are doing about it.

To be considered for leadership of Best Practices session, presenters should have direct in-depth expertise in the topic across multiple organizations as well as group discussion facilitation skills.  Consultants specializing in customer success are welcome to apply.

Customer SuccessCon Session Format

Each Customer SucccessCon session lasts for either 25 or 45 minutes.  Ideally, the first half to 3/4ths of a session will be on content delivery, followed by Q&A.  During the session, the goal of the presenter is to engage the audience as much as possible so that the discussion becomes a workshop/consultative activity not only between the attendees and the leader, but also between the attendees themselves.

All Customer SuccessCon sessions are “unplugged  — no powerpoint slides or videos.  Presenters are encouraged to provide worksheets or printed handouts as appropriate, and/or to share papers electronically before or after the event.

Customer SuccessCon Topics

Preferred topics for Customer SuccessCon events focus on specific issues and challenges likely to be encountered by most customer success executive leaders.  Examples include:

  • The First Year of a CS team
  • Redefining the role of a CS team
  • Building/improving relationships with Sales, Marketing, Development, Product Marketing
  • Scaling Customer Success teams
  • Self-Success; How to automate CS functions
  • The Business of Customer Success – how to operate as a profit center, etc.

Please note that motivational presentations or overly general subjects will not be accepted for Customer SuccessCon events.

To Apply for a Speaking Role at Customer SuccessCon

CS professionals are invited to apply for speaking roles at Customer SuccessCon.  Please provide a proposal identifying the particular Customer SuccessCon event, your preferred topic title, session description, speaker biography and an appropriate photo in jpg format.  We recommend that you also create a discussion topic in The Customer Success Forum on LinkedIn on your preferred subject to get feedback from the community.

To submit an application, please contact us.

Sponsoring Customer SuccessCon events

While customer success management technology vendors may sponsor Customer SuccessCon events and speak, their sessions and topics will undergo the same review process as all others.

For more information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please contact us.