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  • Demo Execution
  • AI & Technology
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  • Consensus Roll Out
  • Sales Adoption
Apr 22
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Event Welcome & Keynote l Product Experiences: A Cornerstone of Modern GTM

Modern GTM approaches require technology providers to articulate and show the value of their offerings early and often in a buying process. An array of product experiences, ranging from actual product...

  • David Yockelson
  • Doug Johnson
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Revolutionize Your Demos For Maximum Impact

Want to make your demos unforgettable? This session will teach you how to turn every demo into a competitive advantage. Learn how to start with a bang, and how to center your presentation around your...

  • Milla Austin
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Aim to Engage: Using AI to Supercharge the Human Connection in Presentations and Demos

As Solutions Engineers we often love the Tech content in our role, and at the same time it can be a struggle to stand out when communicating with prospects and clients. Why not use some Tech to help power...

  • David Duffett
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
From House of Brands to Branded House: Strategic Commercial Enablement for Product Realignment and Rebranding

This session explores the strategic transition from a house of brands to a unified branded house, emphasizing commercial enablement and product realignment to support a successful rebrand. Attendees will...

  • Samantha Jankowitz
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Stop Rambling: How to Stop Your Big Brain from Getting Too In-the-Weeds

In this session, Rew Dickinson will show you 3 actionable tips for communicating more simply with less words. Stop over-explaining. Stop taking 10 minutes to answer a simple question. Stop being the geeky...

  • Rew Dickinson
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Women in Solutions: Connecting for Success

Join us for an open and honest panel discussion with experienced women from our tech network 'The Female SC' as they share their career journeys, the challenges and successes of being a woman in solutions,...

  • Fabiana Fattore
  • Kate Travers
  • Stefania Hau
  • Sam Keay
  • Rachel McLuckie
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Storytelling in Demos

Storytelling isn’t an extra layer for your demo—it is the demo. In this session, Natasja Bax will show you how to create demos that make your customer the hero. Learn to structure your demos as clear...

  • Natasja Bax
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Panel l Practical Implementation of Consensus
  • Michaela Alba
  • Tom Edwards
  • Duston Littlefield
  • Ellie Book
  • Andy Spencer
  • Patrick Dornan
  • Elisabeth Alonzi
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Bridging Tech and Trust: The Role of Presales in Modern Buying Journeys

Discover how presales professionals can simplify complex technology, build trust with buyers, and become key influencers in the sales process. Learn strategies to drive clearer communication, stronger...

  • Nigel Chimwaza
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Fight Your Imposter Workshop

A transformative workshop where professionals like you turn self-doubt into confidence.

  • Hannah Bloking
  • Allison Macalik
  • Christie Fitzgerald
  • Trevor Bissell
  • Gretchen Fitzgibbons
  • Wayne Brown
  • Hannah Bloking
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Scale Your GTM Pre-Sales by Enablement

Powering your GTM strategy through hyper-alignment of pre-sales and enablement.

  • Gemma Hurley
  • Rob Dean
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
The Importance of Automated Demos in the Age of AI Procurement

In the age of AI-driven procurement, automated demos are no longer optional, but essential for B2B software vendors. This session explores how AI is revolutionizing procurement, creating challenges for...

  • Elisabeth Marino
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
The Modern Demo: No-Nonsense Demo Skills for the Next-Gen SE

Whether you’re new to the demo game or remember when you used to carry servers to do your demo, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve noticed significant changes in how buyers buy. We’ve trained over 150,000...

  • Chad Wilson
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Suspending Disbelief: A Collection of Presales and Sales Stories (and Lessons Learned)

Join Peter as he shares a handful of hopefully humorous real-life short stories. Each is designed to shine a light on avoidable sales and presales errors, intriguing challenges, and amusing situations...

  • Peter Cohan
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
How to Build Your Own Buyer Journey

Learn in this session of an example of how Unit4 built their very own Buyer Journey, built during the transformation of becoming a true SaaS company. It shows how to build an end-to-end journey, which...

  • Robin Mathar
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Harnessing Consensus Videos for Marketing Success: A Case Study from Microsol Resources

Discover how Microsol Resources leverages Consensus videos to transform its marketing strategy. By integrating this innovative tool into their tech stack, the company has generated high-quality leads,...

  • Anna Liza Montenegro
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Inspirational Relevance: The Guiding Principle for Demos that Sell

In today’s competitive software market, delivering a demo that simply showcases features is no longer enough. The most successful sales professionals aim for inspirational relevance—a demo that is not...

  • Chris White
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Conquering the Last Minute Demo

You just got the call—you're needed for a demo in 10 minutes. No prep, no discovery, and no time to panic. What do you do?  In this high-energy session, Mike McDowell, author of Demotainment: The...

  • Mike McDowell
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
The Tech Stack for World-Class Presales
  • Brian Lewis
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
PQLs to Deals: Leveraging Marketing Metrics for Presales Wins

PQLs. Demo metrics. Pipeline analytics. Marketing has the data—but are you using it to your advantage? In this session, Betty Mok, SVP of Marketing at Consensus, will reveal how Presales teams can collaborate...

  • Betty Mok
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Panel l From SE to Sales Leader: Building Your Brand and Earning Your Next Promotion

What does it take to stand out as a world-class SE and move up the ranks? This panel brings together sales and presales leaders to discuss the key traits they look for in top-performing SEs. Learn how...

  • Todd Janzen
  • Chelsey Chan
  • Nomar Bodon
  • Christine Knox
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Panel l The AE to SE Relationship
  • Art Fromm
  • James Henderson-Mills
  • Jessica Charalambous
  • Matt Champion
  • Emily Keator
  • Jon Ayers
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
The Gentle Art of Saying "No"

"No" is one of the hardest words in the dictionary for a Sales Engineer to use effectively. It's the reason we get overworked, lose sight of our priorities and generally become stressed. There has to...

  • John Care
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Rethink the Demo: Delivering Product Experiences that Modern Buying Groups Crave

Buying groups have doubled in size, and each stakeholder comes with their own set of needs. A one-size-fits-all product experience won’t cut it anymore. If the buyer doesn't get the product experience...

  • Garin Hess
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Derisking AI Sales: A Presales Guide to Driving Value for AI Features

Artificial Intelligence is a common buzzword that all organizations are asking for to be included in the products and solutions that we provide. While these AI features can be powerful differentiators...

  • Trevor Luzum
Apr 23
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Keynote: The Product Experience Revolution
  • Rob Dean
  • Rex Galbraith
  • Mike Trionfo
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
From 0 to 2,000: How Oracle NetSuite Supported 2,000 Reps Overnight with Consensus
  • Chris Cave
  • Ryan Hatch
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Concept to Content: Managing the Full Lifecycle of Demo Experiences

Gain insights into the five pivotal stages of the demo content lifecycle, and discover how to synchronize content with sales and marketing goals to manage your demos as dynamic assets that evolve with...

  • Mark McKinlay
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Own Your Career Plan: Six Possible Paths For A Sales Engineer and How To Take Them

Being a sales engineer is great, but what about career progression? Do you see yourself doing the exact same thing for the rest of your career? If not, do you know what you want to do next? And do you...

  • Malcolm Murphy
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
How to Analyze a Company and Go from Tactical to Strategic Selling

Sales is changing. The best sellers now understand that moving from tactical to strategic selling is essential for real success. One-size-fits-all strategies no longer work in today's environment, and...

  • Semir Jahic
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Will AI Take Over the Demo Business?

Join Tony Francetic as he delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence within the presales space. As AI technologies rapidly advance and integrate into various industries, the presales...

  • Tony Francetic
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
The Book of Life: How Presales Shapes the Entire Customer Lifecycle

In a world where the buyer journey extends beyond the initial sale, presales has the unique opportunity to shape not only how deals are won but how long-term customer relationships are built and maintained....

  • Paul Pearce
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
From Rockstar to Demostar

From Rockstar to Demostar - How creativity is transforming Pre-Sales


  • Paul Logue
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Hiring Best Practices

Solutions professionals are a diverse group and trying to hire requires a combination of identification, coaching, selling and closing in order to hire talent…not only the “top” talent BUT bringing on...

  • Kevin O'Keefe
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Key Metrics for CS - What should you be measuring for success, and why?

In this session, we’ll explore the core Customer Success Metrics that drive retention, growth, and customer satisfaction, including Net Dollar Retention (NDR), Gross Retention Rate (GRR), Churn Rate,...

  • Tori Moss
  • Tori Moss
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Bad & Better Demo Habits: 10 Actionable Tips to Improve Your Demo Performance Instantly

Learn how small adjustments can make a big difference in the way you deliver software demos. This session will cover 10 practical habits that help you connect better with your audience, align with sales...

  • Max Lüpertz
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
How AI Transforms the RFP Process
  • Ben Hills
  • Glen Tipton
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Storytelling for Buyer Enablement: Crafting Narratives That Empower Decisions

Empowering buyers is about more than presenting facts—it’s about telling the right story. In this session, Savannah Foreman, a presales professional with a Master’s degree in English and advanced studies...

  • Savannah Foreman
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Bridging the Gap: Why Technical Sales Champions Are Key to Unlocking Revenue Growth

In today's complex sales landscape, technical sales champions play a vital role in driving revenue growth. By bridging the gap between technology and business, these champions foster trust, credibility,...

  • Akshat Srivastava
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Panel: Creating a Business Case for Consensus
  • Tony Francetic
  • Joel Hovey
  • Jennifer Lau
  • Jennifer Jones
  • Kelsey Naschek
  • Patrick Carroll
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Panel: 2025 SE Report
  • Adam Freeman
  • Jeff Carnahan
  • Akshai Tellis
  • Sarah Beth Todd
  • Tayla Fazio
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Scaling Success With Digital Business Reviews Leveraging Consensus Platform

Learn more about how Paycor leverages Consensus to present Business Reviews to clients that are looking for a more tailored and unique experience. Analytics behind the scenes – Discover how the data within...

  • Luis Carreno
  • Amanda Galloway
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Making SEAMless Sales: How Presales and sales can work together seamlessly focused on client success

Are you in a presales role struggling to work better with your sales counterpart? Are you in a sales role and wish there were a more productive way to work with the other sales roles and with presales?...

  • Art Fromm
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Keynote: Don't Wait For The AI To Come To You
  • Zach Lawryk
Apr 24
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Keynote l Content Creation Anxiety Alleviation

How to get your content creators creating content so the created content is content that needs to be created - Exercises you can use to get your teams creating content in a fun, low-stress, way, and making...

  • Duston Littlefield
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Tours & Simulations Best Practices

Dynamic Tours and Simulations are the next step in demo automation. Here we'll talk about why they are so important and how to implement them!

  • Scott Fiedel
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
A Day in the Life of an AE

Hear from two expert Consensus users on how they use Consensus in their day-to-day lives!

  • Tom McLeod
  • Lindsay Dougherty
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
The Cyncly Journey - Getting Past Failure & Looking for the Future

How Cyncly got Consensus up and running while course correcting along the way.

  • Rahul Karadi
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC
Using AI When Creating a Content Creation Strategy
  • David Peck
  • Derek Gilbet
  • Ty Sartor
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Consensus for Marketing - Use Cases + Best Practices

A look at some of the ways you can use Consensus in marketing and how to get the best results.

  • Katie McCurdy
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC
Getting Buy-In From Sales Leaders

Diving into how to get sales and sales leadership involved and excited about using Consensus.

  • Geoff Reimer
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC
Consensus Product Updates

A look at recent Consensus releases + a sneak peek at what's coming!

  • Brian Zurcher
  • Anand Subbiah
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
From Siloed to Strategic: Unifying Your Account Team and Engaging Buyers with Consensus

This session will focus on the value of building trusted advisor relationships with both clients and internal sales teams. Let’s delve into the power of collaboration, strategies for becoming a trusted...

  • Joanna Gwin
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
User Administration & Demo Library Best Practices

A best practices deep dive into optimizing your demo library and user grouping strategy. We’ll explore how to strategically assign content, structure your folder hierarchy for scalability, and set up...

  • Porscha Oneal
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UTC
Are You Smarter Than A Consensus CSM?

Game time hosted by our CSM team with prizes for the winners!

  • Ammon Miller
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