Liz leveraged a fashion idea she had in college to launch dozens of young women in East Africa into educational and entrpreneurial opportunities. Together, they built Ssseko Designs, the largest non-agricultural production company in Uganda. Experience Liz’s story and be inspired!

Deborah Burns 8:42 minute testiomony covers decades of her walk in the marketplace, landing on how God led her back from Wall Street to Albuqerque. He story is a great reminder of how God uses everything, including success, loss adversity and seasons dominated by challenge to bring us closer to Him and to lives of significance.

Advance Summit 2020 is FCCI’s 41st Annual Business Leader’s Conference. Advancing Faith, Work & Leadership is far more than a tagline. It’s a go-to-market approach that will leverage FCCI’s rich history, legacy leaders and content to reach new generations of marketplace leaders, influencers and Christians intent on advancing the Kingdom of the Prince of Peace. Awakening, Activating & Advancing a new generation of Christ-following business leaders [and much more] will enrich a cadence between now and September!!

Founder, Gazelles, Entrepreneur’s Organization [EO] and MIT’s CEO program, “Birthing of Giants”, trainer, best-selling author and lots more, Verne Harnish brings so much to the table for a CEO, business executive or anyone who longs for a productive, profitable life and business. In “Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0”, there is so much more than attracting & amassing wealth, or even being able to bless multitudes with your generosity. Steve Forbes strongly endorses the thoughts shared here, both for Christians and for any business leader.

Thanksgiving [case sensitive] We all long for intimate connections with those whom we love most. Does true love require souls to touch? What does that mean and how do we do so? Deuteronomy 4:29 and 6:9 clearly establish the fact that we find God and truly love God only when we search and love with our souls. What does that mean? Arguably, soul connection with God and our neighbor is key to reaching the world with the Gospel.

Horst Schulze’s passion for excellence can be traced back to a trade school writing assignment at 14 years of age. That visionary paper: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Serving Ladies and Gentlemen” drove his career and eventually catalyzed the vision for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. That uplifting charge to Ritz-Carlton staff was central to Horst crafting a globally recognized iconic brand that redefined excellence. Join Horst now for a 7 minute sample of gold nuggets…

Hear more from Horst at FCCI’s 2019 40th Annual International Conference, a Leadership Collab in San Diego, CA, USA. www.leadershipcollab.com

Liz Bohnannon’s story probably needs some adjectives that would be oversell on almost any other story that we have encountered. Rather than stretching our vocabulary, we strongly suggest that you wade in and buckle up. You will be captivated, energized, humbled and we pray motivated to go to work and change your [our] world for Christ.

Join Henry Kaestner [Co-Founder, Bandwidth.com & Faith Driven Entrepeneur {FDE}] as he shares about his marketplace journey. This talk could almost serve as a primer for business leaders who are beginning to explore their walk with Christ in the Marketplace. Henry convenes FDE business leaders in informal groups built on C. S. Lewis’ Inklings model of fellowship, encouragement, and iron sharpening iron to enhance personal & career potential to further the Kingdom. His talk here should inspire all of us to be expressive of our faith in Christ as we go about our business.