New Speaker Mary L. Gray Explores How Everyday Technology & AI Transforms Us

Outspoken is pleased to announce our newest speaker, anthropologist, technologist and media scholar, Mary L. Gray, who is a leading expert in the emerging field of AI and ethics. She has long researched how people’s everyday use of technologies (including artificial intelligence) transform labor, identity and human rights—for better and worse.

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Amanda Slavin Teaches the Art of Authentic Connection in The Seventh Level

Have you been searching for a way to forge a more personal connection with your customers? After all, only 49-57% of marketers report being satisfied with their engagement tools, according to Marketing Insider Group. Amanda Slavin, founder and CEO of the award-winning brand consulting firm, CatalystCreativ, may have the solution for you!

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In her debut book, The Seventh Level, Slavin hands you the keys to unlock authentic engagement and attain higher achievement across the board. The book is based on her technique for marketers, the Seventh Level Engagement Framework.

In the book, Slavin unveils the tools marketers need to measure and grow a brand’s engagement, forge an emotional connection with customers, and unite employees around a shared mission. If you want to dismantle the obstacles standing in your path to more meaningful engagement, let The Seventh Level be your guide.

This guide to authentic connection can not only help brands grow relationships but grow revenue while doing it. It’s a tale of refining your message and your mission in order to grow loyalty from customers and employees while on your path to organizational success.

Slavin’s work is hailed as the answer to building connections while inspiring and educating others at the same time. She’s worked with some of the world’s most notable brands, like Coca-Cola, Google, and WeWork, to do good in the world without sacrificing their bottom line. To do this, she utilizes her proprietary method for quantifying and scaling engagement.

“I’d recommend this book for anyone looking to make change in their organization for the better by connecting more meaningfully to employees, customers, or other stakeholders,” said Tony Hseih, CEO of Zappos.

Slavin has spoken at events like SXSW and Chicago Ideas Week about how this framework is the future of meaningful connection, and her work has been featured in Inc. magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine.

Click here to learn more about Amanda Slavin.

Visionary Videos: Patricia Arquette @ Dreamforce

A leading voice in the equal pay fight, Patricia Arquette has graced many stages to talk about her work in closing the gap on wage equality for women. Watch this video in conversation at the Women's Leadership Summit at Dreamforce.

Pay Equality-From Hollywood to Silicon Valley: Hollywood's top female stars are finally speaking out about pay inequality in the movie business. But is change really on its way? The top-earning female dramatic actors take home around 40% of the salaries of their male co-stars-about half the average in other professions. Academy Award winning actress, Patricia Arquette, graces the Dreamforce stage to discuss why she is passionate about fighting for equal rights for women.