MBA2358 What I Learned Running My Annual Conference OZCON in 2023 + Free Ride Friday

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Marketing

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

No matter what type of business you run, building an audience and becoming an authority in your industry is crucial. By hosting events, you can position yourself as a leader and create a remarkable experience for your participants and attendees.

In today's episode, Omar will be sharing his experience running the annual conference, OZCON, in 2023. Join as we take you through what worked, what didn't, and the valuable lessons learned from organizing this event.

Running events, whether big or small, is one of the most underrated ways to grow your business, your audience and your network. Particularly now, when people are craving genuine connections more than ever, offering a unique event experience is an opportunity to stand out as a tastemaker and authority in your industry. So, if you've ever considered organizing your own event or want to learn from Omar’s experiences, this episode is for you. Click Play!

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0:15.4	Heyo! Welcome to the $100 MBA show helping you get better at business with our practical business lessons.
0:16.4	I'm your host, your coach, your teacher, Omar's at home.
0:19.5	I'm also the co-founder of Webinar Ninja, anated Software Company I started back in 2014.
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0:40.8	If you want to win a free ride, just leave us an Apple podcast rating and review and you
0:44.5	enter our weekly random draw. We announce this week's winner a little bit later
0:48.0	in the episode. Hang on for that. In today's episode you'll learn what I learned from running my annual conference,
0:55.1	OSCON in 2023.
0:57.3	I'm going to share with you what worked, what didn't, what screwed up, what went really
1:01.6	well, and why you would want to run an event, a conference, a retreat
1:06.0	for your audience.
1:08.0	A bit of background, Nicole, and I started OSCON back in 2021.
1:12.0	The idea of OSCON is to make it easier for entrepreneurs in Australia
1:15.3	to get to know each other, make relationships, make connections, help each other out
1:19.9	and go beyond the shallow conversations that we usually have at meetups and conferences.
1:26.4	We wanted to basically create a unique experience, the best of a conference, a retreat,
1:32.2	a mastermind all wrapped in one and boy has it been challenging I mean the first one got cancelled because of COVID or I should say got postponed
1:40.0	made our first run in it in 2022. It was an interesting first experience. This year we just ran it again for our second time and
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