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The Evolution of Destination Advocacy: Best Practices from DI's Advocacy Summit - Upcoming Wednesday Webinar, November 27

Nov 25, 2024

Wednesday Webinar #9: The Evolution of Destination Advocacy: Best Practices from DI's Advocacy Summit

Recapping the 2024 Destinations International Advocacy Summit in October, Josiah Brown from New York's Best Experiences will take you through the rapidly evolving landscape of destination advocacy. How you tell the story of your impact matters. Join us for this week's Wednesday Webinar on November 27th at 9:15 AM, and learn how you can grow your impact.

Why You Should Attend This Session: 

  • If we don't get advocacy right, we might not get the chance to get anything else right.
  • Destination Advocacy is now linked to how well you rise up as a Destination Stewardship Organization
  • Learn how to become "Known, Valued, Empowered" by your community leaders.
  • Look for "win/win/wins" in your destination for Destination Organization relevance/Community vitality/Funding

Key Takeaways:

  • This workshop will change the way you think about your role as just a Destination Marketing Team and lead you into the mindset of a Destination Stewardship Organization.

About the Presenter: 

 

Josiah Brown

New York Sherpa

E: sherpa@newyorksbestexperiences.com

P: 845-283-1638

Josiah Brown, or the New York Sherpa as he is called, is a former Chair of the New York State Tourism Industry Association.

Josiah has logged over 900,000 driving miles throughout New York and 47 states of America over the last 21 years working to help destinations better leverage their visitor economy for community vitality and growth.

As the President/CEO of Famous Destination Marketing and the founder of New York’s Best Experiences he is a sought-after consultant, speaker and expert in destination marketing and management.

His life goal is to always be “Inspiring People Forward”.

About the Organization: 

Famous Destination Marketing is a creation of Josiah Brown, aka the New York Sherpa, after 20 years of destination marketing and consulting. He specializes in speaking and training, destination assessments, destination branding, and rebranding.

The heart behind Famous Destination Marketing has always been for the rural communities and the local destinations that are looking where to start, and how to gain local support.


Register below:

NYSTIA is hosting weekly virtual workshops in an informal, "coffee and conversation" format from 9:15 am to 9:45 am every Wednesday from October 2nd to December 11, 2024.  

NYSTIA Wednesday Webinars are briskly paced, informative and themed to provide tactical 'know how' and 'how to' insights into best practice tourism-related marketing/management.

We encourage NYSTIA 'Members-with-Members' to invite their members to register. Each webinar is recorded and archived for post-event access.

Check out our Spring 2024 Lunch & Learn Webinar series wrap-up for recaps of all 16 webinars presented January through May, 2024. Each recap includes a bullet-point summary, slide decks, and a video recording.

Any questions should be directed to Brooke Wilson - Brooke@nystia.org.

- Brooke Wilson

Sign up for our webinars below:

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with Mark Luciano, Brookfield Renewable U. S.
with Jessie McNaughton from the NY Fiber Trail
with Seth Orozco from Sojern
with Bridget Cerrone from Advance Media NY
with Elissa Mitchell from Corporate Communications
with Bob Provost, NYSTIA President & CEO
with Jonathan Keslow from Epsilon
with Josiah Brown from Famous Destination Marketing, Inc.
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