Michelle Duong is your local coffee shop gal pal – probably sipping on her iced coffee at the local Starbucks with Photoshop opened up. She is the Co-Founder & COO of SmartLines, a start-up that aims to make online sports betting SMART and accessible. She has previously worked at organizations such as RBC Innovation, Samsung Electronics Canada HQ, and Leonardo Worldwide Corporation. During her undergraduate days as a Marketing Management Co-op student at the University of Guelph, Michelle was committed to enriching the lives of students and held over 16+ leadership positions. She was the President of DECA U Ontario, VP Marketing of the Canadian Association of Business Students, and delivered keynote presentations at distinguished events – to name a few endeavors.

In this episode we focus on Michelle’s experience being the President of DECA U Ontario – Canada’s largest undergraduate association and conference. We discuss topics like relationship building, sponsorship acquisition strategies, and the transferrable skills & experiences event planning provides you.

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Conversations with Event Leaders is a podcast where we sit down with event organizers and explore stories from their event planning adventures. The goal of the podcast is to have an entertaining, yet informative conversation that helps inspire listeners to approach events in a new way.

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