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ENGAGEMENT

Do you have a passion to make and use digital media to help people discover Jesus?

Join us at the Indigitous Waterloo conference as we gather to collaborate with ot her creatives to share, inspire, and create digital strategies to help reach your world.

This conference is designed to spark your creativity and learning, with opportunities not just to hear from international innovators and digital experts but to craft tools onsite with industry peers.

Whether you are a social media guru or a newcomer to the digital world, we challenge you to act on your heart for the gospel. Come and expand your evangelistic tool belt.

Collaborate. Create. Engage.

Keynote Speakers

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Don Van Meer, the CEO of Carswell (a Thomson Reuters legal services company in Canada) will be our first Keynote Speaker. He used digital strategies to transform his company and employee engagement strategies, leading to unprecedented growth and recognition as one of the best places to work in Canada. Don is an innovator rooted in Jesus. He loves people and desires to see them in a vibrant relationship with Jesus.

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Esteban Contreras is the Director of Strategy at Sprinklr, the founder of Social Nerdia Consulting, co-founder of Ordrb, and the author of “Social State: Thoughts, Stats and Stories About the State of Social Media in 2013.” Esteban will apply current trends in social media to your desire for increased engagement in evangelism and discipleship efforts. He will also be available to give insight into your current projects.

Start following him now @socialnerdia.

Check out all our speakers:

Day 1 Keynote and Live Learning

Desmond Choi Karen Schenk Brian Barela Judy Douglass Chris Vacher Jess Versteeg Aaron Thomson Matt Brubaker Ken Cochrum Michelle Pyke

 

Day 2 Keynote and Kitchen Team Projects

Click to apply for your place on a Indigitous Kitchen Team where you get craft tools in our digital kitchen.

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Venue

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Nov 5-6
Once an abandoned factory, The Tannery Building experienced a digital renaissance and now houses technology leaders like Google and RIM. It is located at 151 Charles St W, Kitchener, Canada, and is within walking distance to phenomenal restaurants and hotels.

Nov 7
The Kitchener Hotel & Conference Centre (formerly the Delta Kitchener-Waterloo) is located in on 105 King Street East, Kitchener, Canada and is easily accessible from Highway 401.

 

 

Arrival Information

We’re so excited to meet many of you. Please follow this link to information that will help you prepare for your trip to Waterloo.

 

Preferred hotel room rates available at:

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Option #1: Kitchener-Waterloo Hotel & Conference Centre (formerly the Delta Kitchener-Waterloo)

105 King Street East
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 2K8

Executive Room at $129 plus tax
A discounted parking rate of $5 per vehicle per night is available.
Reservations must be made by September 19, 2013 for the preferred rate.

To make a reservation:

Guests may call 1-800-483-7812 and use the group code “1311POWER2” or indicate that they are with the Indigitous conference hosted by “Power to Change.”

Guests may book online.

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Option #2: Walper Hotel
20 Queen Street South
Kitchener, ON N1G 1V6

Landmark Room at $109 plus tax
Landmark Suites at $119 plus tax
Rates include breakfast and parking.
Reservations must be made by October 4, 2013 for the preferred rate.

 

To make a reservation:

Guests may call 1-800-265-8749 and indicate that they are with the Indigitous conference hosted by Power to Change.

Guests may book online and use “indigitous” as the “Promo/Corporate code.”

 


 

We want to make sure everyone can come.

If cost is an issue, apply for a scholarship here.