Leadership Texarkana to host Leadercast 2018

Leadership is the harnessing power in any human endeavor, business, insitution or organization.

Community and business leaders can access the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders when Leadership Texarkana hosts Leadercast 2018 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 4 at Texarkana Independent School District’s Sullivan Performing Arts Center on Summerhill Road.

The presentation is part of Leadership Texarkana’s LIFT: Leadership Initiative for Texarkana.

Leadercast is the world’s largest one-day leadership conference, broadcast live from Atlanta, Ga., and simulcast to more than 100,000 leaders around the globe

annually in hundreds of places.

This is the 18th year of the annual Leadercast conference and the fifth year for Leadership Texarkana to host the event locally.

It is presented in partnership with TISD and Texarkana College and with promotional support from the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce.

The theme of Leadercast 2018 is “Lead Yourself,” an integral element of Leadercast’s mission of developing leaders worth following and an essential capacity for leading others.

Leadercast 2018 keynote speakers include:

n Joe Torre, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, chief baseball officer for the MLB, chairman of the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation

n Andy Stanley, leadership communicator and best-selling author

n Michael Hyatt, author, speaker and CEO of Michael Hyatt and Co.

n Dr. Jim Loehr, chairman, CEO and co-founder of Human Performance Institute

n Carey Lohrenz, U.S. Navy pilot, speaker and trainer

n Ian Morgan Cron, bestselling author, psychotherapist, Enneagram teacher and speaker

n Mae Jemison, engineer, physician and NASA astronaut

n Jen Bricker, acrobat, aerialist, author and speaker

n Catherine Hoke, founder and CEO of Defy Ventures

To register to attend Leadercast 2018 in Texarkana, go to leadershiptexarkana.com. Registration is $79 and includes lunch, snacks and Leadercast materials. Group and Leadership Texarkana member discounts are available.

Leadership Texarkana is in an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging and equipping people throughout the community to step up as leaders working together for community excellence, pride and progress. For more about the organization, go to leadershiptexarkana.com.