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Janessa Philemon-Kerp is an event leader with nearly two decades of experience leading conferences and complex business events. Her background spans event strategy, logistics, production, business ownership, digital marketing, and marketing operations.

She can lead an event end to end or take ownership of a substantial workstream. She’s also available for consulting, or you can book a 1:1 strategy call below.

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Event Services

Full Event Leadership

You bring me on to lead the entire event, from planning through onsite execution.

* Exclusive engagements, limited availability

Event Logistics Key Workstreams

You bring me on to lead and project manage specific event workstreams, from planning through execution.

Event Operations Consulting

You bring me on to help established events improve how they’re planned, managed, and measured.

Recent Articles

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The Decisions That Get Made Before Event Planning Even Begins
The Decisions That Get Made Before Event Planning Even Begins

The most important event planning decisions get made before anyone books a venue, signs a vendor, or opens a project plan. By the time most teams start "planning," the event has already been shaped by choices nobody flagged as decisions: what this event is supposed to do, who it's for, what format the goal requires, and what success looks like.

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When a Conference Outgrows the Way It’s Being Run
When a Conference Outgrows the Way It’s Being Run

A successful conference can grow into a very different event while the processes behind it stay largely the same. Here’s how to spot where your event has outgrown the way it’s being run, and what may need to evolve before next year.

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Your Event Data Shouldn't Live in Your Registration Platform
Your Event Data Shouldn't Live in Your Registration Platform

A good event data system isn't defined by the tools you use. It's defined by whether the right event data gets into the right systems, reaches the people who need it, connects to the broader business, and is still useful after the event ends.

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