Lisa Gareau is the Founder of Candy Event Consulting and knows events can become energized connecting points where communities can gather and grow. She comes to her work as a "Connection Strategy Coach" after over 40 years of event planning joys and hard knocks and believes it is possible for everyday event planners to embrace their brilliance, activate their experience, and cultivate meaningful connections that last. Lisa facilitates learning for these everyday planners through deep-dive strategy sessions, real-time planner and team coaching, interactive workshops through Candy Academy of Event Planning + Promotion and is taking her message to the next level through her "connection-first" course and community called The Connection Architect Program. Lisa continues to share her learning widely as the creator and publisher of Moments Magazine – Event Planning Ideas + Inspiration, the happy host of The Connector Next Door Podcast for Planners, and a soulful speaker, inspiring businesses, and community groups here in Canada and around the world to build better connections from the ground up. Lisa and her family live in Calgary, right next door to the Canadian Rockies, a favourite family playground.