Join us as Mike Farag, CEO of Fervor Marketing, is our special guest for a dinner conversation. Mike’s topic will be using AI agents to help you run your marketing business.

KC/IABC Masters is a forum for experienced business communicators, usually with at least 10 years in the field. Participation for members is free; the nonmember fee is $10. Everyone purchases their own meal and beverage upon arrival. Registration is required for members and nonmembers.

Seeking a new career opportunity is challenging for everyone. Jeff Pelaccio will share insights to surviving and thriving.

This is a free event, but registration is required. Buy your own coffee and/or food.

This talk will challenge you to stop waiting for a title and start acting like the strategist you already are.

You don't need a C-Suite title to operate like one. In fact, some of the most strategic communicators do their best work without the corner office, because they've learned to think differently about their role, their relationships, and their influence.

KC IABC Master Communicators: Join us for this opportunity to check-in on our year and network together. No speaker this time, just a chance for us to gather together and talk about current business climate, what's on our minds generally and crowdsource any particular challenge we may be facing in an "open mic" style. Please join us!

Join GKC-PRSA and KCIABC for a special co-hosted happy hour featuring networking and a conversation on crisis communications with Mike Swenson

Too often, even the most dedicated people fall into "The Bridled Leader Trap"—stuck in cycles of doing, fixing, and rescuing instead of truly leading.Through compelling stories and lessons from my rodeo days, I'll show your audience how to saddle their own horse and reclaim leadership with responsibility, presence, and power.

Hear, through step-by-step podcast production and video case studies, how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the game.

Ignite Your Potential with Robin Ferguson - We're continuing our free KC IABC coffee series on personal development for communicators.

The event is free. We hope to see you there!

Learn how communicator and hiker, Roy Harryman, grew KansasCityHiker.com to nearly 45,000 Facebook fans.

This presentation will provide ideas and inspiration for your work, even if you never lace up a hiking boot.

SAVE THE DATE! KC IABC's Business Communicators Summit returns to the KU Edwards Campus on February 26, 2026. 

Step up to the plate with Emmy-Award Winning Broadcaster Joel Goldberg,
whose career interviewing baseball’s most elite players was made possible by
one essential skill: Winning Trust.

The KC IABC Master's are gathering again for a dinner discussion. Our special guest will be Dr. Cory Scheer, author of "Closing the Trust Gap" and a featured speaker nationally on the erosion of trust in our workplaces and its implications for communicators.

AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have already reshaped the digital landscape. The ability to prompt them effectively has become a critical skill.

In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to “speak AI” through strategic prompt design. We’ll explore what makes a prompt work, why many people get mediocre results, and how to guide AI tools to generate high-quality content, insights, and ideas. You’ll walk away with real examples, ready-to-use prompt templates, and a clear understanding of how this skill can increase your value and impact across any digital role.

Communications work often demands that we’re “always on.” Let’s talk about how to set boundaries without guilt, explore our relationships with time, and build habits that protect both energy and effectiveness. Join career coach and consultant Kathryn Lorenzen for some provocative ideas and guidance and join a group discussion on our shared and unique experiences. Expect to walk away with at least a couple of things you might apply immediately in your professional and personal life.

Attendees will leave with: A clear framework for developing a strategic LinkedIn Profile, practical ideas for elevating brand presence in a crowded digital landscape on LinkedIn, insights on leveraging LinkedIn to reach and engage target audiences, and approaches for communicating value where trust and authority are essential.

Annette Choti, attorney and founder of digital marketing agency Law Quill, shares fresh, strategic insights on how to get more value from your LinkedIn presence.

Elizabeth McFadden, of Novella Brandhouse, will share a rebranding case study for Tri County Mental Health.

Get ready to expand your professional circle at our exclusive members-only event, "Rapid Connect," designed to help you make valuable connections in record time!

Our next Coffee Chat presenter is author Kimberly Wright. We'll discuss how our perceptions are powerful lenses that shape both our identity and professional interactions.

Think fast, adapt, and communicate with confidence! Discover how improv transforms workplace communication in this dynamic session.

Amplify! Elevate Your Voice, Expand Your Impact
Mark your calendar for KC IABC's Business Communicators Summit (BCS), one of the region's largest gatherings for communications and marketing professionals. 

Join us on 12 February for this FREE webinar as Steve Gregoire and Paul Stewart cover the key findings of PoliteMail’s 2024 Benchmark Report and present email best practices supported by data science informed by four billion internal emails to 15 million employees. Gain actionable insights you can apply right away to improve your reach, readership and engagement.

Are you swirling over all the implications of AI in your work? We've found just the right person to help us dig into the possibilities, the probabilities and the problems. Hear from the expert and throw your questions out for discussion with your peers.

Join us on Thursday, December 5th, as we continue our KC IABC coffee series on personal development for communicators. Our guest speaker will be Lisa Nickel, who will speak on "Get Out of Your Head: Strategies to Stop Negative Thinking Patterns."

Dave will explore the wisdom behind leveraging the network you already have - and growing it to build relationships that help you reach your goals. At this breakfast event, you'll learn 3 proven, easy-to-implement strategies to tap into your network's wisdom, become a collector of "gold coins," and become smarter and more effective in reaching your professional and personal goals.

Join us on Thursday, August 15, as we continue our KC IABC coffee series on personal development for communicators. Our guest speaker will be JL Heather, who will speak on "Building and Maintaining Boundaries."