C-Suite Roundtable Facilitation
Ross Dawson facilitates C-suite roundtables for technology and professional services firms and event organizers, giving their most senior clients a conversation worth their time and the sponsor a relationship moment and a record of what its clients think.
Ross works with technology and professional services firms and event organizers to facilitate C-suite roundtables for their clients’ top executives, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs, CDOs, and CMOs. He opens with succinct, engaging content that stimulates discussion, then draws out participants’ own experience and insight. The conversation stays aligned with the sponsor’s objectives while creating value for every executive in the room.
Audience: technology and professional services firms and event organizers convening groups of C-suite clients or prospects, spanning CEO, COO, CFO, CIO, CDO, and CMO roles.
Key content
Each roundtable is designed around the sponsor’s objectives and the audience in the room.
- A short provocation. A tight opening on the future of the participants’ industry, or on Humans + AI, to set up the discussion.
- Structured discussion prompts. Questions built to draw out each executive’s own experience.
- AI strategy and governance. A recurring theme across sectors and roles.
- The future of work. How AI and changing expectations are reshaping how organizations operate.
- Industry transformation and client relationships. Framed to the sponsor’s sector and the group’s shared concerns.
Outcomes
A well-run roundtable delivers value on both sides of the table.
- A conversation the sponsor’s clients value. Executives leave having learned from their peers rather than having sat through a pitch.
- A relationship moment. An occasion for the sponsor’s own executives to connect with clients.
- Synthesis at the close. The key points drawn together before the group disperses.
- An optional written report. Unattributed insights captured under Chatham House rule, for the sponsor’s ongoing use.
Examples of recent work
A global customer experience software company brought together a highly diverse group of C-level executives, across countries, industries, and roles, for the C-level roundtable at its APAC summit in China. Ross facilitated the discussion, drawing out insights across the range of countries, industries, and roles in the room.
A global technology company wanted its CIO roundtable to explore the effective use of social and collaboration technologies inside major organizations. Ross organized and facilitated the discussion, then used unattributed comments from the conversation to produce a report for the sponsor.
Formats
Roundtables run in whatever format suits the sponsor’s event.
- Standalone roundtable. 60 to 120 minutes, breakfast or dinner format.
- Within a conference or summit. A roundtable session inside a larger event program.
- A series across cities. Repeated with local executive groups.
- In person or virtual. With an optional written synthesis of the discussion.
Part of Strategy facilitation and offsites.
About Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson is a futurist, strategy advisor, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and author. He is the Founder of Advanced Human Technologies Group, whose ventures include the Humans + AI product suite and Fraxios, the AI-augmented strategy platform, and the bestselling author of Thriving on Overload and Living Networks. He has delivered keynotes and strategy sessions in 35 countries.
