Gabriella Robuccio is an Emmy Award–winning event professional with over a decade of experience leading high-profile productions for ESPN, including the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euros, and the Special Olympics World Games. She later transitioned into nonprofit event management, overseeing multimillion-dollar fundraising events across multiple states. Now as the founder of ProEventTips, Gabriella consults with event teams and speaks nationally on the power of emotional intelligence, communication, and stakeholder management in events. Her unique background—spanning global sports, nonprofit, and corporate consulting—makes her an engaging and relatable voice for emerging professionals eager to build leadership skills early in their careers.

The People Side of Events: Emotional Intelligence, Communication, and Buy In

Tuesday, February 24, 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM 

Great events don’t succeed on logistics alone, they succeed on relationships. For rising professionals, learning how to manage the people side of events is what sets future leaders apart. This interactive session introduces three critical soft skills: emotional intelligence, communication repair, and stakeholder buy-in.

Through relatable event-day scenarios, attendees will uncover where communication breaks down, how to repair it quickly, and how to strengthen their ability to gain alignment and trust across teams, clients, and vendors. They’ll also explore the role of emotional intelligence as the foundation for all of these skills—helping them stay grounded under pressure, understand their impact on others, and lead with confidence even early in their careers.

This session is interactive, engaging, and designed to give attendees practical tools they can apply at their very next event to stand out as leaders who bring people together, not just projects across the finish line.

Learning Objectives:
1. Strengthen emotional intelligence to better navigate stress and lead with clarity.
2. Identify common communication breakdowns and practice repairing them in real time.
3. Gain tools for securing buy-in from stakeholders, clients, and colleagues.