NECTAR: Nurture Engagement, Craft Trust, and Accelerate Results 2026

Schedule

Tue Feb 10 2026 at 08:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Cary Chamber of Commerce | Cary, NC

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A Brand Innovation Masterclass Presented by Hummingbird Creative Group
About this Event

Ready to transform your brand from simply "doing marketing" to actively building enduring brand value?

Hummingbird Creative Group invites you to NECTAR: Nurture Engagement, Craft Trust, and Accelerate Results, an exclusive brand innovation masterclass designed to equip you with the strategies to not just thrive, but to significantly enhance your brand's value. Just as a hummingbird seeks the vital essence of a flower, your brand needs the right nourishment to flourish. We're bringing together experts to help you discover the "NECTAR" that will fuel your brand's growth and impact.

This is more than just a seminar; it's a hands-on experience for business and marketing leaders. You'll walk away with a clear, actionable brand ecosystem map built for long-term growth, increased revenue, and customer loyalty.

Why NECTAR?

  • Because alignment leads to evolution.
  • Because insights are only useful when applied.
  • Because great brands speak clearly to the right people.
  • Because you shouldn't just make noise, you should make meaning and build lasting value.
  • Because marketing plans should move the needle and build brand value, not just look good on paper.

Don't miss this opportunity to infuse your brand with the vital NECTAR it needs to build significant and enduring value. Spaces are limited to ensure an intimate and impactful learning experience.

We look forward to helping your brand soar!


Agenda

đź•‘: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Welcome + Coffee & Connect
Host: Sponsored by RTP Photo and Video

Info: Start your day with light bites and open networking. This is your chance to build relationships and transition into a learning mindset, ensuring you're ready to absorb every insight.


đź•‘: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Foundation - Clarity Before Creativity

Info: Senior marketers don't need another lesson on writing a mission statement; they need to ensure strategic alignment is actively guiding day-to-day decisions, cross-functional collaboration, customer journey planning, and resourcing. The "Clarity Before Continuity" session uncovers misalignments, clarifies focus, and sets the foundation for meaningful brand innovation. We challenge you to look beyond your existing mission, vision, and values statements to see if they're truly driving daily decision-making or just sitting in a slide deck. We treat alignment not as a pretty poster in the breakroom, but as a leadership behavior and an organizational operating system—the live code that runs your business. This clarity is essential for defining what your brand will defend, evolve, and experiment with, as most innovation challenges are really alignment problems in disguise. If your efforts are scattered across too many audiences, channels, or tactics, you can't possibly scale what matters.


đź•‘: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Audience Intelligence - Speak Their Language

Info: The "Audience Intelligence - Speak Their Language" session is dedicated to translating raw customer insights into actionable strategy, transforming messaging from a mere exercise into a strategic tool. While senior leaders often have the customer data, they frequently lack the clarity to activate it. We teach you how to turn these insights into messaging that differentiates, experiences that adapt, and internal alignment that persuades leadership to act. This session confirms that speaking their language applies to both your external customers and your internal teams. True brand innovation often comes not from inventing, but from listening better and applying feedback differently, enabling great brands to adjust their positioning, structure, and delivery to reflect what truly matters. As a brand leader, your job isn't just to understand your audience—it's to translate that understanding into influence across the organization.


đź•‘: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Building for Impact & Planning What Actually Works

Info: The final session, "Building for Impact & Planning What Actually Works", is dedicated to showing you how to sustain brand momentum. By this point, you will have realigned your strategy and reframed your messaging, and this session is dedicated to showing you how to sustain that momentum. We aim to equip you with a 90-day brand innovation roadmap that strategically connects your foundational alignment and activated insights into scalable execution. This isn't about creating a new campaign; it's about shifting from the trap of planning in silos (web, content, campaigns) to building an adaptive, customer-centric brand ecosystem. We reinforce that your brand is a system of experiences and connections that must evolve by design, not by accident. We'll show you how to move from "doing more marketing" to doing the right work, in the right way, for the right impact, ensuring every decision moves the brand forward.


đź•‘: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch + Learn
Host: Hosted by brkthru
đź•‘: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Ask the Experts LIVE Q&A

Info: The "Ask the Experts" session is your chance to get answers! We'll collect questions throughout the morning and feature a panel (or solo expert) to cover tactical follow-ups, "what if my boss doesn't get it" scenarios, and a lightning round of essential tips and tools.


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Where is it happening?

Cary Chamber of Commerce, 307 North Academy Street, Cary, United States

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