Voice
Speaking from the field, not the stage.
Keynotes, workshops, and facilitated convenings from a team that has actually run ecosystems, and still does.
An engagement that, fits your needs.
Examples of SourceLink engagements: keynote, practitioner workshops, briefings and convenings. In-person or online.
45–60 minutes
Keynote
Field-tested storytelling for a main-stage audience. We open with a story, land the argument, and leave the room with a working vocabulary they can use on Monday.
Best for: national conferences, statewide summits, funder convenings.
Half-day to full-day
Practitioner workshop
Hands-on, outcomes-forward. Participants leave with new ideas to help them strengthen their ecosystem and tools to better collaborate.
Best for: affiliate retreats, network trainings, economic development staff development.
60–90 minutes
Board & funder briefing
Tight, board-ready format for decision rooms. We focus on the question being asked ("is this working?"), and hand the audience the language and the tools to answer it themselves next time.
Best for: board retreats, foundation program committees, legislative briefings.
1–3 days
Multi-org convening
Programming and facilitation for a network or national gathering by bringing together expert partners from within the field. Agenda architecture, facilitators, marketing support, and curated speakers your network can be inspired by.
Best for: annual gatherings with partner convenings
Signature topics
Six talks we keep getting asked for.
Not a fixed catalog. Every engagement is customized. These are the anchors we've refined across 200+ sessions.
01Measurement that your funders actually read
How to translate ecosystem work into numbers a board will act on, without losing what the numbers don't capture.
Funders · Boards
02Partner onboarding that doesn't rot
Why most ecosystem directories are stale within six months, and the operating rhythm that keeps partner data fresh.
Practitioners
03Statewide networks, actually.
What Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Puerto Rico do differently. Patterns that travel. Patterns that don't.
Statewide networks
04Beyond Collisions, in practice
A working-session version of Maria's book, for teams implementing ecosystem infrastructure rather than reading about it.
Leadership teams
05The shared record, explained to a board
A non-technical session on why one data model across an ecosystem changes what's possible, and what it costs to skip.
Boards
06Workforce + entrepreneurship: the crossover
What we're learning from ecosystem work at the edge of workforce development. Built from NoCoWorks and early workforce-focused affiliates.
Crossover audiences
Who speaks
Real practitioners, real experience.
Our speakers, matched to the audience and the format. All are still actively running engagements.
Founder
Maria Meyers
- Ecosystem history
- Beyond Collisions
- Keynote
Director
Rob Williams
- Statewide networks
- Practitioner workshop
- Measurement
- Convening design
Director of Business Development
Krista Markley
- Practitioner workshop
- Conference exhibitor
Project Manager
Solomon Lee IV
- Statewide networks
- Practitioner workshop
- Measurement
- Convening design
Recent venuesRooms our team has been invited into in the last 18 months.
Global Entrepreneurship Congress
IEDC Annual Conference
InBIA Annual Conference
SSTI Annual Conference
SBA Community Navigator Summit
InBIA's e.Builder's Forum
From an affiliate
"Having SourceLink as a consultant to continually improve our program is tremendous, and being part of their affiliate network is an added benefit."
Ed Javier
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Got an event on the calendar? Let's talk.
Let's talk about the format, the audience, and what you want them to walk away with. We'll tell you whether we're the right team, and who else to talk to if we're not.
Hi, I'm Krista. Real reply, usually within a day.