Lovesac Founder Shawn D. Nelson and Bestselling Author Gorick Ng to be Featured Speakers at FBLA National Leadership Conference
2024年5月14日 - 2:56AM
Lovesac Founder and CEO Shawn D. Nelson and Gorick Ng, a highly
sought-after college and career adviser, will be the featured
speakers at the Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA)
National Leadership Conference (NLC) this June in Orlando.
Ng will speak at the opening session of the FBLA Collegiate NLC
on June 24 and Nelson will headline the opening session of the FBLA
Middle School & High School NLC on June 29. Both events will
take place at the Orange County Convention Center.
Nelson, who built the furniture retailer from the ground up,
will share his career path and offer advice based on lessons he’s
learned as a business leader to the 16,000 NLC attendees, who
include students, their teachers, and other education leaders. He
is the author of Let Me Save You 25 Years: Mistakes, Miracles, and
Lessons from the Lovesac Story, an Amazon bestseller. Nelson is
donating the net proceeds from his book to FBLA.
Ng, who serves as a career adviser at Harvard College and is on
the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, is the
author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Unspoken Rules:
Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, as well as the creator
of the How to Say It Flashcard series. A first-generation college
student, he will offer the 1,000 Collegiate NLC attendees advice
about how to launch their careers on the right track.
“FBLA is proud to welcome these two exceptional leaders to
inspire our members with their professional journeys at our
National Leadership Conference,” FBLA President & CEO Alexander
T. Graham said. “Their experiences, insights, and relatability will
give our members a unique opportunity to hear what it takes to not
only succeed in the workforce from day one but to make a lasting
impact in their careers.”
“As an entrepreneur who got his start at 18 years old, there is
nothing that excites me more than the chance to speak to other
people at that age and stage in their lives,” Nelson noted. “I
couldn’t be more thrilled to participate in this year’s NLC.”
“FBLA is where the next generation of business leaders are
developed,” Ng added. “What an honor it is to meet this talented
and ambitious group and to play a tiny role in helping them find
clarity and direction in their careers!”
In addition to his remarks, Nelson will offer individual
feedback to 12 FBLA student entrepreneurs about their businesses.
Both Nelson and Ng will be available to sign copies of their books
for attendees.
To schedule an interview with Nelson or Ng, or for media
credentials to cover the event, please contact FBLA Director of
Communications & Marketing Mary Lynn J. Rynkiewicz at
marylynn@fbla.org.About FBLA
Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) education association with more than 193,000 middle
school, high school, and college members worldwide. FBLA inspires
and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders
in a global society through relevant career preparation and
leadership experiences. The association is headquartered in Reston,
Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. For more information,
visit fbla.org.
About The Lovesac Company
Based in Stamford, Connecticut, The Lovesac Company (NASDAQ:
LOVE) is a technology-driven company that designs, manufactures and
sells unique, high-quality furniture derived through its
proprietary Designed for Life approach, which results in products
that are built to last a lifetime and designed to evolve as
customers' lives do. The current product offering is comprised of
modular couches called Sactionals, premium foam beanbag chairs
called Sacs, and the Sactionals StealthTech™ Sound + Charge
System. As a recipient of Repreve's 6th Annual Champions of
Sustainability, responsible production and innovation are at the
center of the brand's design philosophy with products protected by
a robust portfolio of utility patents. Products are marketed and
sold primarily online directly at www.lovesac.com, supported
by direct-to-consumer touch points in the form of owned showrooms,
as well as through shop-in-shops and pop-up-shops with third party
retailers including Best Buy. LOVESAC is a trademark of The Lovesac
Company and is Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office.
Mary Lynn J. Rynkiewicz
Future Business Leaders of America
7038604888
marylynn@fbla.org