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The CEO Networking Playbook
What to do before, during and after every event — from your 30-second intro to following up within 24–48 hours.
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- 14+ years in courier & logistics
- CLDA Board of Directors
- 2024 Enterprising Women of the Year
- CEO, Express Errands & Courier
The problem
Most owners pick events on hype. Then wonder where the budget went.
Registration, flights, hotel, meals and days away from dispatch add up fast. Not every conference is built for a courier company — some are ideal for meeting direct shippers, others lean toward freight, tech or association leadership.
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You don't know who's actually in the room
Shippers? Brokers? Other couriers? The brochure rarely tells you.
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You can't see the true cost up front
Ticket price is only the start — travel, lodging and time away all count.
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The Blueprint fixes both.
Who attends, what to expect, a proposed investment range and an honest take — for every event.
What's inside the 65 pages
A full year of networking strategy, in one guide.
Every profile follows the same format, so you can compare events side by side and build a plan that fits your goals and your budget.
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Conference Investment Strategy
A budget worksheet covering registration, travel, lodging, meals, materials and a 30/60/90-day ROI review.
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The Opportunity Score™ System
Rate any event on networking, learning, shipper access, growth potential, technology and likely ROI.
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23 Event Profiles
Who it's for, which shippers attend, what to expect and a proposed investment range for each conference.
EVERY EVENT
Coach Roslyn's Take
Her direct opinion on who should go, how to prepare and what makes the event worth the money.
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Build Your Annual Conference Plan
The Target 10™ and 3-Event Strategy™ worksheets — so you pick your rooms on purpose.
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Magazine quality. Operator substance.
The rooms worth knowing
23 events. One honest guide.
From national trade shows to the regional associations that are easy to overlook — and sometimes produce the best relationships.
EACH EVENT IS SCORED ON
- Networking
- Learning
- Shipper access
- Growth potential
- Technology
- Likely ROI
- Final Mile Forum (CLDA)
- Manifest Vegas
- Broker-Carrier Summit
- Home Delivery World USA
- Parcel Forum '26
- Express Carriers Association
- SMC³ Jump Start 26
- SMC³ Connection 26
- TCA Truckload 2027
- LTNA
- Air Cargo Conference
- TEANA
- Accelerate! by WITA
- ATA MCE 26
- Texas Trucking Show
- ATA Women In Motion
- ATA Moving & Storage
- MSC Annual Meeting
- IANA Intermodal Expo
- National Postal Forum
- FDLA Winter Conference
- ATA TMC
- California Delivery Association
Growth proof point
From roughly $1,000 months to multimillion-dollar years — powered by showing up and building relationships.
Meet your guide
Coach Roslyn Ellerbee
“You cannot scale your business if no one knows who you are.”
Roslyn is the founder and CEO of Express Errands & Courier, a multi-state courier and logistics company she's built over 14+ years — serving same-day, routed, medical, legal and final-mile clients. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association and received the 2024 Enterprising Women of the Year Award.
Through Manifesting Greatness with Roslyn V., she coaches new courier entrepreneurs and smaller established companies. This Blueprint is the guide she wishes she'd had when she was deciding which rooms to walk into.
14+Years in courier leadership
MULTI-STATEDelivery operations
CLDABoard of Directors
This guide is for you if…
“One meaningful conversation can be worth more than one hundred casual introductions.” — Coach Roslyn
You're a new courier business owner
and want to know which events can put you in front of real shippers — without wasting your first-year budget.
You run a smaller, established company
and you're ready for bigger contracts, strategic partners and new markets.
You're planning next year's calendar
and want a clear, budgeted plan instead of registering for whatever lands in your inbox.
Your next opportunity could be one conversation away
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