The Room
Dinner in My City
One table. One conversation. The kind you can’t have anywhere else.
Where every dinner starts
We talk to marketers every day. We listen more than most.
Every dinner starts the same way: with a conversation. A real conversation with a senior marketer about what’s actually hard right now.
We hear about team structures that stopped making sense. Budgets that don’t match ambitions. The gap between what you’re expected to know and what anyone could actually know.
When we hear the same challenge from enough people, we do something about it. We find a table, invite the right people, and create the space to talk about it honestly. That’s where every dinner comes from. That’s where more than 100 of them a year come from.
The problem worth naming
One table.
One conversation.
Everyone in it together.
The majority of every dinner is a single, shared conversation. Not breakouts. Not speed networking. One table, one thread, everyone contributing. It’s a format that creates something most professional events never do: the feeling that you’re not alone in this.
01
Meet others in your local community
These are your peers. Senior marketers and executives at brands and agencies in your city, navigating the same market, the same pressures, the same moment in the industry.
02
Get answers. And people you can turn to
You’ll leave with solutions, a perspective you didn’t have before, a framework someone else is using, and the relief of knowing how others are approaching the same thing.
03
Make the hard stuff easier to tackle
The challenges don’t disappear after dinner. But they feel different when you have people in your corner who actually understand them. And yes, these evenings are also just a genuinely good time.
The challenge worth naming
It gets lonelier as you get more senior.
The more senior you become, the more you’re expected to be the person with the answers. The one who has it figured out. The person the team looks to.
“You’re not there to trade problems. You’re there to trade how you’re tackling them. There’s a real difference.”
Our dinners exist for that specific gap. The conversation isn’t about venting. It’s about leaving with something you can actually use, from people who’ve been in the same room you’re in.
The Format
Small by design. Off the record
A small group means everyone is part of the conversation. Off the record means everyone can actually be honest. That combination is rarer than it should be.
The guest list
A curated group of senior marketing executives. C-Suite, VPs, and Directors from brands and agencies in your city. Personally invited, not open to registration.
The Conversation
One table, one shared conversation for the majority of the evening. The topic comes directly from what members are actually dealing with right now. Not a panel. Not a presentation.
Off the record
Everything said in The Room stays there. Not a formality. It’s what makes the conversation real.
The invite
Complimentary for qualified executives. Our Community is made up of senior marketing leaders overseeing meaningful brand or media investment.
120+
Dinners a year
Every one rooted in something real that members told us they were dealing with.
13+
Cities and counting
Across the US, Canada, and the UK. New markets added as the community grows.
$20M+
Media oversight
Every person at the table oversees significant marketing investment.
Where we gather
We go where our members are.
Dinners happen in the cities where the community lives and works. We’re always adding new markets.
Atlanta
Georgia
Austin
Texas
Boston
Massachusetts
Chicago
Illinois
Dallas
Texas
Detroit
Michigan
London
United Kingdom
Los Angeles
California
Minneapolis
Minnesota
New York
New York
San Francisco
California
Orange County
California
Seattle
Washington
Toronto
Ontario
Your City
We add new markets as the community grows. If you don’t see yours, apply anyway.
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Where the industry gathers
A quieter table at the industry's biggest moments.
The big events are good for the industry. They’re not always good for conversation. When thousands of people descend on the same city, it can be hard to find the people worth finding. Let alone actually talk to them.
Our tentpole dinners give the community a place to land. Same format, same off-the-record standard, same small group. A familiar table in an unfamiliar week.
CES
SXSW
POSSIBLE
CANNES
ADVERTISING WEEK
AND MORE
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There's a seat at the table for you.
If you’re a senior marketing executive, we’d love to have you at dinner.
