Closing Remarks | 2025 Page Up Annual Conference

Elizabeth Owen, Levi Strauss & Co. Jordan Rittenberry, Weber Shandwick

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I'm sorry to cut that off,
but I am so thrilled, that you ended

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with that last point, because I thought
that that was like, a really interesting,

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way that sort of, like, brought together
the importance of relationships,

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which we've talked

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about the importance of the storytelling
and also the fact that,

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in these times that where people

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are really backing away
from some of the values,

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based stances
or not wanting to be kind of like

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caught in the political crosshairs, that
there's an openness to that conversation.

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So, we just had a couple of quick
closing remarks that we did want to make.

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There you will have the opportunity
to have your book signed after this.

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And, lunch is awaiting you.

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I had a great time.

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I am so grateful to everyone who,
so generously,

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volunteered their time
or was a sponsor of this event.

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I am so grateful to Jordan for,

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working with me on this and the committee.

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I think that
there are a lot of memorable moments.

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I don't know if you have anything
that stood out for you.

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No. I'm sorry.

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I think we covered a lot of ground,
a lot of sessions.

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And thank you again,
as well for your partnership. Elizabeth.

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I guess my only parting thoughts would be.
Just don't let it end here.

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I think we all love the fellowship
and the networking

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and coming together with peers,
and that's such an important part of this.

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But make sure you're staying in touch
with those people that you met,

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and that you're connecting with them
regularly.

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I know we get a lot of emails for
think Thursdays and that sort of thing.

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But take advantage of that.
Take advantage of the local events.

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Like that's what really for me
makes Page and Page Up so special.

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That's awesome.

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Just to kind of close the loop
when we joined yesterday morning,

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there were a couple things
that felt top of mind for people.

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A top of the list of what did you want
to figure out while you were

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here is how to manage through change
and how to harness the power of AI.

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We're probably scratching the surface.

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You know, there's
so much more we could do.

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But I do encourage everyone to reach out,
find the friend

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who did you sit next to, and figure out
how to learn to do what they were doing?

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In terms of the biggest reputational
concerns and how to manage through them.

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You either felt invisible,
felt like your company was misunderstood.

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Or really kind of misconstrued
or misunderstood.

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And I really do think that throughout

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the course of this conversation
the last couple of days, we've heard

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some new tools, some new approaches,
and some new opportunities.

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There's
probably more that we could do, but,

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hopefully it gave us a sense
of some very practical things we could do.

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And when
I looked through kind of like the comments

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of what was going to stay, you know,
what were the things

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that were rattling around in your mind,
what's going to stay through,

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and that you'll take back?

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It really seemed like there was something
not just about decision making, you know,

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that came up a couple times, but like,
what makes a good decision maker?

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How can we harness this moment and, like,
really just get in and do the work?

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That seemed to be a concept
that really, really resonated.

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But I also do
want to end with the optimism,

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because I do feel like that is also coming
through very consistently.

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So many times
these conferences are just like, the slog.

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Right? But that's not what happened here.

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And I do feel like many of you

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very consistently
have shown up in a positive way

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and are really trying to find
what is the way to train

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the new generation, and to continue
to keep reinventing ourselves.

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So I hope that everybody has something
that you want to take back.

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I so appreciate it.

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We do have a couple kind of sponsor slides
that we want to just say thank

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you one last time.

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Just an incredible,

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slate of people who helped
make this happen.

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So thank you to the sponsors.
It was very generous.

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I'm going to let you click on
through to those.

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Thank you to the committee.

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And then I think you have a final thought.

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Now I would just say like again,
like, it's been great.

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Let's stay engage like,

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still connect with one another
and let's look forward to next year.

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So thank you guys. Really appreciate it.