Equipping YOU To become

a NextGen Adviser...
OR A BETTER NEXTGEN ADVISER!

JANUARY 5-8, 2022
GAYLORD OPRYLAND HOTEL
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
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           Faster than medical trend!

                     More powerful than a BUCAH!

                                Able to slash health care costs in a single year!

STAY FOR THE BONUS DAY!

BONUS DAY INFO

Continue your NextGen experience through Saturday to join us for a half-day, limited attendance workshop with ASCEND Chairman and NextGen authority Nelson Griswold.

C-4 SELLING: The Four Steps to Selling NextGen in the C-Suite

Instructor: Nelson Griswold, Founder & Chairman, NextGen Benefits Network

Saturday, January 8, 2022

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Experience Collaboration

ASCEND is the industry's only event of its kind for progressive benefits advisers to see what’s working for other top firms and plug into a national network of like-minded agency leaders and advisers.

 
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Engage For Real Outcomes

For six years, ASCEND continues to show agency owners, principals & producers how to DISRUPT, INNOVATE & DOMINATE to win bigger groups from bigger competitors.

 
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Discover High Impact Content

ASCEND is Ground Zero for NextGen Benefits -- the revolutionary new benefits model that ensures higher-quality health care, reduces or eliminates employee out-of-pocket costs, and lowers employer year-over-year costs. ASCEND's high-impact NextGen programming transforms brokers into consultative NextGen Advisers and catapults NextGen Advisers to the next level of success.

 
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100% Money Back Guarantee

Attending ASCEND is Risk-Free. If you are at all unsatisfied with the Summit, please let us know. You will be refunded the entire cost of your registration plus $500 credit towards travel.

ASCEND will Equip You to...

DISRUPT

INNOVATE

DOMINATE

BUCAH pulling strings

If you are SICK & TIRED of the insurance companies…

  • Pulling your strings 
  • Controlling you
  • Making you a commodity
  • Limiting your options to help your clients
  • Forcing annual renewal increases on your clients
  • Reducing & limiting your revenue
  • Sucking the fun out of your business
Imagine an EQUIPPING CONFERENCE that…
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    Differentiates you from your competitorrs... you're no longer a commodity

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    Frees you from the control of the BUCAH carriers

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    Upgrades your role from transactional broker to consultative adviser

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    Elevates you from HR to the C-Suite

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    Prepares you to have conversations with the CEO & CFO

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    Empowers you to help your clients by lowering the cost of health care

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    Positions you to win mid-market groups from bigger – even national – brokers

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    Grows your book & bottom line while impacting your market (and beyond?!)

MEET & LEARN INSIDER SECRETS from top advisers recognized and honored as…

Broker of the Year

Benefit Adviser of the Year

Bestselling Authors

Broker of the Year Finalist

Top Women in Benefit Advising

Rising Stars in Advising

2022 ASCEND HOST COMMITTEE

A PARTIAL LISTING

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ERIC SILVERMAN
Voluntary Disruption
Baltimore, MD

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ED LIGONDE
Nielsen Benefits Group
Los Angeles, CA

Allison De Paoli
ALLISON De PAOLI
Altiqe Consulting
San Antonio, TX

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DAVID CONTORNO
E Powered Benefits
Charlotte, NC

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FELIPE BARGANIER
GAB International
Atlanta, GA

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TAMMERA HOLLERICH
IBT Consulting
Ft. Worth, TX

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BEN CONNER
Conner Insurance
Indianapolis, IN

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RACHEL MINER
Thrive Benefits
Charlotte, NC

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Tom Stautberg
SBG Advisors
Cincinnati, OH


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Dawn Sheue
Summit Insurance
Jackson, WY

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MIKE HILL
Coldbrook Insurance
Holland, MI

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Nick Hansen
PSG Washington
Everett, WA

RETURN HOME from ASCEND with...

  • The NextGen Benefits Execution Handbook (the NextGen Benefits Bible)
  • Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Guide to implementing NextGen
  • Proven NextGen Benefits strategies & solutions
    • Improve the quality of health care
    • Control & reduce the cost of care
    • Eliminate employee out-of-pocket expenses
    • Engage & educate the employees
  • C-Suite language & the NextGen talk track
  • Marketing strategies that create warm C-Suite leads
  • Sales strategies that close the C-Suite
  • Ready-to-use tools & resources
    • Cheat Sheets
    • Score Cards
    • Checklists
    • Templates
    • Case Studies

DISCOVER how to…

  • Transition from broker to consultative adviser
  • Pivot easily from HR to the C-Suite
  • Gain direct access to the C-Suite
  • Speak the language of the C-Suite 
  • Manage a complex sale with a longer sales cycle
  • Obtain claims data (even under 100 lives)
  • Move the client to self-funding
  • Implement NextGen cost-containment strategies
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The Venue

GAYLORD OPRYLAND HOTEL

Situated in the heart of Nashville, Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center welcomes guests to a stunning, one-of-a-kind resort experience. Guests can explore 9 acres of airy, indoor garden atriums, a wide selection of award-winning restaurants & bars, the world-class Relâche Spa, and a state-of-the-art fitness center. The resort is located near Nashville Intl Airport, downtown, and attractions like the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium for guests wishing to explore Music City. From seasonal events and entertainment to high-end amenities and stunning spaces, Gaylord Opryland welcomes you to enjoy more of everything you love.

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THE ASCEND LEGACY

Three years ago I attended my first Ascend conference, it changed the direction of my agency, my thought process, and what was possible for my clients. Through the NextGen Mastermind, we have increased the number of self-funded clients, reduced clients costs year after year, added consulting only clients, and increased revenue in just 2020 by over 42% .

DAN LaBROAD

CEO | OVATION HEALTH

Another great conference for forward-thinking consultants! 

Jeff Glass

McConkey Insurance & Benefits 

Wonderful meeting!

A lot of innovative people and amazing ideas for strategic solutions. 

Rachel Miner

Employee Benefit Advisors

Ascend made business fun for me again. I was so bored with previous strategies, I was preparing to exit the industry. Ascend, being a collaborative partnership, has given me a much larger footprint, enabling me to compete with the larger firms, and win.

JEFF FOX

Senior Benefits Consultant | Conner Insurance

There is no other conference like ASCEND Summit.      What a difference you guys have made for me and my career! 

 

Gary Becker

Partner | Becker Benefit Group 

 Attending ASCEND was far and away the SINGLE GREATEST MILESTONE to date in the history of our third-generation agency. We’re coming off the best year in the history of our company. 

Bob Gearhart

Sr. Principal | DCW Group

ASCEND and the Mastermind have completely transformed my business. Instead of trying to chase and duplicate what the “industry” says we should be doing (which conveniently makes the carriers and larger broker houses a lot of money), we are creating a new way of doing things that returns that lost money back to our customers with the goal of delivering better results for the employers and better benefits and quality of care for their employees.

Ben Conner

Benefits adviser | Conner Insurance

TAKE ACTION, TODAY!

ASCEND is the premier event for disrupting and reinventing the employee benefits industry. 

ASCEND empowers benefits advisers to take control of the health care plan & manage the health care supply chain (the health care employees purchase) for higher-quality care and lower cost. 

ASCEND attracts several hundred of the nation's most ELITE benefits advisers and top benefits professionals.

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