ELO Network in 2024 Grows To Over 150,000! (Part I)

January 07, 2025
by ELO

PART I of II

As we review 2024 we are grateful for the support of our community now totaling 150,000 people: attendees at events; visitors to our website; speakers, sponsors, and clients; and members of our Oxford Program. Here is a summary of ELO activities thanks to your ongoing support. If you’re not yet part of the ELO Network, we invite you to join the leading community of Christian marketplace and entrepreneurial leaders in the world!

  1. Premium Brand - ELO continues to be the premium brand as the most influential marketplace leadership group in various locations across Canada—it’s the place where leaders gather and things happen.
  2. Unifying Force - ELO continues to be a driving force for unity within the Christian leadership community by being the only event that brings together leaders from businesses, churches, nonprofits, and academic institutions.
  3. Social Venture - The ELO “social venture” model continues to succeed. ELO is not a non-profit or charitable organization and doesn't seek donations. Instead, the ELO Network delivers value to end users to keep generating commercial support through ticket sales and sponsorships to sustain its mission to "connect, equip and celebrate Christian marketplace and entrepreneurial leaders."
  4. Web Traffic - This year ELO attracted 120,000 unique visitors to its website with 2 million hits. Our website provides extensive free resources. This web traffic, with minimal marketing, is a great reflection of grassroots support.
  5. Newsletter - ELO distributes its "ELO Newsletter" monthly to its large database, cumulatively totaling 100,000 touch points for the year. 
  6. ELO Forums - The 2024 ELO Forums in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Toronto were at capacity or sold out in the various locations.
  7. In-Person Attendees - The cumulative attendance at ELO Forums in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Hong Kong, and Singapore is well over 10,000 attendees since the inception of ELO in 2005.
  8. Sponsorship - The ELO Forums have the most broad-based sponsorship support of any events bringing together Christian business leaders. Sponsorships continue to increase, including national sponsors that supported all three Forums!

Our Gold level sponsors included:

Our Silver sponsors included:

Our Bronze sponsors included:

Our table sponsors included:

Our supporting organizations included: