What people say about my work
“If you need an event done, I can recommend Misha…it’s obvious he has a special talent here.”
“We ran a 500 person conference in Berkeley. Misha was amazing: I was in awe of how he got all of our attendees participating and sharing thoughts. I would highly recommend Misha to anyone looking to run a memorable event.”
“Dyno’s Genetic Agency Technology Conference (GATC) started from the idea to build a community to empower patients everywhere with Genetic Agency: the ability to take action at the genetic level to live a healthier life. I wanted to create a conference that would bring people together and actually enable folks to talk to each other, while building optimism for how emerging genetic technologies and AI can help create more treatment options for patients.
We had never done an event like this before, and our goals were ambitious: connecting a highly select group of leaders of technology platforms, genetic medicine companies and patient advocates with the aim of identifying challenges, solutions and the potential for partnerships. The resulting conference far exceeded my expectations: participants had conversations that were candid, collaborative, and forward-looking. Key to this success was Misha’s experience and counsel with conference design. He did an exceptional job of not just delivering a successful conference, but delivering something that was bespoke and perfectly designed for our needs. Many attendees said it was the best conference they had ever been to, and a highlight of their year.”
“Misha is one of the smartest people I have ever talked to about event design. He helped Roots of Progress run Zoom gatherings that don’t suck, and he helped create more in-person connections at our Progress Conference. We’re glad to be working with him.”
“I ran a conference in Berkeley that brought together people working on AI in tech, academia, government, and elsewhere. Our goal was to build understanding between various groups that see things very differently and don’t always get along well. Misha brought great insight into how to structure the event to actually achieve our goals, and facilitated fantastic sessions and conversations day-of. I cannot overstate Misha’s ability to engage an audience. If you want to help people really connect, I highly recommend getting Misha to help.”
“Every year our company has a gathering of our vice presidents - currently around 170 people in total…I wanted to use the retreat as an intentional step toward greater connection, part of a longer journey toward greater cohesion and effectiveness, with the ultimate goal of serving our clients better. Making changes to the retreat...meant stepping out of our comfort zones...The end result was a great success: many of even our most skeptical participants found the retreat effective and impactful...and we’re seeing lasting impact on collaboration at our firm”
“I run an intellectual talent agency representing people like Steven Pinker, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie. I go to hundreds of events, have been going to TED for over 25 years. Misha has an uncanny ability to elevate a conference. He gets involved in the planning, the organization, the networking, and is the best host I’ve ever seen. He gets people connecting with each other in ways they haven’t anticipated, and people leave feeling that “this is the best conference I’ve been to.””
“We brought Misha in to help us plan an ambitious series of events to celebrate our 25th anniversary. He quickly helped us recognize obstacles we hadn’t seen. He did an amazing job getting different stakeholders talking to each other and understanding issues that had previously been undiscussed. Misha has tremendous expertise on how to make events dynamic and meaningful, and I’d recommend him wholeheartedly to anyone who wants to put on a great event.”
“Misha worked with me and our CEO to help make our annual all-staff retreat great. We are a fast-growing biotech company doing cutting-edge work and Misha helped us build a meaningful space to focus on culture. He advised us on setting up retreat goals, and helped us build internal capacity to facilitate meetings ourselves. As a first time facilitator for a group of this size, Misha provided me tools and guidance to feel prepared. The end result was without a doubt our best retreat to date.”
Select past clients include
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
- Bayshore Health Care
- BC Lottery Corporation
- Bell Canada
- Brown University
- Canadian Medical Association
- Charles River Associates
- Cloudinary
- Cradle Healthcare Company
- Desautels Faculty of Management
- Dyno Therapeutics
- Edge Esmeralda
- Etsy
- Ivey Business School
- Harbourfront Centre
- KIK Consumer Products
- Loblaws
- Manifest
- Mount Sinai Health Foundation
- Navantis
- National Film Board of Canada
- OCAD University
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Retro Bio
- Reuters
- Roots of Progress Institute
- SCI Canada
- Shopify
- TD Bank
- The Alembic
- The Lavin Agency
- The Mozilla Foundation
- The University of Toronto School of Continuing Education
- Toronto Metropolitan University (Previously Ryerson University)
- United Nations Global Compact
- Vista Sotheby's
- Women's Health Care Centre St. Michael's Hospital
- Zoom