If you’re going to be in the Toronto area on October 13th, make sure to check out Lavin’s David Chilton and Diane Francis as they discuss personal finance at an event hosted by The Young Wealth Academy (tickets can be found here.) Chilton is the newest host on CBC’s popular business show Dragons’ Den and the bestselling author of The Wealthy Barber series. Diane Francis, meanwhile, has spent many years dissecting business headlines and providing valuable advice in an accessible manner through her writing at The National Post.

Why do most Q&A’s at conferences suck? Because they’re not properly run, says Lavin speaker Misha Glouberman. The Q&A is the only real factor that differentiates a live talk from a taped one, and as such, it is an extremely vital part of any talk, speech, or conference. How does Glouberman improve the Q&A sessions at his legendary speaking series? By providing the audience with guidelines for what makes a good question, encouraging curiosity, and discouraging grandstanding. “It’s not really hard to make [a Q&A] run well,” says Glouberman, “but you have to think about it.”