A summit meeting is a forum where a select group of people convene to create a focused strategy or policy recommendation. Summits are usually considered more serious than conferences because of the high stakes involved. They are reserved for people of high-importance in an industry or organization and are not open to the general public.

One of the most significant achievements of the Miami Summit was the commitment to reorganize Inter-American relations by making them more responsive to new realities and introducing a systematic approach. This new hemispheric agenda is implemented through the so-called “Summit process”. This is an ongoing series of meetings in which experiences are accumulated, a common language is forged and mandates for collective action programmed.

As you may have guessed, a summit’s success is heavily dependent on its ability to produce concrete, tangible results. If this is not the case, the summit may be perceived as a failure and the political leaders who participated in it could be hurt in the long run by that perception.

A summit is a powerful event that can take your profession or cause in a new direction. But you need to make sure that you have the right people in place to turn the energizing dialogues that occur during a summit into smart strategies and executable next steps. You also need to have the right ambassadors to keep these conversations alive after the summit is over. With the right tools, you can ensure that your virtual summit is impactful.