Image Gallery: Nextiva NextCon16

Nextiva pulled out all the stops for its NextCon16 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nov. 14-16. Big-name speakers, flashy theatrics and a major product announcement kept the audience engaged.

While the conference catered primarily to budding entrepreneurs who are looking for advice on how to build their business, Nextiva dedicated a significant portion of its time to meeting with partners and rolling out a new communications platform.

Check out our Day 1 and Day 2 recaps, in addition to our Q&A with CEO Tomas Gorny.

Follow associated editor @JamesAndersonCP on Twitter.

Nextiva NextCon16: Talking Stick Resort

Nextiva employees, partners and budding entrepreneurs gathered at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the three-day conference.

Nextiva NextCon16: Erika Frantzve

Entrepreneur and former Miss Arizona USA Erika Frantzve MC’d the main sessions.

Nextiva NextCon16: Drumline

A drumline kicked off the first session on Monday morning to energize the crowd and introduce the speakers.

Nextiva NextCon16: Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki, who formerly served as chief evangelist for a little company called Apple, spoke to business owners about how they can keep up with the “innovation curve.”

Nextiva NextCon16: Partners

Nextiva channel chief Ira Feuerstein and senior sales engineer Cathryn Valladares led the Day 1 partner meeting. The discussion homed in on add-ons, especially analytics, that partners can sell to make their customers more sticky. Read our Day 1 recap.

Nextiva NextCon16: Saxophone

A sax player helped Nextiva’s mascot introduce the Day 1 main keynote.

Nextiva NextCon16: Tomas Gorny

Nextiva CEO Tomas Gorny used the keynote to introduce his company’s new communications operating system, NextOS. Read more about the solution in our Day 1 recap. Gorny also sat down with us for an interview on Day 3.

Nextiva NextCon16: Jabra

The conference’s expo featured a select number of vendors, including the communications provider Jabra.

Nextiva NextCon16: SimpleWAN

SimpleWAN, the networking provider, was also at the scene.

Nextiva NextCon16: Polycom

UC stalwart Polycom demoed its products for conference attendees.

Nextiva NextCon16: Day 2

Nextiva President Tracy Conrad joined Ira Feuerstein to talk to partners. The company encouraged partners to implement more professional demos, as we wrote in our Day 2 recap.

Nextiva NextCon16: Gopi Kallayil

Gopi Kallayil, chief evangelist of brand marketing for Google, gave business owners a rundown of how to effectively communicate their company’s story. Read more about the speakers of Day 2.

Image Gallery: Nextiva NextCon16

Please click here for more Channel Partners galleries.