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Practical Education
Strategies and ideas you can take back and put to work in your business—not someday, but now.
September 28–29, 2026 · Nashville, Tennessee
Move your business forward.
Two days of practical education, meaningful connections, and real conversations designed for cheer and dance business owners ready to lead what comes next.
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Your membership gets you in
Two attendees.
Zero registration cost.
MotUS members receive two registrations to the 2026 MotUS Business Expo included with membership. Bring a co-owner or program director and step into two days of practical education, honest conversation, and connections built around the realities of running a cheer or dance business.
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Included with membership
No separate registration fee for your first two attendees.
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Two attendees included
Bring another owner or program director from your organization.
$150
Additional attendees
Add more eligible attendees when your team needs to be in the room.
Expo attendance is designed for gym owners and program directors.
Why the MotUS Business Expo matters
Step away from the day-to-day. Focus on what comes next.
Built for cheer and dance business owners The MotUS Business Expo creates space to work on the bigger picture—leadership, operations, staff development, financial strategy, growth, and the decisions shaping the future of your program.
Real business work
Time away from the daily demands of your gym to think, evaluate, and plan with intention.
This is not education for education’s sake. It is two focused days designed to help you return home with stronger ideas, useful relationships, and clearer direction.
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Real Conversations
Honest discussions with people who understand the realities of leading a cheer or dance program.
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Meaningful Connections
Build relationships with owners, speakers, leaders, and industry partners who can help you move forward.
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Clear Next Steps
Evaluate what is working, identify opportunities, and return to your program with renewed focus.
Education. Connection. Direction.
The goal is not simply to leave inspired. It is to leave ready to lead what comes next.
Two-Day Experience
Two days designed to move your business forward.
Across two focused days of motivation, business education, connection, and celebration, the Expo creates space to step back, learn with intention, and return home with clearer direction.
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Days in Nashville
Monday
September 28
Learn + Build
9:30 AM–4:30 PM
Motivation + Business Education Speakers
A full day centered on the leadership and business realities of cheer and dance ownership.
THE CHEER & DANCE NOVAS
Awards Night
Awards Night
6:30–10:00 PM
Join the live awards-night celebration honoring the people, programs, innovations, and achievements moving the cheer and dance industry forward.
Optional plated meal · $60–$100 per person
List the first and last name of each guest requesting a plated meal during registration. The official meal ticket purchase link will be sent as soon as it is ready.
Tuesday
September 29
Focus + Move Forward
9:00 AM–1:30 PM
Motivation + Business Education Speakers
Complete the experience with focused learning and the ideas you will carry back to your business.
This is a schedule overview. Additional program and session details will be shared as the Expo approaches.
Nashville · September 28–29Location & Stay
Meet us in Nashville.
Two focused days in a city built for energy, connection, and unforgettable experiences. Stay close to the action and make the most of every conversation, session, and evening together.
Speaker Experience
Learn from people who know the work.
Business strategy, leadership, culture, growth, and the realities of running a gym—shared in a room built for questions, honest conversation, and practical next steps.
Scenes from the 2025 Business Expo
The strongest sessions do more than inspire. They make room for the questions gym owners are actually carrying—and turn experience into something useful.
What Attendees Gain
Leave with more than notes.
The goal is not simply to feel inspired for two days. It is to return home with clearer priorities, stronger ideas, useful relationships, and momentum you can actually put to work.
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Clearer priorities
Step back from the daily noise and identify the decisions, opportunities, and challenges that need your attention most.
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Practical systems
Collect ideas and frameworks you can adapt to operations, staff development, leadership, growth, and the way your program runs.
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Stronger leadership
Return with new perspective on communication, accountability, culture, and how you lead the people around you.
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A real peer network
Build relationships with owners and directors who understand the responsibility, pressure, and possibility of this work.
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A focused action plan
Turn the conversations, notes, and new ideas into a short list of next moves you can bring back to your team and begin acting on.
Monday Night · MBE 2026
THE CHEER & DANCE NOVAS
Hosted by MotUS
Hosted by MotUS
Business by day. Recognition by night.
The MotUS Business Expo shifts from education to celebration with THE CHEER & DANCE NOVAS — an awards-night experience honoring the people, programs, creativity, leadership, and achievements moving cheer and dance forward.
Recognition
Connection
Celebration
The spotlight belongs to the movement-makers.
THE CHEER & DANCE NOVAS 2026
Hosted by MotUS · Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by MotUS · Nashville, Tennessee
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Real Results
The value shows up after Nashville.
What happens in the room is only the starting point. The Expo is designed around real business conversations that can turn into clearer decisions, stronger leadership, and practical next steps when you get home.
Fresh perspective can help you see the next move with less noise around it.
Take a closer look at what is slowing your team down and what could work better.
Bring home language, questions, and perspective that make the next leadership conversation stronger.
The right connection can keep being useful long after everyone leaves Nashville.
The goal isn’t more notes. It’s more movement.
Real conversations · practical perspective · next steps
FAQ
Before Nashville, here’s what to know.
Quick answers to the questions that matter most before you register, book your stay, and bring your team to the 2026 MotUS Business Expo.
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01 When and where is the 2026 MotUS Business Expo? +
The Expo takes place September 28–29, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, with two focused days built around business education, connection, and shared experiences.
02 Who is the Business Expo designed for? +
It is designed for cheer and dance business owners and program leaders
who want practical education, honest conversation, and time to work on what comes next for their organizations.
03 What does MotUS membership include for the Expo? +
MotUS membership includes Business Expo registration for two attendees at no additional registration cost. Additional eligible attendees may register for $150 each.
04 Where should we stay in Nashville? +
The official host hotel is the AC Hotel Nashville Downtown. Hotel accommodations are booked separately through the official Marriott reservation link.
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Monday evening features THE CHEER & DANCE NOVAS Awards Night. Guests may choose an optional plated meal for $60–$100 per person. The first and last name of each guest requesting a plated meal is collected during registration, and the official meal-ticket purchase link will be sent once it is ready.
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Non-members can join MotUS
and take advantage of the member Expo benefit, including registration for two attendees. The registration page includes a direct path to membership.
Still deciding who to bring? Bring the person who helps you turn ideas into action.
Two attendees included with MotUS membership
September 28–29, 2026 · Nashville, Tennessee
Your next move starts in Nashville.
Bring the person who helps you move the business forward. Spend two focused days learning, comparing notes, making decisions, and building the kind of momentum that goes home with you.
Reserve your Nashville hotel Come for the education. Leave with direction, connection, and a plan for what comes next.
MotUS Business Expo 2026 · Built for cheer and dance business owners ready to move forward.
