CiviPlus at the Trade Association Forum’s Best Practice Exchange

Last week we had the opportunity to sponsor the Trade Association Forum’s Best Practice Exchange conference! We had an absolutely fantastic time on one of the hottest days of the year so far, meeting many many new faces as they turned up for a fantastically organised event.

Having enjoyed the event so much, we thought we’d share just 6 of our highlights!

1. The people

Despite the temperature, there were around 200 people who attended on the day making it a wonderful opportunity to connect with new people. This gave us the chance to meet with a variety of representatives from incredibly diverse associations and our fellow suppliers. We thoroughly enjoyed all our conversations throughout the event and couldn’t have asked for a nicer group of people to spend the day with!

2. The venue

The  Royal College of General Practitioners headquarters was a fantastic venue for the day, with great open spaces perfect for interaction and rooms well designed for all the amazing sessions delivered (more on them in a bit!). It was also perfectly located, right next to Euston station making it simple for delegates (and ourselves!) to get to.

3. The raffle

How do you encourage attendees to speak to all the sponsors at an event? The Trade Association Forum decided the answer was to hold a very special raffle! By talking to the different suppliers you could collect raffle tickets, where the top prize was a luxury hamper. A great way to encourage conversations, it also added a nice moment of excitement at the end of the day as the winner was announced during the drinks reception!

4. The food

A hallmark of a great event is the quality of the food and the Best Practice Exchange proved here why it was such a good one. There was a perfect amount of choice with our personal highlight being the very moreish mini croissants. All of this was of course topped off with the drinks reception at the end of the day - a mainstay of our favourite events!

5. The sessions

What most of the attendees came for was of course the thoughtfully created sessions with their insightful presenters. Across three different rooms, the sessions provided a fantastic variety of different topics with highly relevant and topical matters for the associations’ sector. From wide interest topics like recruitment and member engagement to discussions about international trade, climate change and devolution, an impressive amount of ground was covered. From our talks throughout the day, it seemed everyone got some really interesting takeaways to take back into their own associations!

6. Chatting CiviPlus!

We’d be lying if we didn’t say one of our favourite things to do at any event is to chat CiviPlus. And as we’ve already mentioned we had a wonderful amount of conversations with a wide variety of people from so many different associations around the UK. Some saw that we were there and made a beeline to talk to us, eager to discuss CRMs (something we’re always happy to talk about!) and others were drawn in by the stress balls we were giving away or to pick up a cheeky chocolate to munch during the next session. Whatever the reason, we thoroughly enjoyed our conversations and look forward to catching up with all the wonderful people we met in the future, possibly at other upcoming events!

Summary

The Trade Association Forum’s Best Practice Exchange was a rousing success, and we were so pleased to have been a part of it. We look forward to engaging even more with the TAF community throughout the year.

If you too would like to discuss CiviPlus with us then you needn’t wait for the next time we’re out and about, you can chat with us now by getting in touch with us here. We look forward to hearing from you!