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Today I want to share with you a new initiative that I have been developing over the last few months as it builds on the last post: 300 not out – Content isn’t king…..Conversation is king. Building on the the book that I wrote last year, RARE Business, and the conversations that flowed out of that, I decided to organise an event that built on and developed the themes in the book. More details are below. Do take a look and let me know what you think.

What I also wanted to do was to offer readers of my blog an opportunity to attend. So, if you have an established business, can make the date and would like to come along then the first FIVE people to email me at adrian@rarebusiness.co.uk OR to leave a comment can come along as my guests. Fair enough? So, continue reading for more details or visit www.rareforum.co.uk.

Imagine this.

An event where you get to the end of the day and your attendance has solved a number of your most pressing problems, you have heard some great people speak, you have met a number of great contacts and your head is full of ideas for the future of your business. So much so, that when we hold the next one that you’ll want to bring a number of business contacts along it was so good.

Does that sound good?

RARE Forum

‘Business is Personal’

Thursday 3rd November 2011

The Drill Hall, Central London

10.00am – 6.00pm

Overview

We live in changing times. We live in times where the power of the consumer is rising and it is changing everything. We live in times where harnessing the power of relationships with our customers and our employees is becoming more and more key to our future growth and innovation.

Therefore, the onus on business leaders to learn, share ideas and network is rising as we think about how we grow our businesses.

There are many events in existence for businesses but these are:

• Either for large or very small businesses;
• Organised by professional or trade associations and vendors of some sorts;
• Filled with talks/speakers that talk for around an hour that are ultimately trying to show you how smart they are or are trying to sell you something; and
• Don’t offer enough time for attendees to network, talk about and debate the issues that are presented.

Therefore, we thought it’d be great to deliver an event for businesses that are in the 5 and 50 employees across sectors.

RARE Forum will be an event that is:

• A place to share ideas, experiences and to discuss and debate the issues of the day;
• Not focused on selling anything (although there will be a price to attend);
• Filled with with a number of punchy 20min speaker slots (TED style) centred around a theme (This year it will be: ‘Business is Personal’);
• Full of facilitated networking and debate;
• Where the whole day will be recorded (video) and made available via a website to the attendees for them to watch again at a later date or share with their team and contacts; and
• Where the output of discussions and answers to Qs posed by speakers will be collated and made available via an e-book.

Talks

Subjects to include:

• Business is personal and why it’s getting more so
• Unearthing killer customer insights
• The world is changing fast, how can we keep up and change with it
• What does a happy company do?
• Creating a customer centric business
• Don’t forget your people/finding and developing the right talent
• What does being a leader mean in this new world?
• Generation Z and the future of the talent pool
• What will our customers want in the future?

Audience

Anticipated attendance – 150-200 delegates.

Predominantly businesses from the greater London and surrounding areas with some businesses expected from further afield because of the unique nature of this project and strategic relationships that we have.

The audience will be made up from a range of professionals and businesses, with job titles including:

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• Managing Director (MD)
• Director
• Marketing Managers
• Human Resource Managers
• Heads of Departments
• etc

Attendees will come from a range of companies actively seeking to build their knowledge and network.

Location & Date

We’ve been working hard to secure a great venue to hold our event. We wanted something that was pretty special and something that was in line with our ‘forum’ approach.

Location: The Drill Hall, 16 Chenies Street, London WC1E 7EX

Date: Thursday 3rd November 2011

Timings: 10.00am to 6.00pm

Ticket prices:

£199.00 + VAT (full price)

£100.00 + VAT (Partner price – Ask me for details).

What do you get for that?

What do you get for attending:

• A packed day of talks and discussion on topics to help you take your business to the next level
• Opportunity to network with a whole host of like-minded individuals
• Access to the videos of the event that you can watch again later and share with your peers and colleagues
• A summary e-book of all of the forum discussions that were had over the course of the day (A bit like a set of Proceedings that came out of conferences of old).

online event registration by Regonline

Sponsors

We’ve been lucky enough to be able to secure some great sponsors for our event. However, we are always on the look out for more. Therefore, if you are looking to gain exposure amongst a group of ambitious and growing businesses and entrepreneurs, why not consider sponsoring our event. Find out how you could do exactly that emailing adrian@rarebusiness.co.uk to find out more or by clicking here: RARE Forum. We have packages to suit all budgets.

Remember, if you have an established business, can make the date and would like to come along then the first FIVE people to email me at adrian@rarebusiness.co.uk OR to leave a comment can come along as my guests. Get emailing and commenting.