After two years of solid support, SMS Management and Technology (ACT) has decided to discontinue sponsorship of the Canberra IA Cocktail Hours.
On behalf of the disorganisation team, I would like to thank SMS (in particular, Regional Director Melanie Kontze and National Web&IM Lead Stephen Hall) for their support over the last two years. Without them we would not have had a regular venue when restarting the meetings.
Looking now to the future - we have two corporate hosting sponsors (Eureka Strategic Research and Stamford Interactive) who provide us with a venue on a rotating basis, and Formulate Information Design who provide wine and nibbles when we are at Eureka. To share the load, I would like to invite another hosting corporate sponsor to the table.
Sponsorship is not onerous - it just means providing a venue once every 2-3 months for about a dozen people - add in a couple of bottles of wine and some chips/dip/cheese and you will have our eternal thanks. If you are in the web/design/market research industry, the business value proposition is that every attendee is a potential client, a potential employee or a current competitor - it is a good opportunity to mingle.
If you are interested in sponsoring the Canberra IA Cocktail Hour, please contact me on email facibus AT gmail DOT com.
Many thanks to SMS for hosting many of the IA Cocktail Hours and providing the wines and food during those sessions!
By the way, do we contact Julie Hale about speaking or is there an alternate contact now?
Hi Ruth,
thanks for yoour comment.
I can but agree - thank you SMS.
Julie is still coordinating the speaker schedule and Jessica venues. All we disorganisers can help with anything at any time
Cheers, Andrew