B2B Franchise Conference Goes Off Without Hitch

More than 100 Auditel consultants gathered last month for the B2B franchise’s annual conference.

Themed as‘Excellence through Leadership’, it was a packed day at Whittlebury Hall, near Towcester with presentations, workshops and quizzes, which used the hi-tech interactive handsets used in Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Thought-provoking

An excellent keynote speech was delivered by John Neal at the event designed to inspire our affiliates with their planning for 2010. Neal, whose experience includes advising the BBC, the England and West Indies Cricket Boards, the MCC at Lords and the RFU, entertained and educated delegates in equal measure, with a thought-provoking presentation about the characteristics of successful leaders.

To round off the day, delegates enjoyed a black-tie gala dinner. Sponsors from Auditel’s recent Supplier Exhibition joined them.

During the evening, our charity raffle raised over £1,000 for the Tearfund organisation, which is helping those in poverty. Later, a number of awards were presented to Affiliates who have made particularly special contributions to the Auditel Network during 2009.

The ‘Franchisee of the Year Award’ was presented to Peter Lawrence, who joined Auditel in 2002, following a successful sales-oriented career which included fifteen years in IT. Two ‘Rising Star’ Awards were presented to Ruth Dawe and Laurence Fitch, and Denis Brennan.

‘Newcomer of the Year Award’ was presented to Peter Harrison. The ‘Tim Rix Memorial Award’ was presented to Alan Ford. 

A ‘Special Contribution Award’ was presented to the longest-serving affiliate, David Lowe. The ‘Consultants’ Consultant Award’ was determined by colleagues during the event voting with their ‘clickers’! Their choice was Adrian Burton.

Winners are at different stages in the development of their cost-management practices. All have demonstrated professionalism, energy, enthusiasm, commitment and generosity of time, knowledge and spirit towards their colleagues throughout the year. They proved to be popular choices to receive these well-deserved accolades.

All in all, Conference 2009 was a very successful event, combining business and pleasure for consultants, invited guests and the head office team alike.

It provided a fitting grand finale to our busiest and most successful year yet. Auditel’s consultants demonstrated how the application of specialist knowledge, energy and goodwill can reap benefits in these challenging times.