Becky LadleySocial Quirk Events

Event management for corporate, private and community customers

BNI 10 Minute Presentation14th March 2013

About me…

Born in London in 1990

Grew up in Lincolnshire

Attended Durham University studying Natural Sciences Graduate

d in 2011

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About me…

Ran a lot of society events at uni

Moved to London to study Events, achieved Distinction

Offered Vines BMW internship in Guildford

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But enough about me

In 2012 I started Social Quirk Events…

What is an event?A meeting of minds

For a durationAn opportunity

Why do businesses run events?

To increase salesTo raise awarenessTo generate leadsTo make moneyTo improve customer relations

All of these lead back to increased sales

Social Quirk Events

= Innovative Events

Save the Children Fundraiser13 days

£7000 raised

20 people

£3000 target

Vines BMW Best of British Extravaganza

Exciting concept

2000 guests

Secret concept

Prizewinning

Deep Games

Murder Mysteries with a differenceComplex “character” developmentIntense situationsUses in the business world: Teambuilding? Networking? Personal development?

What I offer

A full range of event services

A different range of event services?

Useful connections for me

Trainers, specialists and speakers

Venues

PAs/VAs

SMEs with no in-house event planner

Marketing/advertising agencies

Charities

Key phrases to listen for“My manager has asked me to organise an event…”

“I want to engage with my customers more…”

“I ran a training course last week but very few people turned up…”

“I want to stand out from my competitors…”

“I want to be different…”

“I was President of the Assassins Society for two years and the Games Society for one, and during all this time Becky was Social Secretary of the same societies. This position put her in charge of running a large variety of different and quite challenging events, ranging from simple barcrawls all the way up to quite complex gaming events, at least once a week.

“She single-handedly arranged an weekend’s entertainment for about 60 visiting Assassins players from other universities, and once per term coordinated a fantastic larger event between about half a dozen different societies.

“After she graduated, she worked for my company Through A Game Backwards for 3 months, organising fortnightly deep games and roleplaying events, coordinating with players, and ensuring things ran smoothly and everyone had fun.

“Throughout all of this, Becky's events were consistently excellent and enjoyed by all. She's left a lasting impression on how these groups run their events, as subsequent social secretaries have largely adopted the structures and methods she used. She is always willing to lend her expertise to those running society events to this day.

“Becky is an energetic and enthusiastic person, able to confidently direct proceedings, but also able to step back and allow people to do their own thing. I think she is ideally suited to the world of events planning, and wish her the best of luck!”

- Adam Symonds, Through A Game Backwards

Thank you for watching

If you’d like to know more, visit www.socialquirk.co.uk

or email becky@socialquirk.co.uk