Glasstalks Networking Event A Huge Success…
So did GlassTalk work?
The answer was an overwhelming yes with around 160 people attending the glazing industry’s first networking event at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham NEC on the 18th March.
It was a bold move to put together a networking event in just 4 weeks and was first conceived by Matthew Glover, Andrew Glover and Jon Twigge after the change of plans for Glassex in 2009. More recently Barry Dunlop, Paul Godwin and Iain McInnes put further resources behind the programme of events and the result was a full event.
A mixture of systems companies, fabricators, installers and other companies associated in the sector attended the one day event which was hosted by Barry Dunlop. The morning session took the form of 3 sessions of networking with tables allocated at random to keep the conversations fresh and engaging.
The afternoon involved a number of couch interviews, with Paul Godwin the man asking the questions to a number of leading industry personnel on topics including recycling, internet marketing and WERs/the environment. Evening dinner followed with a number of bar sponsors which included Ultraframe, Synseal, Conservatory Outlet, RoofWright, Blinds2Go, Business Micros, Edgetech, A&B Glass and Mila. Given the non-profit status of the event, the remaining balance from the bar was donated to GM Fundraising.
There was an overwhelming consensus that the event was excellent, productive and should happen on a regular basis. GlassTalk can now lay claim to be an important part of the industry’s calendar and now plans are afoot to make it a permanent fixture.
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About Glasstalk
When Glassex was moved to a date later in the year many in the industry felt that it was an important loss to the industry not just as a show but as a networking event. With this in mind Matthew Glover (Conservatory Outlet), Andrew Glover (West Yorkshire Windows) and Jon Twigge (RoofWright) came up with the idea of the glazing industry’s first networking event. The result is and was GlassTalk.
Other construction sectors have successfully harnessed networking events and GlassTalk has the potential to add to this premise. When you consider that leading industry figures such as Ian Chisholm, Andy Jones and Graeme Bailey attended the event, then you can see that the industry has a new diary event.
