Meet Other Good Agencies
Thursday 7th November 2024 – 12pm to 5pm
British Library, London
• Meet other purpose-driven agencies in an open setting.
• Be privy to case studies and unique lessons from other growing agencies.
• Break out of your cocoon and learn from other agencies doing good in the world.
Our world is currently in the transition phase of a cultural shift, and the choices you make have never mattered more.
The impact of your actions – whether social, environmental, political or even economical – will play a huge role in where we’re headed, and much like all other transitions in life, it will be a slow, messy, and frustrating process.
This is where agencies have an opportunity to be a part of something – to make a difference.
A lot of agency leaders are already looking beyond one-off initiatives and empty buzzwords to create lasting, meaningful change:
- They’re tackling diversity and inclusion by hosting insight days for diverse students and implementing blind interview processes.
- They’re more passionate than ever about environmental sustainability, using renewable energy and incorporating carbon footprint calculations into project quotes.
- They’re ensuring they work with purpose-driven clients, developing AI tools for social good and offering pro bono services to aligned causes.
At Good Agencies, we’re not aiming to give you all of the answers – that would be impossible. We’re not trying to give you quick fixes either. It’s about sharing experiences, challenges, and solutions as we navigate this cultural shift together.
We’ll explore how agencies are:
- Creating truly inclusive cultures that embrace neurodiversity and support all talent.
- Balancing sustainability goals with evolving client demands and business needs.
- Implementing transparent practices to foster trust and attract purpose-driven talent.
- Engaging in meaningful community impact despite time and resource constraints
This isn’t just about being ‘good’ – it’s about being transformative
If you’re past the point of client profiling, and have already brushed up on your B-Corp knowledge, join us for a day of candid conversations and real-life case studies from agencies striving to make a difference – so you can see what your next steps should be.
Meet others who want to make a difference
Good Agencies is an afternoon that will help you get inspired to create change, and meet other people you can learn from. We blend interactive talks and group discussions.
- We dot you around the venue so you can interact – and we mix up the groups so you meet different people.
- We poll you before the event to see what you want to talk about.
- We make sure all the talks are original and interesting. We facilitate questions and reflections throughout.
Speakers will be announced soon!
Q: What actually happens on the day?
We start the event at 1.30pm, so try to arrive by 1.15pm.
The afternoon’s format is pretty simple: you will spend some time hearing from guests with interesting stories that you can learn from, and you will also spend some time in small groups discussing your journey with like-minded agency leaders.
The event is hosted by an Agency Hackers facilitator who makes sure that everybody with something interesting to say gets heard. (We poll attendees before the event, so we know who to “pick on” on the day.)
We will serve tea, coffee and sweet-toothed things to keep you going, but please eat a sandwich before you arrive. The schedule doesn’t leave us time to serve lunch, unfortunately.
Q: Who will I hear from? Who are the speakers?
The people you’ll hear from are the actual guests at the event.
We decide who to spotlight based on the information we capture in the weeks before. (Look out for our emails!)
We will publish the line-up a few weeks before, but mostly we hope that you will trust us to select interesting folk from our audience. We find that the people who choose to attend our events are overwhelmingly on fascinating journeys that will resonate with you.
Also, the “talks” aren’t really linear presentations. They’re more like structured case studies, with lots of questions and reflections from the audience.
You could potentially call them “fireside chats”, but these are not rambling cosy conversations. They are planned and structured . We put a lot of work into researching our guests, out of respect for your time.
Q: Who can attend?
This event is for people trying to inject some good into the world outside of their agency.