Next events
Here’s what’s happening over the next few weeks at Agency Hackers. Some sessions are aimed at agency leaders, and others are more aimed at specific agency disciplines like client services or marketing and new business.
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One membership covers your whole agency. You and your whole team can take part in all these sessions with an Agency Hackers membership.
People / HR
Office 2.0:
What’s the Future of the
Agency Workplace?
Post-Covid, a lot of agencies plan to go remote-first. Do you still need an office? And – if so – how will the ‘blended approach’ work? What are the problems it creates – and how can you mitigate them?
10.30am
December 2nd 2020
Client services
Do You Need a Client “Code of Conduct”?
Does setting out clear “rules of engagement” really make a difference to your relationships with clients?
Teresa Allan of The Magnus Club has created the B2B Code of Conduct. In this session, we’ll cover the key points of the code of conduct, how to use it in your agency, and how it can improve your relationships.
12.00pm
Monday December 7th 2020
People / HR
Recruitment Excellence: What We’ve Learned About Hiring and Onboarding
We’ll be chatting to 383’s Glen Duncan all about how agencies can create a warm welcome for new candidates (even virtually), how to stop wasting time in interviews, and the patterns to look for when hiring someone new.
11.00am
December 9th 2020
Marketing
How Can You Convert ‘Chemistry
Meetings’ into Real Work?
In this session we’re joined by Lucy Young, managing partner at The Future Factory. We’ll discuss the best ways to prepare for chemistry meetings, how to ask the right questions, getting the balance right when selling yourself, and the simple steps to secure a ‘second date’.
11.00am
Friday 11th December 2020
Agency leadership
Stepping Back: When’s the Right Time to Pass the Baton?
After 18 years of being managing director of Studio Output, Dan Moore realised it was time to move on. We’ll speak to Dan and new managing director Gemma Ballinger about about approaching a change in leadership, realising when it’s time to say goodbye, and broaching difficult conversations with business partners and employees.
11.30am
Monday 14th December 2020
Agency leadership
Trenton Moss sold Webcredible – despite having a dreadful year.
He takes you behind the scenes of this well-known agency exit. If you’re thinking of selling, this session may well give you the motivation and insight to say goodbye to your fears and set the wheels in motion.
10.30am
December 16th 2020
Agency leadership
Kathryn Strachan, managing director of Copy House, believes that focusing on momentum is the key to a successful agency.
In this session, we’ll be talking about the best ways for you to increase your agency’s momentum, and keep the ball rolling.
12.00pm
Thursday 17th December 2020
Masterminds
Join these intimate, discipline-specific catch-ups
Operations Directors
03/12/2020
3pm – 4pm
Your monthly hangout for agency operations and process people.
Marketing & new business
04/12/2020
12pm – 1pm
Join our monthly catch-up for anybody with marketing or new business responsibility.
Client Services Directors
08/12/2020
2pm – 3pm
Don’t miss this gathering for client services and account management leaders.
CFO Surgery
10/12/2020
3pm – 4pm
Our monthly session for anybody in an agency finance role.
People Director Mastermind
17/12/2020
3pm – 4pm
Hangout for agency HR and people directors. Get support and share wisdom.
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