Kent UNconference

Entrepreneurs will be delighted to know that Canterbury’s City Council’s StartMyBiz and GrowMyBiz projects have teamed up with accountancy firm RIFT, Business Bunker at Kent Business Radio and Advantage Business Partnerships, to create the brilliant and unique Kent UNconference!
Bucking the usual trend for rather tame business conferences, the Kent UNconference offers an exciting alternative format by allowing attendees the opportunity to “pitch to speak” for up to 15 minutes on the day.  Then all delegates vote for the best pitches, choosing speakers who can offer insight and solutions to the business challenges that are most relevant to everyone in the room.  As Paul Andrews, presenter of Business Bunker and a former Entrepreneur of the Year explains, “We want to create an event that gives local business owners and thought leaders the opportunity to tell us and one another what they see as the current business Zeitgeist, the way forward and how they see their markets developing.  In addition to delivering invaluable information to the attendees of the UNconference, this will give us a snapshot of current business thinking and challenges and help us create even more relevant and informative content for Business Bunker and future live events.”

How Will the Kent UNconference Benefit You?

The UNconference is FREE!

You get to Pitch to Speak about Your Business

You set the Agenda for the day so you know the Talks will be relevant to your Business Needs

Network with potential B2B clients

Raise your brand visibility and support your peers by sharing your own story on the day

Learn from the advice, expertise and stories other Entrepreneurs share

Enter our #Pitch2Win UNcompetition on Twitter and appear on Business Bunker radio (details below!)

Improve your social media status by getting involved in the #UNconference & #Pitch2Win hashtags

2 Trailblazers to Appear on Business Bunker Radio!
If your journey as an entrepreneur has been interesting and eventful and you’ve always wanted to be on the radio, then you’ll be very happy to hear about the Kent UNconference “Pitch to Win” on Twitter which will see 2 lucky entrepreneurs appearing on Business Bunker Radio.
All you have to do to pitch to be on the radio show is hop on Twitter and send a tweet to either @StartMy_Biz or @GrowMy_Biz, using the hashtag #Pitch2Win, and briefly outline the biggest business challenge you have faced and overcome. The 2 tweets or “mini pitches” that get the most Retweets will be selected to appear on Business Bunker and will also automatically be given a speaker slot on the day of the UNconference. The Twitter #Pitch2Win closes at midday on 2nd November and you must be available to record your talk for the radio show on Friday 6th November from 3-7pm and to speak at the UNconference on 19th November. The full rules and Ts &Cs are available on the StartMyBiz Canterbury and GrowMyBiz Canterbury blogs.

All Entrepreneurs Are Experts
The Kent UNconference is sponsored by dynamic business growth experts Advantage Business Partnerships and promises to be a highlight in the 2015 business calendar, tackling the most important challenges for local businesses and opening up the lines of communication between entrepreneurs so they can support one another. As Jane Ollis, Managing Director at RIFT Accounting observes, you should "Come to the day prepared to contribute because if you are out there running a business, you have an important experience to share. You can either pitch to run a session or just join in the conversations. Either way you will be giving something, but taking away a lot more".
The Kent UNconference will take place on 19th November at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge and we are most grateful to our Partners and the venue for helping to Make it Happen! To register for your free ticket for the Kent UNconference, copy this link into your browser: http://ow.ly/TILC6
If you have a query call Jane Ollis at RIFT Accounting on 01233 653006. To enter the Pitch2Win to appear on Business Bunker, send your tweets to @StartMy_Biz or @GrowMyBiz and for tips and advice check out the blog and event pages on http://www.startmybiz-canterbury.com and http://growmybiz-canterbury.com