Think Tank, Derek, Milton Keynes … what does it all mean?
Thanks to Eddie Short (Editor of ProMobile magazine)for this picture which almost makes me look slim!
This time last week was day two of the Think Tank with Derek Pengelly in Milton Keynes. About 50 DJ’s gathered across two days to share their thoughts on the DJ Industry and share ideas. I was one of the DJ’s who’d been invited to speak and share their story.
Avid readers of this blog will know that I spoke at a similar event in Glasgow earlier this year and I was delighted when Derek, the organiser, invited me to do it again.
I first met Derek in February 2011 when I attended an event he ran in Reading. That was a day that changed my life, Derek spoke about finding a direction for my business and how to plan the marketing. It was also the day I met my colleagues Alan Marshall and Stephen Davies who have both helped me on my journey. Derek has run many similar events over recent years and has helped hundreds of DJ’s move their businesses forward – this was announced as Derek’s final event so it was a great honour to speak alongside Derek and many of the DJ’s who he has helped. Although Derek is no longer organising training events he continues to offer a mentoring service and I’m hoping he will continue to speak as a guest at future events.
Derek has also written several books including “Wedding Day Secrets” which I also helped with behind the scenes. The full title is “Wedding Day Secrets – things the industry would prefer Brides didn’t know” and the book talks about the way the “Wedding Industry” treats weddings as an income stream where profit is King and what’s best for the couple isn’t always what’s given priority. Click on the title above if you’d like to know more or email me.
Myself with Alan, Derek, Gary and the book at a “social event” in November 2013 😉
The other speakers were my colleagues Brian Mole, Fabio Capozzi, Martin Keogh, Pete Hawkins, Stephen John Davies, Harry Kilb, Mark Parker, Ian Forest, Euan Bass, Terry Lewis, and Tony Winyard.
It was wonderful to share the Think Tank – I wish I’d had more time and energy to talk to everyone but like many of the attendees I was working Friday and Saturday nights and then only grabbed 4 hours sleep before heading to MK’s, I was running on empty a times.
As for Milton Keynes, I didn’t see much of it but the Hilton was OK and the company was excellent.
Think Tank, Derek, Milton Keynes … what does it all mean? Well it was the end of an era, but hopefully it means a few more DJ’s are thinking about how they can improve and offer their clients a better service. Here’s one of the “Take Aways” I shared with the group.
