AFQY Auckland May 19th 5.30 to 7.30pm
Event description
Welcome back to AFQY!
Event Overview:
AFQY the original networking event, where we can enjoy a few quiet yarns by "meeting the person, not the suit" with our famous 'No selling' rule to connecting before talking tech - as we have for 14 years. The format helps explain the event, and Ryan will greet you at the entrance, welcome you and connect you to a bunch of people and your first conversation. We consciously make you feel welcome and able to speak to anyone, and you will, as will everyone else... relaxed atmosphere with a fair bit of humour... we all have a good time talking and connecting.
Event Format:
- 5.30pm AFQY is officially open - Ryan will great you at the entrance
- 6.00pm Official Welcome and Introductions
- 6.10pm Back to "Meet the person" no-selling networking
- 7.00pm Check in "How many have you met tonight you didn't otherwise know be fore tonight?"
- 7.05pm Back to the last bit of connection making yarning
- 7.30pm Official Close
- 7.35pm I am off the clock and ready to yarn ;-) so stay
Who is invited to attend:
We invite Tech-End-Users to join us for an afternoon of of AFQY networking.
Food and beverages are provided - finger food with beers, wines and softdrinks
Event Partner:
AFQY Careers
Venue Partner:
The Birdcage
The AFQY Way:
- No Selling - the process is get to know the person as a person first, then as you develop conversation tech and work naturally comes in, but all/any pricing, offers, pitching is not allowed and risks being red-carded for 3 events.
- No flicking cards out - you can't give a card out, but you can ask for a card after you have had a good yarn - relationship first.
- You can't ask what a person does until the 3rd question - again meet the person, not their suit, the first two questions help you discover who you're talking - uncover commonalities be it rugby or ballet or origami our diversity makes us inclusive before finding out what someone does.
- If you a a Provider (Vendor, Disty, Reseller, Recruiter) then you must purchase a ticket for and bring an a Tech End User (CIO, CTO, CDO, CISO, Prog/Proj/Prod Manager, PM, BA, Dev, DevOps, etc etc) and put their name in the ticket - restricted to one person per non-sponsoring provider.
- We R.O.A.R. Reserve the right of admission