Welcome back to AFQY Wellington!

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
- Introduce you to conversation
- You can grab a drink on the tab and some nibbles
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:

Shaun Webber from Parallo
Neil Calvert from Linq

Venue Partner:

The Green Man - Kirsten Keeling

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 are 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