Engineers Insight Newsletter #54

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A night out in the Big Smoke this week, as EI was a proud sponsor at the Engineering & Manufacturing Awards !

🎙️Episode 12 - "I'm a 70's kid."

30 years in industry, an obsession to learn and a long list of funny stories.

It took Mark Staples MIET a minute to remember I'm a 90's kid, not 70's like him! 😂

Huge thank you to our sponsor Beckhoff Automation UK Ltd To find out what they do you can click here > Beckhoff Automation.

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Episode 13 with Fiona M. will be released tomorrow 😁

What have we been up to?

Slower start to the week, gearing up to a couple of days in London.

You might have seen my mugshot plastered over your newsfeeds... I was (very proudly) announced as MEPCA 's Manufacturing Champion of the Month, for September:

I had a catch up session with Matthew Foster & Suzi Wynne FCIM to look at our go to market strategy for announcing the new jobs tab.

A follow up with Sarah Black-Smith & Eleanor Baker to go through our plans for our Social Media panel at the Women in Manufacturing event, on the 19th September!

Quick haircut and an hour researching the tube system to end my Tuesday. Never been a fan of London. Too many people. 0 eye contact. Complicated transport for foreigners like me.

I make it there on Wednesday, though. Manage to negotiate a train from Tamworth, 3 tube journeys to the venue, then my hotel, then back to Mayfair to catch Jack Troutt for a pre-event Guiness. Got to know his successor at Manufacturing Management - Steve Goodsell , Pokémon extraordinaire.

The night itself was great, I got to spend some time with some amazing industry friends - Andrea Wilson , Fiona M. & John Parkes - FRSA . As well as meeting some inspiring people, too - Andy Knight , Neil Burrows , Mohammad Taher & Anisha Roberts .

Here's a tip for other startups with 0 money, wanting to get your brand out there:

1. Sponsor Events.
2. Find a way to distribute your brand.
3. Find partners to split the cost.
4. Make the most of the opportunity.

Here's what we done:

We aimed for 15 partners at £300 each to cover the cost of sponsorship, leaflets and an iPad for the lucky winner.

We put an A5 flyer on all 300 guest's seats explaining what EI is, how it might be relevant to them, QR code to track downloads, show all of our partners logos.

How are we making the most of the opportunity?

I printed 2000 of them. 150 are going into the delegates bags at the Women in Manufacturing event. 700 of them in the bags at EMCON and the rest on the table at PPMA. We'll also be pushing the iPad giveaway through our recruitment partners as an incentive to sign up to the app. 2000+ valued eyes on the brand for £0.

The closing line is very me - "They can't all be wrong, can they?" 😂

No time for a hangover, as I was back on the tube at 8am Thursday to get to the Make UK building for the Pre Launch of John Robinson Manufacturing Initiative - Quorum Principle. Thanks to Jon Hill for the introduction and inviting me along. For any of you wanting to understand John's mission to create a more collaborative supply chain, already working with some of the worlds largest vendors, you can find a nice explanation here, by The Manufacturer :

Also got the opportunity to see Ben Davies from Chimp Management Ltd in action!

Ended the week with a few Friday meetings:

• EMCON Engineering & Manufacturing Show dress rehearsal, going through the POA for next weeks show! Remember, if you're in the North East, you can get your free tickets Here!
• Good catch up with Dan Vickers to understand Quanser and how we could work together, especially in supporting education.
• Last but not least. a catch up with Charlie Allen at Automate BEST to go through her plans for the stand at PPMA, end of the month. We'll be on the stand with Charlie and her apprentices on the 24th & 25th. Teula Bradshaw from Sanjay Mortimer Foundation will also be on the stand on the 25th & 26th.

Upcoming Events:

EMCON Engineering & Manufacturing Show, Houghton-le-spring 12th September:

We'll be filming a live episode of Through the Eye with special guest Prof Alan Norbury CEng FIET FIKE. Register for the show and come and sit in the audience at 1pm!

Register here!

Women in Manufacturing - 19th September 2024 @ MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry Changing Perceptions is a one-day conference, open to anyone with an interest in driving positive change & improving gender representation in the manufacturing sector. I'll be on a panel (x3) on the day!

Register for your free place here > https://lnkd.in/gSF9Ec-Q

PPMA Show is on the 24th - 26th September, at the NEC, you can Register here!

Advanced Engineering UK, NEC 30th & 31st October: Register here!

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