So flew up to Auckland on the 05:50 flight. Which was quite early… hmmmm. Anyways, checked into the Hilton (as you do) and went to the TUANZ (telecoms) conference for most of the day. I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
It kinda reinforced what I’m beginning to think… If your business can get good information out of your contacts with the public, then that has to be one of the most important parts of the business… without good feedback good decisions can’t be made (easily). And I kinda wonder if I want to get into the Business Analyst area of things..
Hmm, that all seemed a little serious for a moment. Excuse me while I snort some coke ;) (joking joking)
Right, where was I – yes, flew up to Auckland – conference was a precursor to the annual awards. Last year we were up for Contact Centre of the year, this year Andrew went for Contact Centre Manager of the year (for contact centres with less than 50 seats)
So L->R me, David, Martine and Andrew went to the dinner (along with 600 others). It wasn’t quite as drunken affair as last time… we were slightly on our best behaviour (ish) as we were sitting at pretty much the top table..
To cut a long story short… Andrew won.
I took two videos at the dinner.. first one(7 megs) and the second one(7 megs). Of the two, the second one is the funnier one by far..
Good times though. We were all pretty stoked with the win. The trophy was by far and away the heaviest trophy I’ve ever encountered. You really needed 2 hands to lift the thing.. Would be quite interested to know how much it weighed.
I must admit.. it was incredibly satisfactory (in a smug kinda way – sorry – it happens occasionally)… The dinner you see was sponsored by quite a few companies, including recruitment companies.. including the company Madison that I used to work for in ChCh – who placed me into the M.E.D. Anyway, I guess I didn’t always feel incredibly appreciated in there, so it was quite nice to go over and say hello and see some surprised – but happy – faces. Amazing how things can change in a year really.
Took the Friday and Monday off – so details to come soon of my trip around Northlands. It was really excellent fun though, very different to Canterbury that’s for sure!
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