A glimpse behind the scenes of our annual conference, filled with stats and pie charts!

1. Conference 2016
Behind the scenes

2. Something a bit different

3. Delegate geo-data (EventBrite)

4. Delegate geo-data (EventBrite)
Biggest non-
Exeter area:

5. Eventbrite ticket page views
Initial
Announcement
Early Bird Sales
Finish

6. Ticket Sales
PANIC!
Last minute rush –
order more catering!

7. Ticket Sales

8. Ticket Sales
Discount codes – usage breakdown:
1 person
used the TECHEX5 code

9. The day before

10. Conference Day

11. Conference Day
7.30 arrive, start unpacking
8.00 waiting for building to be unlocked, volunteers arrive
8.10 still waiting
8.20 manage to get front door open,
but all our kit is in a room that’s locked.
Doors connecting XFI to BuildingOne are locked.
Speakers start arriving.
PANIC!
8.45 rooms all unlocked, delegates start arriving

12. Volunteers

13. Talks and presentations

14. Coffee Lines…

15. Lunchtime Paella

16. We did it!

17. After party

18. No-shows by delegates:
% of people who don’t turn up to meetups:
~33%
% of people who didn’t turn up to the conference:
0%- everyone turned up!

19. 43%
28%
8%
8%
13%
Costs (where your money went!)
Catering
Merchendise/Branding
Speaker Costs
Entertainment
Venue

20. Ticket Sales + Sponsorship – Costs
= profit or loss?
Profit!
£ 1,462.55

21. Survey feedback

22. Survey feedback

23. Survey feedback

24. Survey feedback
0
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4
6
8
10
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1 2 3 4 5
Catering
Lunchtime Catering Breaktime Catering

25. Things we learnt:
• Print the schedule upside-down on the lanyards!
• Venue logistics is hard
• WiFi sucks!
•MOAR COFFEE
• Less water
• Less fruit

26. Need better audio capture…

27. Announcements

29. Next Meetup
Xmas Social – to be confirmed!
Next meetup with talks – Thursday February 23rd 2017
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