The Brief
Frequent breakfast briefings and a flagship forum attracting hundreds of key executives.
The brief within NSW, the Healthcare, Government, Banking & Financial Services Special Interest Groups (SIGs) each host three breakfast briefings and a flagship forum event throughout the year. The breakfast briefings attract on average 100+ attendees and the flagship forum events bring in an audience of 200+ attendees per event. These typically consist of a keynote speaker address, followed by a panel discussion with 3-4 esteemed industry and government executives.
In addition to the SIG focused events, the AIIA run national flagship events that are aligned to their strategic initiatives and policies. The national events will vary from full day conferences to award ceremonies and gala dinners, with an audience of 200-250 attendees.
The Solution
Best Case Scenario’s responsibilities include pre-event planning comprising of creating and managing the NSW event calendar, budget management, developing event content and speaker recruitment in collaboration with the SIG and AIIA, marketing, sponsorship sales, operations, on-site management and support, speaker and sponsorship liaison, delegate generation and management, coordination of SIG and Council meetings, management of delegate surveys and post-event analysis.
Planning multiple events requires tight processes and quality control. The Best Case Scenario team developed a series of key processes to prevent and anticipate any issues that may negatively affect the events.
For example:
- Detailed workflow spreadsheet that outline number of task days left, alerts, roles, and responsibilities.
- Speaker profile and tracking documents: used during speaker recruitment and confirmation to provide potential speakers with an overview of event theme and focus. It also tracks submission of biographies, session descriptions, photos, etc…
- Sponsorship tracking: tracks sponsor profile, sponsorship opportunities and fulfilment of sponsorship deliverables.
The following are just some of the Government Special Interest Group events Best Case Scenario manage:
The Results
- NSW SIG has the strongest event programme across AIIA
- One of the most well attended SIGs
- Supports member retention and assists with new member acquisition
The Client
Best Case Scenario is the NSW event partner for the AIIA and have been for the past eight years – we were instrumental in evolving the AIIA’s Special Interest Group (SIGs) program from a few people catching up for a coffee once a month, to what the program is today, regular events attracting 100’s of key executives. Within NSW, the Healthcare, Government, Banking & Financial Services SIGs each host three breakfast briefings and a flagship forum event throughout the year.
The SIGs are aligned with the AIIA Strategic Framework and provide a practical implementation of the AIIA values, but each SIG defines its own purpose, goals and activities. These Government Special Interest Groups focus on working with state and territory governments to improve digital policy and use of technology. The NSW Government SIG works with government to improve Digital policy, projects, procurement and SME access.