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Local CIPD Branch Events - Do you attend?

Chloe

Good morning,  I am trying to find if people out there value the events that the local CIPD branches hold,  I have been part of the committee for our local group for sometime now and am finding it increasingly frustrating,  we hold around 8 events a year on a wide variety of topics, but find that we have an average attendance of around 15 people attend each one.  

We are also finding it incredibly difficult to find people who are willing to volunteer to join the committee, which means much bigger workload for the few that have joined, and also I worry that we are not putting on events on topics that are interesting to those who are new to HR, we do ask for ideas from all those that attend, but very few people are even willing to contribute these!

There is also very little recognition from CIPD for the work that the volunteers do (not even a Christmas Card!)

I would be interested in getting your feedback,  

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  • Hi Chloe,

    I have to confess that I have never attended a local branch event either. The timing - always Wednesday evening just doesn't work when you have two children, and as there is always a networking time built on at the start I would need to leave by the time the speaker was actually starting (I fully recognise the importance of networking, but maybe afterwards for people who can stay longer?).

    In addition, I have really good links with our local universities and they run some excellent sessions for SMEs, which I find far more relevant. As a general rule, these also generate a lot of information, rather than someone trying to sell their product or service. It also gives me a good source of seminars that I can disseminate across the business - I've just booked our entire sales team on a sales think tank later this month, running one afternoon, at no cost.

    I find some of the events organised by my local branch seem to be aimed at organisations who have much bigger HR budgets and HR teams, and therefore they just aren't as relevant to my needs.
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  • Hi Chloe,

    I have to confess that I have never attended a local branch event either. The timing - always Wednesday evening just doesn't work when you have two children, and as there is always a networking time built on at the start I would need to leave by the time the speaker was actually starting (I fully recognise the importance of networking, but maybe afterwards for people who can stay longer?).

    In addition, I have really good links with our local universities and they run some excellent sessions for SMEs, which I find far more relevant. As a general rule, these also generate a lot of information, rather than someone trying to sell their product or service. It also gives me a good source of seminars that I can disseminate across the business - I've just booked our entire sales team on a sales think tank later this month, running one afternoon, at no cost.

    I find some of the events organised by my local branch seem to be aimed at organisations who have much bigger HR budgets and HR teams, and therefore they just aren't as relevant to my needs.
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