Professional December 2021 - January 2022

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The CIPP events team : Lynne Rocks, Sarah Jones, Megan Dudley and Rachel Wheeler

Can you describe the events team for us – who are they, what do they do and what are their backgrounds? Lynne Rocks is the events manager and is responsible for delivering all of the CIPP’s events and training courses with the support of the events and training team – Sarah Jones, Rachel Wheeler and Megan Dudley. Sarah, senior events and training coordinator, leads on working with our sponsors and managing our relationships with venues. Sarah keeps us all on track with checklists and her eye for detail. Megan and Rachel are our events and training coordinators. Rachel focuses mostly on the CIPP’s training courses and works very closely with our trainers. If you have attended a training course, it’s likely you will have been in touch with Rachel. Megan is our technical whizz. She builds all our platforms for events, webinars and award nominations. Meg enjoys putting the finishing touches to events, such as picking decorations for the awards ceremony and selecting menus. Do you all have a favourite CIPP event to either organise or attend? We’ve been debating the answer to this question all morning! We’re split between the Annual Conference and Excellence Awards Ceremony, and graduation. The Conference and Awards are definitely

the most difficult to arrange, but we all love seeing everyone coming together and enjoying the event. Plus, the glitz and glamour of the Awards Ceremony is a highlight of the year. We all also love the graduation ceremony. It’s a day filled with emotion, and we are lucky enough to be backstage sharing the moment with graduates before and after the walk across the stage. It’s a real honour to celebrate the graduates’ achievement and lovely to meet the families and friends who have supported them through their qualification. What are the main priorities of all your roles and how do they fit together? We are a small, busy and supportive team. Whilst we all have our own areas to lead on – Lynne on strategy and scheduling, Sarah on sponsorship and venues, Rachel on training and Megan on day-to-day coordination of events – we all work very closely together and help each other a lot. Overall, our priority is that anyone who attends one of our events or training courses has a great experience and we are all focused on making that happen. What do you think you and your team can bring to the future strategy of the CIPP? Events are an integral part of how the CIPP stays in touch with its members. We provide opportunities to learn through

training and events, to connect and network with others, and to celebrate achievement. We are always looking to improve and innovate so our events and training stay fresh and modern. Look out for some exciting changes in 2022… What does the future hold for the CIPP’s events? We are all really excited about getting back to face-to-face events in 2022. We have all really enjoyed learning about online events (and it was a fast learning curve after the pandemic hit), but we have missed the interaction with members and the excitement of live events. Look out for our BeConnected: National Forums coming to a city near you in early 2022, plus the Annual Conference and Exhibition and Annual Excellence Awards at the Celtic Manor Resort on 5 and 6 October 2022. We’re also really excited to be further developing our online events with the BeKnowledgeable webinars and National Payroll Week online events. What do your roles mean to you? Our roles mean that we get to meet lots of CIPP members and others working in the payroll, pensions and reward industry. It’s great to be involved in such an energetic and passionate industry where we get to use our event management skills creatively and really feel like our work is making a difference. n

| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | December 2021 – January 2022 | Issue 76 8

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