You wouldn’t ship your good friend to a music competition and ask them to report again on what they loved. It’s one thing it’s good to expertise for your self. In our opinion, the identical will be mentioned about Xerocon. The extra members of your group that may attend, the extra your follow will profit from it as an entire.
However don’t take our phrase for it. We chat with Lauren Harvey, Chartered Administration Accountant at Full Cease, who has attended at least eight Xerocons. We need to discover out what retains her coming again, and the explanations she believes it’s vital to convey as many group members alongside as attainable.
Why it’s best to come to Xerocon even should you’ve attended earlier than
Full Cease are very long time customers of Xero, and seasoned Xerocon veterans. They have already got a deep understanding of utilising Xero. So what retains them coming again to Xerocon yr after yr?
“Within the early years it was once about studying what was occurring on the earth of expertise and assembly new folks,” Lauren says. Now they use it to re-energise the group and convey some perspective on the aim behind what they do.
“Xerocon is sort of a shot within the arm – I feel everybody wants that generally to get them enthusiastic about what they’re doing.”
Even when your follow is working effectively and you are feeling such as you’re getting essentially the most out of the Xero platform, you’ll decide up a lot of small good points that may add up in the long term.
“This yr, we’re going for little enhancements. That’s what makes Xerocon stand out above the opposite conferences. We don’t have to go and get an entire new suite of instruments. We actually simply need to go in and hone in on just a few little enhancements. Even simply selecting up just a few issues could be actually nice.”
Your group will decide up new suggestions and expertise
Generally it takes listening to one thing from a recent perspective for it to sink in.
“I can comfortably discuss what our trade is doing. The group hears that, and now we have our method of speaking it. However at Xerocon, you’ll usually hear any person speaking about it in a very completely different and utilized method.”
There was a particular occasion at Xerocon that Lauren recollects the place one among her workers had that ‘Ah-Ha’ second. “I bear in mind bringing a member of the group alongside a few years in the past and there was a function that I believed that they had a whole understanding of, however simply from listening to it otherwise the penny truly dropped.”
It’s moments like this which you could’t replicate with out truly attending the occasion. Everybody will decide up various things and cumulatively your follow will come away with information that you simply didn’t even realise you didn’t have.
Kind stronger bonds together with your group and join with the Xero neighborhood
When requested to explain Xerocon in three phrases, Lauren selected “inspiring, collaborative, and enjoyable”. It’s not your normal accounting convention. There are such a lot of ways in which you’re capable of have enjoyable together with your group. In earlier years we’ve had karaoke rooms, bumper vehicles, a merry-go-round, digital actuality video games, a pub on the inexperienced, and an indoor cricket pitch to go together with the a number of hours of keynote audio system.
“Our group nonetheless talks about shared Xerocon experiences years after they occurred.”
There’s additionally the well-known Xerocon celebration. It’s not solely an opportunity to let your hair down and have a good time together with your group, however one other nice networking alternative.
“Among the greatest conversations occur within the night. Ensure you stick round for the celebration. Most people who I nonetheless have relationships with to today – these conversations began within the night.”
Don’t let attending alone put you off
When you’re attending solo, don’t let it deter you. Lauren has been to Xerocon on her personal and located it to be an excellent alternative to fulfill different advisors and Xero workers members. The truth is, she’s nonetheless in touch with the primary individual she met at her very first Xerocon again in 2012!
When you’re somewhat nervous about attending alone, there’s no want to fret. There shall be loads of alternatives to combine and mingle exterior of your follow all through the occasion. The Xero neighborhood of advisors are additionally a welcoming bunch. The truth is the group at Full Cease actively hunt down solo attendees and embrace them as their very own. In keeping with Lauren they “have photographs on their pinboard on the workplace to today with individuals who they met on the evening”. That individual might be you in 2022!
Be part of us at Xerocon London
Our second launch of Xerocon tickets are on sale now for £280 (excl VAT) till 4 June 2022 – that’s 20% off the usual worth of £350.
Your ticket contains two jam-packed days of leisure, keynotes, breakout classes, and the well-known Xerocon celebration on the finish of day one. Plus it’s all absolutely catered and also you’ll depart with a few of the most interesting swag the accounting trade has to supply.
