Agenda Events, Inverness
www.agendaevents.co.uk
Jim Brown started off his working life as a vet, a career which stemmed from an interest in science, in particular biology, cutting things up to see how they worked, and why disease processes happen. He qualified in Edinburgh and worked at several practices in the West of Scotland and North of England before moving back to the Inverness in the 1990’s, where he was partner in a practice for 10 years.
Having felt he had hit a bit of a glass ceiling, he embarked on a change in career. In practice he became intrigued - and sometimes frustrated - by trying to figure out exactly what his different clients wanted and building a service around it, something which eventually led to an MBA at Strathclyde University - and his eyes being opened to new business opportunities.
On completion of the MBA he realised there was a niche for him and Agenda Events was born. Jim found many of the skills he used daily as vet transferred easily over to events – particularly his knack of establishing trust with people and turning their thoughts into feasible projects.
Agenda concentrates on Association, Medical and Research work, which makes the most of his background. He specialises in project managing events rather than simply running them, so gets very involved with the organisations he is working with. As a consequence, Agenda tends to deliver conferences to audiences of 150-200 people, many of which happen in the Highlands, although it also has customers in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and South of the border.
Agenda Events has grown since it was founded in 2006 and of course Jim has organised the last 2 Fusion annual conferences and the Fusion Ideas for Growth series in 2009. This year he will once again be delivering another great conference and is currently working hard on getting the right mix of speakers to suit the audience.
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