Yorkshire Mafia
The Yorkshire Mafia, founded by Geoff Shepherd, is the biggest Yorkshire Group on LinkedIn, boasting nearly 3,000 members, with over 30 applications for membership being received daily.
Coming Tuesday 15th March 2011 at The Royal Armouries, Leeds, is the inaugural Yorkshire Mafia Conference and here’s more info on this ground breaking group and Conference:
The Yorkshire Mafia began in November 2008 as a web-based initiative to help us all trade with each other. We’re one of the few social media groups to successfully cross the online/offline chasm and we now regularly get 150+ Mafiosi out to our Drinks evenings as we move them around Yorkshire.
We’ve been featured in The Business Desk, The Yorkshire Post, Radio York, The York Press and a host of other titles. The Yorkshire Mafia Conference is really going to draw in masses of attention.
Geoff Shepherd said: “It’s a terrific venue, the organisation will be spot-on, visitor levels will be high and the day will run with touch of Yorkshire Mafia flair.
“We have been working hard behind the scenes to pull this together. There will be a full day of Seminars, 78 exhibitors and well over 1,000 delegates – all gathered together to network, learn and do business.
“Delegate tickets will be free and are open to non-Mafiosi. We’ve some superb Seminars/Speakers lined up, including the first ever (at any Conference anywhere) Billion Pound Panel!
“We’ll run an evening Mafia networking event too – in the same style/vibe as our Drinks Evenings so we all get chance to relax and build on a successful day.
“Announcements on Sponsors, Speakers and Seminars will be released within the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, we’ll be busy building two Mafia specific websites – one for the Group itself and one for the Conference.”
There has been a tremendous amount of interest, surrounding the Conference, from both within and outside of the Mafia. It’s going to be a special event in Yorkshire’s business calendar as we showcase the cross-sector skills, expertise and success of our Yorkshire businesses after the worst recession in decades.
The Yorkshire Mafia is well underway. We are co-ordinating online and running targeted offline events through 2010 and beyond. Several smaller copycat groups have sprung up with a “similar” message/ethos/geography since we began our efforts so we must be doing something right!
All Exhibition Stands are offered on a first-come-first-served basis and the prices for Exhibiting are:
2m x 2m Stand = £695.00 +VAT
3m x 2m Stand = £795.00 +VAT
Click here to view the Exhibition Floor Plan
Any queries on any aspect of the Conference and all those wishing to book at stand at the event should contact Danny Matharu on danny (at) theyorkshiremafia.com or 07904 873 202. He will talk you through the floor plan, which stands may be more relevant to you and how to go about putting your name on one.
If you’re in the upper quartile of what you do, come join the Mafia on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/TheYorkshireMafia
We are Stronger, Together.