CEO, Kevin Philips shared the amazing consistent growth
and success of the past few years, from revenue to the variety of industries we
serve to our client base itself.
This also included the exciting news that the idu
brand is no longer an exclusively South African brand; with idu-Concept being
marketed and sold globally through independent distributors in Southern Africa,
East Africa, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and Europe.
After reviewing where we have been, Kevin then took us
through the coming attractions clients can expect this year. The goal for
September seeing the addition of Event-based budgeting, Enhanced Views export
into Excel, New Widgets, 5 Year comparatives, a Property Module and Graphical
Top-down budgeting.
We hosted four guest speakers this year; veteran journalist, political
commentator and newspaper columnist Max du Preez; corporate
speaker and mentalist Gilan Gork; and sponsors, founder of J2 Software John Mc Loughlin
and CEO of Fraxion, Stanton Jandrell.
Max took us through some South African history, and examined
the upheavals we have seen in our political climate of late. He then turned
these heavy events on their head a little, highlighting the positives that he
predicts will come from it. He also pointed out that no matter how bad things
may seem, we should consider that – unlike most other countries in the world –
South Africa is resilient; we are a country with no regional tension, no
religious fundamentalism, no terrorism and no heavy military presence
overseeing the civil government. The end result? Encouraging faith and belief
in South Africa, which he believes is facing a new order – a post-Zuma society.
Gilan Gork had everybody eating out of his hand within
minutes. While mentalism and learning about body language is always highly
entertaining and Gilan is very dynamic; the skills he imparted had everybody
nodding (unless that was just contagious nodding we never picked up on). In all
seriousness though, we will be unpacking a few of the techniques he shared in a
separate post and we highly recommend him for corporate functions.
John from J2 Software touched on (insider risk and it’s potential cost for
your company).
Stanton from Fraxion had the audience engaged in his
walk through of spend management and all it can bring to your business.
One of the highlights for us was undoubtedly listening
to our idu users share their experiences of working with us and bringing their
team on board with the adoption of idu-Concept to their organisations. The
passion and enthusiasm they brought to their presentations made us incredibly
proud of our team and our products.
Monty Stephenson, FD of Cape Consumers was most
impressed by the consistency, knowledge, experience and understanding of their
business from the idu Software team – from the CEO to the support staff. You
can also find more of his thoughts here.
Andre Rossouw from Medipost, a recent addition to our
client base, spoke with great sincerity and detail about their experience with
idu and the implementation of idu-Concept.
An Field from Business Partners spoke highly of the
belief and passion our staff have for our products, particularly Geoff ten
Oever. She also elaborated on how once she was “sold” on the product, she
became as passionate about selling the product on to her team. We love that our
passion is catching.
The gorgeous Vineyard Hotel venue and food (and
special coffee machine) were much commented on by all our guests. And of course
great fun was had at our gala dinner; you can find all the photographic proof on our Facebook
page, so be sure to pop
over and leave your comments.
Our new 2-half-days’ format was positively received
and worked out really well for everybody. We are already looking forward to
seeing you all back again next year!