A Week On From Rainmaker 18 - What did we Learn?

Rainmaker /ˈreɪnmeɪkə/ – a person who generates income for a business or organization by brokering deals or attracting clients or funds.

It's one week on from our inaugural Rainmaker event "Rainmaker 18". We had some superb speakers at the event and over 150 attendees from some of the biggest Professional Services firms and Tech companies in the world. During the event, the B2B experts here at Passle gave their thoughts and summed up the speakers throughout the day. So if you did not make or did make it and want a recap and some tips to bring back to the office take a look at the below:

First up, I take a look at Kenny Logan's inspirational talk: "Be Brave and Honest (In Business and in Life) by Kenny Logan"

At our Inaugural "Rainmaker" event last week we were delighted to be joined by former Professional rugby player and Owner of Logan Sports Marketing, Kenny Logan. Kenny's enthusiasm and energy filled the room as he talked about what it took to... Read more

Adam Elgar summarises the event in full - Rainmaker 2018 Event Summary

Rainmaker 2018 concluded last week at a roof-top party on a beautiful summer night in central London. It had been a truly excellent day of presentations, networking and some World Cup football. The premise of the event was to look at how... Read more

Samuel Page - Rainmakers, influence & pressure : What I learnt from an ex-British Military Human Intelligence Expert

Passle's Rainmaker 2018 event saw excellent speakers come together to discuss business development and how to attract, engage and retain high performers in sales, marketing & business development functions. I'm writing this after hearing from... Read more

Tom Elgar - Making Rain at Scale

First up at Rainmaker 2018, we were delighted to have Andrea Clatworthy, the doyen of Account-Based Marketing, running through the key building blocks of a successful ABM program. My takeaways: it is a strategic exercise; it is crucial that... Read more

David Kirk - 3 things to help you thrive as a rainmaker in today's modern world; from the panel discussion at #Rainmaker18

Joining me on our panel discussion at Rainmaker18 to discuss how rainmakers have had to adapt and what challenges they face in the modern world was Nigel Walsh (Partner at Deloitte), Stephen Ruff (BD & Alliance Manager at everis UK), and Leor... Read more

Ben Hammersley - My key takeaways from the Rainmaker & Change panel discussion

I am currently sitting in the room at our inaugural Rainmaker conference in London. On stage a few minutes ago was a fantastic panel of Rainmakers, including the likes of Nigel Walsh (Partner at Deloitte), Stephen Ruff (BD & Alliance Manager... Read more

James Barclay - Advice from "Mr PR" Stephen Waddington on career development: be active online

Today we are hosting our inaugural Rainmaker event. We have been lucky enough to hear from Stephen Waddington Partner & Chief Engagement Officer at PR firm Ketchum. Stephen was described to me by another PR leader as "Mr PR in the... Read more

A superb day - see you all at "Rainmaker 19"

Connor