Trialogue extends our thanks to the Making CSI Matter 2013 headline sponsors Absa, Eskom, Transnet Foundation, Standard Bank and Volkswagen SA; headline NPO sponsors AngloGold Ashanti and Liberty, and our media partners BizCommunity and Mail & Guardian for making this diverse learning and networking experience possible. To read more about these companies' CSI programmes here.
Delegates were introduced to a Near Field Communication technology device called Poken to connect and share information with other delegates, as well as to track all the interesting content they missed in other breakaway sessions. An overwhelming 100% response from our delegates rated the use of this device as a very beneficial tool. The Poken device was not the only new thing seen this year but we turned things around with the format of our event as well.
The speakers and workshops incorporated the five themes, developing a rich understanding of the issues among delegates. Opportunities for learning and sharing ideas at Making CSI Matter 2013 included:
The video, audio, photographs and slides from the conference are all up on Trialogue's dedicated CSI portal, http://csimatters.co.za/. We hope that you can take the time to be inspired by the sessions presented at the conference, and learn more about the interesting sessions you had to miss.
The guidelines that emerged from the sessions in the breakaways will again be incorporated into the 16th edition of The CSI Handbook, another Trialogue platform for furthering best practice in corporate social investment and development. The CSI Handbook will be released in November 2013.
"Just a quick note to congratulate you on an outstanding conference - you really did put together a top drawer event." - Adri Marais, TsiBA
"A special word of thanks for the amazing conference this week! It empowered me highly."
"Thank you very much for this conference. It was very informative, a good networking opportunity."
"Left totally inspired, with some serious mind- and strategy-altering concepts!"
"Very fresh here-to-stay kind of conference. Not predictable as some previous conferences. I thoroughly enjoyed myself; something that has not happened with a lot of conferences recently."
Making CSI Matter 2014 will be held in May next year. Pencil it into your diary and watch www.csimatters.co.za for updates.