Tonight’s
Trader Ball continued the tradition set on 2016 by focusing on a celebration of
traders but this time there were a couple of twists.
For
starters, Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, attended and didn’t just pop in for a speech
but stayed the night and participated in every award presentation. Chairman of
the Board, Jane Fenton, also participated.
But the big
change was the presentation of awards based on customer votes. Nearly 8,000
customer votes were collated and awards made in a number of categories with a
few surprises. George The Fishmonger didn’t win the fish category nor did the
American Donut Van win their category. And some of the winners had questionable
knowledge of computers and the internet, showing you don’t have to be a
technical whizz to make the most of social media and online promotion.
There were
also a number of awards given by management and no doubt full details of all
the awards will be published soon.
The night
was expertly curated by David Mann, Stan Liacos introduced the award winners
and closed the evening with praise for traders and the management team, the
music was a well received blend of blues and pop, the food was good, and one of
the attendees was only 8 months old and he stayed awake and behaved himself the
whole evening
This will go
down as a most enjoyable night and one trader predicted that the system of customer
voting has introduced a whole new competitive spirit that will likely raise the
bar with trader/customer engagement for next time. The bonus is that we get
thousands more customer email addresses in the process.
And finally,
Danny and Ariel Lewin you should have been there. You won an award.
COMMENTS:
07/11/2018 11:25:03 The market ball "What a great new Lord Mayor we have , Sally ,C. She was just like one of us. A great thank you for your time, and great sense of humour. " Andy