B1G1 Business For Good Conference 2018
Last week, all four founders flew to the Buy 1 Give 1 Conference 2018 in Singapore. The B1G1 Community holds a special significance with our founders as the vision of the Clarity project was born at the B1G1 meet in Birmingham last year. This community is certainly like no other, and the same goes for the annual conferences. The theme for the three days was JOY and this was definitely evident throughout the jam packed schedule. Aynsley, Steve, Luke and Julie all threw themselves whole heartedly into the activities that Paul and Masami orchestrated, as did the other 110 speakers, mentors and influencers at the conference.
Day one started on a very tuneful note, and the morning sessions were all met with rapturous applause and support – a notion that was maintained throughout the whole conference. No-one was ever sat still for very long as all members were carted off to the stunning ‘Gardens by the Bay’ in the afternoon, followed by a very poignant session from the Human Library. Listening to the real life stories of the ‘Human Books’ really highlighted the reason why we are all striving to create a giving nation that helps the those more vulnerable than us. The Giving Auction rounded off the first evening, with all proceeds going to four important charities, one of which was FreeToShine, a charity that Aynsley is proud to be on the advising board for.
Day two brought more inspiring talks, including Steve’s keynote on ‘Better Business, Better Life and Better World’. Steve really drew out all the core elements from the B1G1 book, and showed us how we can bring collaboration into our every day lives. We have uploaded a recording of this on our IGTV channel, follow @theclrtyproject to watch Steve on stage. Aynsley then delivered a really moving keynote, using the ‘my intent’ CLRTY bracelets as the centre point of reference. Aynsley gave everyone time to look back on the past few days and asked us to pinpoint the one word that defines how you live your life. It was a brilliant way to close the conference and a great opportunity to reflect. Day two ended with the glamorous awards dinner where Aynsley picked up the HABIT award for Tayabali Tomlin. It was a fantastic evening, and wonderful to celebrate with all the nominees and witness all the hard work that everyone’s businesses have been putting in behind the scenes. Team Clarity donated 50,000 CLRTY tokens as a special auction item at the end of the gala dinner which was snapped up early on. This was a great way for us to give back to the B1G1 community.
Saturday was another beautiful day and those who opted in were able to tour round the B1G1 offices and see where all the magic and big ideas sprout from! The tour finished up in the 1880 members club for a delicious three course meal and a round up from Paul and Masami themselves. Dinner was full to the brim with joy and the feedback from the whole group was truly heart-warming. Even though the conference had come to an end, the whole B1G1 experience was epitomised by one of the members over dinner saying that “the best thing about B1G1 is that there is no ending as our story continues to grow and grow”. Everyone who becomes part of this story and journey gets impacted in unimaginable ways. B1G1 is a community where you don’t have to explain yourself, and where your nationality becomes humanity.
It was incredible to be a part of the Singapore chapter in the B1G1 story, and the whole #CLRTY team look forward to what’s in store for the next conference in Hanoi 2020.
