KSS April eKourier 2024

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 2024

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T he Achievement Dinner is our exciting annual event held in Sydney generally around August. It is a night when our teams come together to recognise their achievements throughout the year. Traditionally on the night we would witness presentations for Service Awards from 5 to 25 years plus, with the 10 years Hands in Cement ceremony being the highlight for this category. Other categories include Raving Fans, Freedom Awards, Rookie Of The Year, Scoty Distinction Awards and the highly anticipated Gold Scoty presentation to wrap up the gala style night. In 2020 Covid forced the event to move online, as we were unable to all gather in the one location. Using our social enterprise platform Viva (formerly Yammer) the spirit of the Achievement Dinner was kept alive. The teams were presented with their achievement awards generally at their own storage centre, and pictures were taken and posted on Viva. The Team rallied behind the spirit of the awards by posting wonderful messages of encouragement and congratulations for all the award recipients. Come 2023 a year Covid was mostly forgotten, the Achievement Dinner returned to its former glory, boosted by the fact it was our “50th Birthday” celebration for Kennards Self Storage. As a result, we experienced our largest turnout for the night.

As wonderful as they are, these nights have presented some challenges. The sheer size of our business now, has made the awards ceremony quite lengthy, impacting the time left for teams to enjoy socialising with their fellow Team Members. The idea to streamline the event to allow Team Members more time to reconnect with everyone was important to consider. Given the success of using Viva some of the presentations in 2023 were moved onto Viva, reducing the number of awards traditionally presented at the dinner. This created more time to catch up with each other. Fast forward to 2024, it's time to reimagine our awards night. How do we get more people involved and make it easier to attend without losing the very important spirit and excite- ment that has been created around the event. Reimagine we have done, and something new we’ll try! 2024 will see the event change from one night in Sydney to five nights, one in each state. The same effort will be applied to make sure each night is special. Our hope is that with state-based celebrations we maintain what has been created in more intimate gather- ings, providing a platform for teams to celebrate and connect, fostering a sense of camaraderie and teamwork. Tony Vuong Head of Operations

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