Dave Plunkett: A Collaboration Story
1980 Born - Entering the world as the fruits of my parent’s intimate collaboration
The Very Beginning
1998 Procurement Manager at BT - Working collaboratively with suppliers & internal customers to look after millions of ££’s worth of spend
2002 Area Sales Manager - Where I first Learned to treat all sales as service based – working in partnership with our customers so they could add maximum value to their own. Simple.
2008 Membership manager @ Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce - Used partnerships with other local networks to help grow the Swindon Chamber and make it thrive, whilst others were struggling. Power to the Partnership
2012
2012 Director at Business Scene - A partner from my Chamber days. Moved over to launch a membership. Served 2000 very happy members, and hosted hundreds of events for thousands of people
2012 Bestival - I’ve been to many, many music festivals. But this one is significant because I met, spent 5 days glued to, and fell madly, deeply in love, with my life partner Kelly.
2012 Regus Partnership - Top referral partner in the country for Regus serviced offices, not bad going.
New Life
2014 Luna is born - My co-conspirator
2015 Volvo Partnership - Having fun running events in dealerships, & supporting their SME digital engagement
2016 Co-Founded Advantage Benefits - Built on partnerships, and responsible for delivering leads to global brands and innovative newcomers alike. Delivered value to over 1 million SME’s
2016 Milo is born - My partner in crime
2016 Partnered with The Business Show - Delivering value through our partnerships to the audience of the largest SME exhibition in Europe
2018 Partnered with Yell - Delivered 10,000 prospects over a 2-year period. So, we know our stuff
2019 Started my own personal development journey – which has led to this! - An absolute game changer for me
2019 Founded LuMilona - We focus on harnessing collaborations to provide extra value to our partners members, customers and clients
The True Beginning
Covid Can’t Stop Me
2020 Collaboration Junkie is born! - Years in the making (as you can see here). Born out of a passion for partnerships, and a desire to add more personal value, and have more fun
2020 Speaking at the ISMA global conference - My first big gig. And one I was proud to be invited back to the following year.
2021 Our DANCE framework struts its stuff for the first time.
Growth!
2021 Speaking at The Business Show – After partnering with them for many years previously this was a big deal for me
2022 The team is growing! - Megan joins the team
2022 My family grows! - Remi enters the world to complete my own rebellion of collaborators.
2021 Life Partner - Finally tied the knot, 9 years to the day I met Kelly
2021 Speaking at the Professional Speaking Association National Conference