Don’t just hear marketing theories. Hear how they came to life in the real world.
Campfire Stories is a single-day, single-track conference.
You will leave having learned from some of the most thoughtful marketers in the business, in the company of some of the kindest folks in marketing.
March 19th, 2026, London. Church House.
Tickets available here 👇
🎤 Speakers & Agenda
The event is single track by design.
No missed talks with another session going on another stage – just keynote quality throughout the day – with plenty of chances to meet your community, too.
Chima Mmeje, Moz
Heather Murray, AI for Non-Techies
Grace Kite, Magic Numbers
Lee Bofkin, Global Street Art
Maddy Allen, Keynote Club
Dave Harland, Copy or Die
Helen Tupper, Amazing If
Naomi Walkland, Motorway
Phill Agnew, Nudge Podcast
Sam Conniff, The Uncertainty Toolkit
Provisional agenda (subject to change!)
| Time | Speaker | Theme | You'll walk away with | Extra notes! |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | TMM Community | Doors open | Meet your community, and possibly the folks you'll work alongside for the next year 🙂 | Light breakfast, badge collection, settle in, make new contacts. |
| 10:30 | Joe & James from TMM | Welcome & intro | Set the tone, explain the campfire stories theme, and outline the day. | Intro, framing, housekeeping, get everyone comfortable. |
| 10:45 | Dave Harland, Founder of Copy or Die | In Odd We Trust | How to use “weirdness” in your writing; tuning your brain to notice odd details and turn them into memorable stories and content. | Three core stories; loads of examples; focuses on the power of weirdness and noticing the unusual. |
| 11:15 | Naomi Walkland, CMO of Motorway | How to navigate marketing in 2025 | Key trends, shifts, and strategic themes shaping marketing in 2025, and what they mean for real-world plans. | Trend- and theme-led; grounded in practical implications for marketers. |
| 11:40 | Maddy Allen, Speaker Coach at Keynote Club | Storytelling for leaders & humans | Why stories work; how leaders (and everyone else) can share brilliant, personal stories using simple techniques. | Leave with practical ideas on how to tell stories which help folks understand you and get buy in quicker. |
| 12:15 | Helen Tupper, CEO at AmazingIf and Author of Squiggly Careers | Learn like a lobster | How to embrace stretch, growth and discomfort in your career with practical tools you can use the next day. | Helen is an incredible, empathetic presenter. Leave with a new mindset on how to continue growing. |
| 12:45 | TMM Community | Lunch | Meet your community, build new contacts, and decompress from the morning. | Eat, chat, listen, say hello, be positively lovely. |
| 13:35 | Chima Mmeje, Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz | The new landscape of content | How content strategy is changing; where the new opportunities are for organic and paid content. | High post-lunch energy; practical, modern content thinking. |
| 14:00 | Grace Kite. Founder of Magic Numbers | Lots of Littles | Evidence-based marketing: how many small, consistent actions add up to big commercial impact. | Proper marketing talk with rigour and data. |
| 14:30 | Phill Agnew, Host of Nudge Podcast | The Science of Effort | Applicable, evidence-backed psychological tips for marketers: why we buy what we buy and how effort shapes behaviour. | Transparent, honest, light-hearted and funny; leave this talk with a greater sense of how to get your customers to choose you over your competition. |
| 15:00 | TMM Community | Afternoon break | Refresh, reset, and keep the conversations going. | Meet your community; build new contacts; be positively lovely. |
| 15:30 | Lee Bofkin, CEO of Global Street Art | Creative thinking workshop | Hands-on exercises to unlock creative thinking; simple tools you can take back to your team. | Workshop style; this is your chance to practically apply some lessons from Lee. |
| 16:00 | Heather Murray, Founder of AI for Non-Techies | What do we need to know about AI in 2025? | Clear, practical guidance on what actually matters in AI for marketers this year and how to get started. | One of the hottest topics in marketing explained in approachable, grounded terms by one of AI's best love personalities. |
| 16:30 | Sam Conniff, Author of Uncertainty Toolkit | Dealing with uncertainty | A powerful introduction to the science and psychology of uncertainty - exploring how we respond when faced with unpredictability and change. This session uses a unique blend of storytelling, science, and lived experience to help audiences understand why uncertainty feels difficult and how it can also become a driver for creativity, adaptability, and growth. | In an industry that feels uncertain - you'll leave with a greater sense of what to do with this energy |
| 17:00 | Joe & James | Thank you & close | Reflect on the day, celebrate the community, and share what comes next. | Short, warm wrap-up. |
| 17:10 | TMM Community | The Afterglow | Time to unwind, chat, and deepen connections. | Drinks, conversations, soft landings for introverts. |
| 18:30 | FIN | FIN 🙂 | — | FIN 🙂 |
🍕 Takeaways from our speakers
It’s important you know what to expect to takeaway in practical knowledge from our speakers. Expect to leave with knowledge on:
- How to write in a world dominated by AI words.
- Keeping up to date with AI – and what you need to know as a marketer
- How to navigate your career as a marketer more happily and productively
- How to explore GEO and the new content landscape
- How to manage your marketing mix with ‘lots of littles’
- A key lesson in behavioural science, and showing up
- How to be a more effective presenter
- Practical lessons on how to be more creative
- Understand marketing trends in the real world from one of the industry’s most senior and exciting executives
And way more 🙂
🔥 Why Campfire Stories?
We’ve asked our speakers to frame their talks in a real life story or a situation from their career, so they can illuminate the lessons and frameworks that helped them to succeed, or would have been useful to know at the time.
💕 The spirit of the day
We aim to create a sincere, practical event where you feel valued and informed. Last year’s event received an amazing NPS of 98 – we hope to make you all super happy again 🙂
💡 You’ll leave with…
You’ll leave with practical, real-world marketing knowledge to become an even better marketing person. Hopefully, with some more friends and peers to help you along that journey, too.
🎙️ What the day looks like
Campfire Stories has only one stage, creating a shared experience for everyone in attendance. Talks are 20 – 30 minutes long, and aim to leave you both inspired and informed.
We know how it feels to be scared by networking, so we do our best to create a safe, welcoming environment for you to walk into with plenty of chances to say hello to everyone and time to take a moment away from the bustle when you need to.
💡 New to 2026 – The Afterglow..
In 2026, we’ll be adding ‘The Afterglow’ – a relaxed opportunity to decompress and network after the conference before heading back out into London.
Get your ticket 🙂
Earlybird ends January 30th 2026
Invoice payment also available, please contact el@themarketingmeetup.com for more info!
What the community said about last year
FAQs
Because we love hearing from ya, but might as well save you some time 😉😉
Who attends? Will I be welcome?
The Marketing Meetup community is made up, most typically, of humans who happen to work in marketing.
Rather than seniority, the thing that unites our community is a curiosity for continued learning, and a shared ethos of valuing one another.
The thing we value the most is how you show up for others in the community – so even if you don’t think of yourself as a marketer, you are welcome so long as you embody the spirit of being positively lovely.
Where is the event taking place?
The event is taking place at Church House, Westminster, London.
When will the event take place?
19th March, 2026.
Is there a dress code?
No. Come as you feel comfortable. Obviously *in* clothes, but that aside… 🙂
Will food and refreshments be provided?
Yes. Lunch will be provided as well as teas, coffees and drinks throughout the day.
We’ll ask you on sign up for any dietary requirements.
I have specific accessibility requirements. Who can I contact?
Please get in touch with el@themarketingmeetup.com, who will be happy to help. We want you to have a wonderful day so will do all we can to help.
Is there a code of conduct?
Hell yeah there is. Find it here. This is important.
Can I sponsor?
Yep! Get in touch with james@themarketingmeetup.com for more information.
Events tend to make me uncomfortable, are you mindful of this?
TMM was started because of a fear of attending traditional networking events.
There are some elements of these events that are unavoidable: we are there to meet one another and there will be open networking.
But, because we know how it feels, we’ll be doing everything we can to ensure everyone, no matter your personality, can take something away from the day and feel welcome.
A small example is making sure our venue has lots of places for you to nip into a corner and regain your energy before going again – but we’ll be seeking to incorporate lots of little touches to make sure your day is a good one.
I'd love to come, but I'm not in a financial position to do so just yet. Can you help?
The spirit of TMM is to try to make things as accessible as possible. While there are practicalities to running an event like this, we don’t want to consciously exclude people solely on a financial basis.
With this in mind, we will hold a limited number of ‘scholarship’ tickets which will be available without charge for those genuinely in need of it.
Likewise, if your company is able to provide funding for a sponsorship ticket, we’ll gladly acknowledge you as such at the event and on the event page.