Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland started in 1988 as a graduate trainee at Ogilvy and since has risen through the ranks to the title of Vice-Chairman. This title is vague, quite consciously, but in effect gives Rory the freedom to explore advertising, as well as look to elevate the industry through his many speaking and writing for The Spectator and in his recent book, Alchemy.
He is also the owner of a Japanese toilet fact, which is a fun fact, but also pretty damn cool.
Rory Sutherland’s talks with The Marketing Meetup:
How marketers should be looking to up skill in 2020
Now is the time many marketers are looking to up skill. Here’s the areas we would be focusing our attention in 2020:
Diversity and The Marketing Meetup: Actions
How The Marketing Meetup is striving to do better from a diversity point of view.
How I wrote a song which meant we ended up working with Fiverr.
How I wrote a song which meant we ended up working with Fiverr. Because sometimes, you have to do things differently.
CV support for The Marketing Meetup Community, provided by Brand Recruitment and Pitch Consultants
Things are hard right now. Chances are, they will get even tougher.
And while we can’t click our fingers and make things better, we wanted to do what we could to help. So, working with our friends and partners at Brand Recruitment and Pitch Consultants, we’re offering the community 30 minute CV sessions.
A message from Sean Paul for The Marketing Meetup… no, seriously.
You know how every brand in the world is messaging you that they’re there for you right now? Well, we got Sean Paul to do ours.
The Marketing Meetup and Coronavirus
We’re moving The Marketing Meetup events online in response to Coronavirus ❌😷
Marketers Bingo
Marketers… we all do the same stuff really.
The Marketing Meetup is going to… New York!
The Marketing Meetup is going to… New York!
Further joins the growing Gravity Global family
Leading international B2B agency Gravity Global has announced today that it has acquired the multi award-winning digital marketing agency, Further.
100 days to make a difference: The habit calendar
It is said that if you repeatedly do something for 100 days straight, it becomes a habit.
So we made you one to help you do the thing that you want to change in your life, or your marketing.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Name | Location | Get yo' space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Giles Etherington, Founder and Brand Creator at Brand Satellite | TMM IRL: Think brand, not business | Fife | Sign up here |
| 6 May | 10:00 - 10:45 BST | Definition legends Neil Taylor, Director of Training and Luke Budka, AI Director | Stop the slop: How creative teams can work beautifully with AI | Online | Sign up here |
| 7 May | 09:00 - 17:00 BST | Lucy Colson, Founder & Startup Strategist | Ask Me Anything: Future-proofing yourself as a freelancer or agency in 2026 | Online | Sign up here |
| 7 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | James Sandbrook, Cofounder at The Marketing Meetup | TMM IRL: The Human Advantage – How to Build a Business People Actually Feel | Northampton | Sign up here |
| 8 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Kierian Cameron | Cowork Crew: Speaking Cult | London | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Chris Lavigne, Head of Production at Wistia | Short form video for busy marketers: a 2 hour weekly workflow | Online | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Laurie Stirling, Business Growth Strategist | TMM IRL: How to Scale When You’re the Talent | Newcastle | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Tonina Takova, Head of Strategy at Social for Good | TMM IRL: Marketing in the age of the (social) lurker | Manchester | Sign up here |
| 12 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Mike Essex, Founder of Devise Marketing | TMM IRL: Optimise Everything! From AIO to SEO and beyond | Southampton | Sign up here |
| 13 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Kate Sikora, Co-founder at Noble Performance; and Dominic Baliszewski, Co-founder of Yours Sincerely | TMM IRL: SEO is dead, and GEO isn’t the answer, welcome to the age of Earned Visibility | London | Sign up here |
| 13 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Wrexham | Wrexham | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Shaira Gatdula, Founder at Dear Girls Club | TMM IRL: From Followers to Friendships – Building a Real Community That Shows Up | Edinburgh | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Ben Jayston, Head of SMB SEO at GAIN Performance Accelerate | TMM IRL: From Google searches to real customers – SEO that works for small business | Bournemouth | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Mark Saxby, Founder of Status Social | TMM IRL: How to Get Results from Social Media (without it taking over your life) | Lincoln | Sign up here |
| 14 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Jason Suttie, Founder at Charlie Xray | TMM IRL: The Slow Death of a Good Brand | Cheltenham | Sign up here |
| 15 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Nick Crawford | Cowork Crew: From AI frustration to AI confidence | Birmingham | Sign up here |
| 15 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Jean Atkinson | Cowork Crew: Work Smarter, Earn More – AI Tools & Workflow Automation | Leeds | Sign up here |
| 19 May | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Rupen Shah, Head of Client Services at Thinkbox | TMM IRL: Why Brands Still Matter & How TV Remains The Ultimate Brand Builder | Bristol and Bath | Sign up here |
| 19 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Berenice Mann, Director at Bespoke Marketing | TMM IRL: Who am I? (If you can’t brand yourself, can you brand anything?) | Cambridge | Sign up here |
| 19 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Alex Wright, Chair of The Marketing Meetup and The Keynote Club | TMM IRL: Planning like a king or sensing like a lion tracker – how to shape your career | Norwich | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Exeter | Exeter | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:30 BST | Kate Bunyan, Founder and CEO of Sea Magik | TMM IRL: How to grow a beauty brand, without pretending you’ve got it all figured out | Ashford | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Rachael Bryant, Company Director at Your Video Team | TMM IRL: 1 heroic day, 3 months of content. Here’s how! | Lancashire | Sign up here |
| 20 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Philip Gaudoin, Director at MetaMetrics | TMM IRL: Fleet | Fleet | Sign up here |
| 21 May | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Nick Crawford | Cowork Crew: From AI frustration to AI confidence – how to get reliable results from GenAI | Northampton | Sign up here |
| 21 May | 09:00 - 17:00 BST | Max Hopkinson, Founder of The Keynote Club | Ask Me Anything – Find your speaking territory and build a talk people remember | Online | Sign up here |
| 21 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Dré Picart, Co-Founder at Tribera | TMM IRL: The Human Value in Marketing in a world of AI | Birmingham | Sign up here |
| 27 May | 18:30 - 20:30 EDT | Elizabeth Monier-Williams, Marketing Consultant | TMM IRL: LinkedIn Glow-Up – Presenting Your Best Self | Toronto | Sign up here |
| 28 May | 09:00 - 17:00 BST | Luan Wise FCIM, Social Media Consultant, Trainer & Author | Ask Me Anything – How to nail B2B marketing in 2026 | Online | Sign up here |
| 4 Jun | 17:30 - 20:00 BST | Natalie Vasylkiv, Photographer & Content Creator; and Julia Grandoni, Co-Founder at Creative Junii | TMM IRL: Branding and how it shapes perception – a fireside chat | Ottawa | Sign up here |
| 5 Jun | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Xandrina Allday | Cowork Crew: Where to Focus on Social Media in 2026 (and What to Stop Wasting Time On) | Cambridge | Sign up here |
| 5 Jun | 09:00 - 16:30 BST | Coworking, Cake & Glen Stout | Cowork Crew: Make your website visitors say “shut up and take my money” | Milton Keynes | Sign up here |
| 10 Jun | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Leesa Morris, Brand Story Copywriter & Published Author | TMM IRL: It’s Not About You. How to Tell a Brand Story That’s All About Your Ideal Client | Milton Keynes | Sign up here |
| 16 Jun | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Richard Midgley, Founder of Ponderosa | TMM IRL: Outthinking the Competition: Lessons from the Most Powerful Brands | Leeds | Sign up here |
| 18 Jun | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Ian Bamford, Founder at Foundry12 | TMM IRL: Stop Gambling With Growth. Big or Small, Brand is Your Greatest De-risker | Hertfordshire | Sign up here |
| 9 Jul | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Philip Ainsworth, Founder at BEVAMO | TMM IRL: Celebrity brands – boom or bust in the UK? | Peterborough | Sign up here |
| 16 Jul | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Speaker to be confirmed! | TMM IRL: Winchester | Winchester | Sign up here |





