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Our Story.
THE ROAD TO REIMAGINING ENGAGEMENT
The seeds of Stride were sown over 15 years ago when we started organising social events for the student market in Dublin, Ireland. Over the course of the following 4 years, the business activities grew nationwide. However we also got older, so as much as we wanted to continue living our best student lives, that was no longer possible.
Over the following years, we transitioned into event & conference management for corporate clients from all over the world. We were fortunate that our timing aligned with the emergence of Ireland as a hub for global technology businesses as well as many other small and medium enterprises in a whole variety of industry sectors. Since then we had continued to work with our existing and new clients in creating and producing many of their client and employee-facing events and conferences, in Ireland and around the world… and then Covid came along.
Rather than bury our heads in the sand, we started where we always had, asking ourselves what problem could we solve for our clients? We reached out to our client network to understand their problems, and the overwhelming feedback was that remote working created an employee and client engagement challenge. The great news was that these were the problems we had always solved, we just needed to find a new way to do it in a virtual world. We went about designing a range of virtual experiences that included a number of key components, such as a deep understanding of the engagement goals, a physical event or conference pack, and live moderation from an expert in the area of the chosen experience.
Stride was born, with a vision to reimagine engagement.
SO, WHERE TO NEXT?
We passionately believe in the power of virtual, experiential engagement. However, we also know that our customers will require both in-person and hybrid events and conferences as we move forward in a post-pandemic world. We are confident in our proven track record of delivering meaningful engagement to our clients in all three of these environments and are excited about everything that is to come. We would love to be part of your engagement story, so let’s start a conversation.
Stride Team
As your event partner, Stride promises to deliver an experience that will be hallmarked by a creative, responsive, professional, and reliable planning and execution process. The team you begin the planning process with is the one that will be present with you throughout the journey, right through experience execution, debrief, and review. This continuity is very important as it protects the integrity of the experience and builds strong relationships amongst all members of the project team.
Barry Plunkett
Founder
Dermot Watchorn
Business Development Manager
Aine Plunkett
Head of Creative Services
Emma Prendiville
Design Lead
Thais Rebua
Event Lead
Claire Horan
Event Lead
Jane Dundon
Project Team Lead
Brea Monseux
Customer Success Lead
Niall Slowey
Project Team Lead
Chat with us.
We would love to discuss your organisation’s engagement activities, and see where we can help. Start the conversation by booking a discovery call with our team today.