Events

An end-to-end event experience made to connect, educate & inspire

From sending personalised invitations and managing ticket sales to delivering real-time updates and collecting feedback via WhatsApp Business, CM.com enables automated communication through triggered workflows and outbound marketing messages.

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Connect. Educate. Inspire.

In 2024 after attending an underwhelming business conference, the CM.com Africa team discussed what was lacking in the business events space - specifically in the tech industry and more importantly, around artificial intelligence. What we found:

  • A fear around AI adoption in businesses

  • A lack of understanding of how AI can benefit businesses of every size

  • A need for inspirational AI content

  • A space for like-minded business people to connect

Through this conversation, the goal for these events was clear; to connect like-minded individuals and businesses, educate them on AI and CM.com’s innovative solutions, and inspire a forward-thinking mindset, sparking curiosity and driving the integration of AI to help businesses thrive into the future.

Our event objectives

Share

Invites shared via email, with event details such as agenda and ticket links. This is how we first introduced our events to our invitees.

Inform

Invitees informed via WhatsApp with event updates, details and reminders. This included location links, dress code and reminders of the little details.

Excite

Build excitement through regular personalised communication and get feedback after the event. Building excitement before, during and after the event.

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Crafting an unforgettable night

With the full suite of CM.com products at our disposal, free to use and ready to show off; we made the most of what we offer our customers. From the beginning of the event - invites and tickets - to pre-event comms via WhatsApp, and then post event feedback using our Pages product; we made use of almost all we have to offer.

We’ve hosted four events throughout 2024 and the beginning of 2025. All have differed dramatically in location and style, but the objective and overhanging topic has remained the same; bringing like-minded people together to overcome the fear of Artificial Intelligence.

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Building a memorable experience

With the full suite of CM.com products at our disposal, free to use and ready to show off; we made the most of what we offer our customers. From the beginning of the event - invites and tickets - to pre-event comms via WhatsApp, and then post event feedback using our Pages product; we made use of almost all we have to offer:

We built an end-to-end experience for our guests, with each step of the journey not only being personalised, but valuable in demonstrating the power of our full suite of products when it comes to events and building a memorable customer experience.

*Ticketing solution only available in Europe

How we use our own products to boost the experience

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Our events

tech and media industry

CM Meet JHB

How to stay relevant using AI with guest speaker Rich Mulholland.

July 2024

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travel-leisure

ConnectHER

The evolution of intelligence and the power of collective minds with guest speaker Catherine Luckhoff.

September 2024

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ConnectHER V2

A girl boss guide to agentic AI flows with guest speaker Catherine Luckhoff.

March 2025

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CM Meet HALO

The art of the possible: Moving beyond chatbots to intelligent CX with Johan Steyn.

May 2025

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3rd party events

retail-ecommerce

Upcoming: Seamless Africa

Silver sponsor at the expo in Johannesburg where we will present our Agentic AI solution, HALO.

8 - 9 September 2025

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tech and media industry

Upcoming: Marketing Café

Exclusive Speaker Experience Sponsor hosting a dinner and stand at 2 day marketing focused event.

14 - 16 October 2025

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Do you want to join our next event?

We're always excited to have more people joining for the experience.

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