MDRT Day

Now this was an event I was heavily involved in from start to finish. My own unit was planning and hosting the event and launching our very own MDRT record book. This event was going to be attended by the MDRT International Chairman himself, Mr Philip E Harriman, so absolutely nothing could go wrong. Anyway, the day arrived and the venue was decorated so festively everyone was excited for a big party. It felt just like it. A gorgeous idea by the event company to have these balloons heliumed so that they floated to the ceiling draping beautiful tails of curly ribbon. Everything was in place for the arrival of THE MAN himself.





Then the event company got the festive ball rolling by warming up the crowd with a little exercise.





Mr Harriman proved an eloquent and entertaining speaker, impressive as the Chairman of MDRT International. And what a friendly person too. He told us of his career in this industry, and I was in awe of how he could achieve this standard year after year, in a small community. Proves that where there's a will there's always a way, and a way of integrity as well.




Lots of work went into the MDRT record book. Getting details from qualifiers who had achieved the MDRT performance requirement standard was no mean feat. Organising the photo taking professionally in the required format presented quite a challenge. And scripting their responses to a few questions for their profiles, well let's just say the exercise took a fair amount of creativity.






Launching of the book was via a bit of a magic show which sprang its own surprise on us, which was a good laugh. Festivities drew to a close after the very top producers collected their copies.