Mentimeter – Make your meetings count
Mentimeter is an audience engagement platform (AEP) that makes it easier to listen and to be heard by transforming passive audiences into active contributors. Mentimeter is fundamentally changing the culture of presentations, lectures, and workshops in business and education from talking to listening. Whether on-site, remote, or hybrid, Mentimeter creates a unique, transparent, and engaging experience for everyone.
Since launching in 2012, Mentimeter has grown from a group of four founders to a 250+ person company with two offices on two different continents. In this time, more than 280 million people have gathered opinions, questions, and thoughts through our platform. The platform is used by 95% of Fortune 500 companies.
Mentimeter was founded with the ambition to fundamentally change corporate and education culture from talking to listening. By engaging every voice in the room, Mentimeter allows organizations to harness their full potential, enabling informed decision-making. Whether in-person or remote, Mentimeter helps to transform passive audiences into active contributors through engagement tools, including polls, comments or reactions, to boost inclusivity, productivity and engagement to help organizations achieve optimal business and learning outcomes. In just two years, Mentimeter has seen 178% sales growth with a more than 400% increase in enterprise customers.
Mentimeter changes traditional linear communication to engaging interaction with tools developed for the three different stages of a presentation and meeting, namely prepare, engage, and follow up. According to Mentimeter’s new study on meeting participation and engagement, people want more ways to engage. In fact, 71% of meeting participants want anonymous ways to engage in meetings; a core value proposition of Mentimeter.
Contact details:
Ashleigh McFarland, Director APAC
Email: ashleigh.mcfarland@mentimeter.com
SWEDELINK Newsletter Summer 2023-2024
What an eventful year we had with the SACC!
In this final edition of the SWEDELINK Newsletter for 2023 we summarise the year, present the winners of the Swedish Business in Australia Awards and images from the festive Swedish Christmas Dinner on 23 November in Sydney. We also highlight New SACC Company Members and our Chapter events and activities across Australia.
Thank you to all members, board and committee members, chapters, fellow chambers, friends and partners within the business community.
We wish you all a wonderful Christmas and all the best for the New Year!
Read the newsletter with links here or click on image below: https://www.swedishchamber.com.au/?na=view&id=27
SACC YP – Christmas Lunch in Sydney on Sunday December 17th
Embrace the festive spirit at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Annual Christmas Lunch—an opportunity for Swedes in Sydney to experience a genuine taste of Sweden, especially for those who aren’t able to travel home this holiday season.
Join us for an unforgettable celebration filled with laughter, games, and the warmth of the holiday season.
Event Highlights
Event Details
Let’s create lasting memories together. We look forward to sharing the holiday spirit and a genuine Swedish experience with you.
P.S. For those eager to continue the festivities, please note that both The Golden Sheaf and The Royal Oak Hotel are conveniently located just around the corner.
Warm regards,
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Board
This event is kindly supported by:
SACC Melbourne After Work 7 Feb 2024
Join us for AW in Melbourne!
We are introducing regular After Work networking in Melbourne and the first one will take place 7 February. This is an informal catch up with the opportunity to build connections and meet fellow members and friends from the Swedish-Australian business network.
Date: Wednesday 7 Feb 2024
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: Morris House Rooftop: Melbourne CBD’s Newest Rooftop Bar, Morris House, Level 4, 120 Exhibition St, Melbourne, Vic, 3000
There are no costs attached to this event, but please register to give us an indication on numbers. Drinks and food at bar prices.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
SACC Melbourne Chapter
SACC Sydney After Work 15 Feb 2024
Join us for AW in Sydney!
We are introducing regular After Work networking in Sydney and the first one will take place 15 February. This is an informal catch up with the opportunity to build connections and meet fellow members and friends from the Swedish-Australian business network.
Date: Thursday 15 Feb 2024
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Venue: Taylor’s Rooftop Bar at The Republic Hotel, 69-73 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000
There are no costs attached to this event, but please register to give us an indication on numbers. Drinks and food at bar prices.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
SACC Sydney
Swedish Lucia & Christmas Dinner at Moose Claremont, Perth 13 Dec
Members and guests of the SACC Perth WA Chapter enjoyed a beautiful Lucia performance and Christmas Dinner on the actual Lucia Day 13 December.
The sold out event took place at the Moose Cafe + Restaurant in Claremont where a traditional Swedish Julbord – Christmas Buffet – was served. Members and guests were welcomed by SACC Perth WA Chapter Chair Joseph Olsson, Jonas Edner presented the amazing Christmas spread and the “snapsvisor” sing-along songs were led by toastmaster Pia Nilsson, SACC Perth WA Board.
Special thanks go to Jonas Edner and his team at Moose Cafe & Restaurant for hosting and the Swedish School in Perth for the amazing Lucia performance.
Christmas Mingle Event at Denmark House, Melbourne 8 Dec
On Friday 8 December, the Melbourne Chapter of SACC, hosted a Christmas drinks evening at Denmark House.
The SACC Melbourne Chapter would like to thank Tetra Pak for sponsoring the event and also for the contributions made towards the prizes for the Christmas raffle.
The SACC Melbourne Chapter would also like to like to thank the team at Denmark House for the wonderful hospitality.
NEW START UP MEMBER – CLEARITT
Clearitt is game-changing Fintech. Founded upon the principles of fairness and integrity. We exist to evolve and level the playing field of business finance, and channel power back to SMEs. Bringing clarity and ease to payment processing, helping to free up time, cash flow and capital. Removing barriers so businesses can focus on what they do best.
See the introduction in pdf format here: https://www.swedishchamber.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Introduction-of-Clearitt.pdf
Contact details:
Richard Johnsson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Email: richard@clearitt.com
Andreas Grosund, Chief Operating Officer
Email: andreas@clearitt.com
Web: clearitt.com
NEW SMALL BUSINESS MEMBER – MENTIMETER
Mentimeter – Make your meetings count
Since launching in 2012, Mentimeter has grown from a group of four founders to a 250+ person company with two offices on two different continents. In this time, more than 280 million people have gathered opinions, questions, and thoughts through our platform. The platform is used by 95% of Fortune 500 companies.
Mentimeter was founded with the ambition to fundamentally change corporate and education culture from talking to listening. By engaging every voice in the room, Mentimeter allows organizations to harness their full potential, enabling informed decision-making. Whether in-person or remote, Mentimeter helps to transform passive audiences into active contributors through engagement tools, including polls, comments or reactions, to boost inclusivity, productivity and engagement to help organizations achieve optimal business and learning outcomes. In just two years, Mentimeter has seen 178% sales growth with a more than 400% increase in enterprise customers.
Mentimeter changes traditional linear communication to engaging interaction with tools developed for the three different stages of a presentation and meeting, namely prepare, engage, and follow up. According to Mentimeter’s new study on meeting participation and engagement, people want more ways to engage. In fact, 71% of meeting participants want anonymous ways to engage in meetings; a core value proposition of Mentimeter.
Contact details:
Ashleigh McFarland, Director APAC
Email: ashleigh.mcfarland@mentimeter.com
Swedish Christmas Lunch, Brisbane 7 Dec
On 7 December, Teresia Fors, SACC Vice President and Chair of the Brisbane QLD Chapter welcomed all guests to a Swedish Christmas Lunch at Hundred Acre, St Lucia Golf Links. The restaurant is beautifully overlooking the golf course in an open setting with nice breezes flowing through. The Swedish owners of the restaurant created a delightful and traditional Swedish menu with herring, toast Skagen and Gravlax. About 20 attendees enjoyed a perfect Christmas lunch in the Queensland summer heat.
Speaker of the day, Povel Torudd, Managing Director of Berkeley Communications Australia and Chief Business Storyteller APAC, gave a valuable presentation about cyber security today and tomorrow. Thought-provoking stories about cybercrimes and cyber incident communications kept everyone intrigued throughout the lunch.
The event offered a great opportunity to meet with SACC members and other contacts from the Swedish-Australian business network in Queensland.
The SACC Brisbane chapter wishes everyone a happy holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone again in 2024!
NEW CORPORATE MEMBER – HITACHI ENERGY
Hitachi Energy – Advancing a sustainable energy future for all
Electricity will be the backbone of the entire energy system. Together with customers and partners, we are shaping collective action to provide the needed technologies, new ways of thinking and new ways of working. By combining advanced digital solutions and services, such as Hitachi Lumada, with our energy platform, that is built on unique domain expertise and experience, we are helping to make the energy system more resilient and secure.
Hitachi Energy serves customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future.
We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 40,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of over $10 billion USD.
Contact details:
Bernard Norton, Managing Director
Hitachi Energy Australia
Email: bernard.norton@hitachienergy.com