Martin Dangerfield hosts events.

Events that bring people together.

trumanchester february 2024

Martin has hosted dozens of events both online and in the room.

Probably best known for bringing #truManchester back after an 8-year gap, Martin has encouraged talent acquisition and recruitment experts to meet, share a drink, a story and fresh ideas to take back to work.

In addition, Martin hosts TA leadership conversations around AI, EVP Strategy and more.

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#tru

Martin didn’t create #tru (that was Bill Boorman) but has been the current host of #truManchester since event number 2, #truLeeds also since event number 2 and held the first #truBySea back in 2020.

All events are low-cost and focus on bringing people from across the recruitment and talent acquisition sector together.

Whilst the timings have changed, the still follow the core principles of #tru:

  • No Presentations

  • No PowerPoint

  • No Name Badges

  • No Pitching

truLeeds #4 - the talent acquisition and recruitment unconference
Jan
30

truLeeds #4 - the talent acquisition and recruitment unconference

#truLeeds 4 - Thursday 30th January, 2025
truLeeds is back!

Join your host, Martin Dangerfield for another #truLeeds.

You'll get the opportunity to meet other recruitment and HR professionals, recruitment thought leaders, talent partners, employer brand people and anyone with ideas to share about our industry, making us better at what we do.#truLeeds will give you the opportunity to meet other recruitment and HR professionals, recruitment thought leaders, talent partners, employer brand people and anyone with ideas to share about our industry making us better at what we do.

This is not a conference. Tru is an unconference. An unconventional meeting of minds and innovations for the talent and recruitment community.

There are no speakers, badges or presentations.

Instead, we have tracks (facilitated discussions) and track leaders, who we have invited to initiate and lead a 30-minute discussion around a topic they have expertise or a serious interest in.

Anyone can contribute to the tracks, offer an opinion, ask questions, tell a story or even direct the conversation to a brand-new topic.

Look out for details on each track as we announce them.

Your ticket will also include refreshments and nibbles.

We hope to see you there!

Why should I attend?

  • These are just some of the topics you will find covered at truLeeds:

  • Building happier, more engaged teams

  • Attracting world-class talent

  • Applying best practice techniques

  • Making sense of social recruiting and personal brand

  • Learning how the big and small companies do it really well

...Or perhaps just realising that the challenges you face are the same ones faced by recruiters and HR humans the world over!

Buy tickets at Eventbrite.

Track list:

Track #1: John Rose, Volvo
“Recruiter-Bot Hybrid, your next hire!"
Track #2: Danielle Latto Harte, Flutter
“The internal Talent Market - how TA can go shopping”
Track #3: Ken Kane, Ceriph
”Your CEO isn't invested in your Employer Brand”
Track #4: tbc
“tbc"

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truManchester #8 - the talent acquisition and recruitment unconference
May
22

truManchester #8 - the talent acquisition and recruitment unconference

#truManchester 8 - Thursday 22nd January, 2025

Join your host, Martin Dangerfield for another #truManchester.

You'll get the opportunity to meet other recruitment and HR professionals, recruitment thought leaders, talent partners, employer brand people and anyone with ideas to share about our industry, making us better at what we do.#truManchester will give you the opportunity to meet other recruitment and HR professionals, recruitment thought leaders, talent partners, employer brand people and anyone with ideas to share about our industry making us better at what we do.

This is not a conference. Tru is an unconference. An unconventional meeting of minds and innovations for the talent and recruitment community.

There are no speakers, badges or presentations.

Instead, we have tracks (facilitated discussions) and track leaders, who we have invited to initiate and lead a 30-minute discussion around a topic they have expertise or a serious interest in.

Anyone can contribute to the tracks, offer an opinion, ask questions, tell a story or even direct the conversation to a brand-new topic.

Look out for details on each track as we announce them.

Your ticket will also include refreshments and nibbles.

We hope to see you there!

Why should I attend?

  • These are just some of the topics you will find covered at truLeeds:

  • Building happier, more engaged teams

  • Attracting world-class talent

  • Applying best practice techniques

  • Making sense of social recruiting and personal brand

  • Learning how the big and small companies do it really well

...Or perhaps just realising that the challenges you face are the same ones faced by recruiters and HR humans the world over!

Buy tickets at Eventbrite.

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Talent Acquisition Leaders Breakfast - Amsterdam - The impact of AI on TA.
Jun
13

Talent Acquisition Leaders Breakfast - Amsterdam - The impact of AI on TA.

Martin is hosting a series of TA leaders breakfasts.

Starting in Manchester, he’ll be heading to London, Berlin and Amsterdam.

These informal breakfasts are a chance for TA Leaders to come together to talk about the impact of AI on talent acquisition.

With 8 to 10 people, no sales pitches these are a great opportunity to dig into the opportunities and challenges AI technology can bring to the hiring process.

Email here if you would like to attend.

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TA Leaders Breakfast - Berlin
May
30

TA Leaders Breakfast - Berlin

Martin is hosting a series of TA leaders breakfasts.

Starting in Manchester, he’ll be heading to London, Berlin and Amsterdam.

These informal breakfasts are a chance for TA Leaders to come together to talk about the impact of AI on talent acquisition.

With 8 to 10 people, no sales pitches these are a great opportunity to dig into the opportunities and challenges AI technology can bring to the hiring process.

Email here if you would like to attend.

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TA Leaders Breakfast - The Impact of AI
Apr
25

TA Leaders Breakfast - The Impact of AI

  • 149 Great Portland St England, W1W 6QN United Kingdom (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Martin is hosting a series of TA leaders breakfasts.

Starting in Manchester, he’ll be heading to London, Berlin and Amsterdam.

These informal breakfasts are a chance for TA Leaders to come together to talk about the impact of AI on talent acquisition.

With 8 to 10 people, no sales pitches these are a great opportunity to dig into the opportunities and challenges AI technology can bring to the hiring process.

Email here if you would like to attend.

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Upcoming events

  • #truManchester / #truLeeds / #truBySea

    truBySea - tbc 2025
    truLeeds #5 - 18th September 2025
    truManchester #9 - tbc January 2026

  • MEET - TA lunch and learn

    Manchester #1 - tbc April 2025
    Leeds #1 - tbc July 2025



  • TA / HR Leaders Breakfast

    tbc - London - February 2025
    tbc - Berlin - March 2025
    tbc - Copenhagen - May 2025
    tbc - Amsterdam - June 2025
    tbc - Stockholm - September 2025
    tbc - Vienna - October 2025