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THRIVE 2025 – How to Become a Sales-First Business

ATC Unconference THRIVE 2025 focuses on sales, account growth, marketing and lead generation. Bring your sales team, senior PMs and account managers, and spend two days putting together the building blocks for a compelling, sales-first business. THRIVE 2025 will connect you with industry peers, and give you the tools and confidence to manage a business underpinned by solid financial, technological and commercial foundations – ready for whatever comes next.

Join the ATC, business experts, and language services industry peers for two days of tight-knit networking and learning on 22-23 October 2025 in Manchester for THRIVE 2025 – ATC Unconference and ATC Language Industry Awards celebrations!

Programme highlights

  • Onboarding and growing client accounts: setting up for success
  • Building growth through human relationships: panel discussion
  • The case for MT/AI for client growth & retention: taking an AI-led approach
  • Open mic – strategies for ROI in 2025: share your insights
  • Transition to becoming a sales-first business: engaging the whole team
  • Sales-first project managers: don’t talk about sales
  • Marketing-led sales & success stories: keynote and case studies
  • Lead generation through social media: drive growth where it happens

Speakers

Corinne Smith ATC

Corinne Saynor Smith

ATC Chair & Director, International Translations Limited

James Brown

James Brown

ATC Vice-Chair & Head of Commercial, Comtec Translations

Roy Allkin - ATC

Roy Allkin

Founder, Wolfestone Group

Steve Higgins - ATC Council

Steve Higgins

Former CEO, Mondia Technologies

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Ruth Partington

CEO at Empower Translate & outgoing ATC Chair

Bernie Byrne - ATC

Bernadette Byrne

Managing Partner, Six Worldwide

Rian-Bailey-Weir

Rian Bailey-Weir

Director, The Nice Exchange

James Halstead - ATC Council

James Halstead

ATC Council Member

Helen Provart

Helen Provart

Managing Director, Peak Translations

Gabriela Lemoine ATC

Gabriela Lemoine

Director, Accentus Language Services

Shrushti Chhapia - ATC Council

Shrushti Chhapia

CEO, eLanguageWorld

Sophie Howe

Sophie Howe

CEO, Comtec Translations

Raisa McNab - ATC Council

Raisa McNab

CEO, Association of Translation Companies

Language Industry Awards 2025

The Language Industry Awards celebrate the operational excellence of ATC member companies of all sizes, and the language industry professionals who support them.

Showcase your company and your team’s dedication to quality, commitment and innovation. You deserve it, your team deserves it, and your clients and other industry professionals need to hear about it!

Awards are open for nominations from ATC member companies from 16 May to 30 June 2025, and the winners are celebrated at the Language Industry Awards evening celebration on 22 October 2025.

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