Your own words
AI does not write, complete or rewrite a colleague’s message.
Conferences · Coming up
Festival of Work.
Keep the people in it.
The CIPD Festival of Work returns to Excel London on 9 and 10 June 2027. Plan recognition around the work people do, with their colleagues’ words in one card.
AI checks. Human review. Your own words. ↓CIPD Festival of Work 2027
9 and 10 June 2027
Place
Official dates and details ↗Excel London, UK
CIPD Festival of Work 2027
Put recognition on real dates.
Birthdays and anniversaries are predictable. Project endings, welcomes and leaving days need a person who notices and takes responsibility.
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Keep the repeated occasions
Use birthdays and work anniversaries as the part you can plan ahead. Give each team an organiser instead of leaving every date with one person in HR.
- 02
Make room for a first week
Welcome cards come from the people a new colleague will work with. Invite them early enough for the card to arrive when the person joins.
- 03
Mark the work finishing
A launch, handover or busy season can be an occasion of its own. Choose the person or team to thank and ask colleagues who saw the work.
- 04
Let leavers keep the thanks
Arrange the card before access to the work email ends. Check a suitable delivery route with the person rather than assuming the company address will keep working.
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Keep invitations optional
Ask the colleagues who know the recipient. Leave room for someone to decline, and do not turn who wrote a message into a league table.
The organiser’s list
Build the calendar.
Start with the dates your company already uses. Add a named organiser and a route for occasions that do not repeat.
- List the four regular work occasions.
- Choose a person to organise each team’s cards.
- Agree how contributors are invited.
- Read the sample and AI review guide.
- Review the calendar after the first few cards.
AI safety checks
People write.
AI checks.
The check looks for threats, abuse, sexual content, spam and exposed private details. Flagged notes are kept off the card for a person to review.
How the checks work ↗A person can correct it
Company cards have a spam folder for managers and admins. On a card bought without an account, the creator reviews set aside notes through their manage link.
The limits are clear
AI can miss a note or flag one wrongly. If the check is unavailable, writing still works.
Check the data policy
Notes are sent to TypeSafe for the check. Names and card access codes are left out of that request.
Read the privacy notice ↗From an occasion to a card
Give them
everyone’s words.
- 01
Create the card
Pick a cover, name the recipient and choose when it opens. You can buy one card without a company account.
- 02
Share the writing link
Colleagues contribute in a browser. Each person writes and signs their own message.
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They open it on the day
The messages arrive together in one card. The recipient reads it on their phone.
For repeated birthdays, work anniversaries, welcomes and leaving days, use a company account with Slack and BambooHR.
See the plans ↗Questions
When is the Festival of Work 2027?
9 and 10 June 2027 at Excel London. The official site confirms the next edition’s dates.
Does tbf work support regular occasions?
Company accounts support birthdays, work anniversaries, welcomes and leavers. Slack and BambooHR are supported integrations.
Is this a Festival of Work partnership?
No partnership or attendance is confirmed. This is an independent guide.
This is an independent tbf work guide. No event partnership or attendance is claimed.
Give the next date an organiser.
Checked 30 September 2026.