[DebF_EONNext]

What an absolutely fantastic milestone we have reached in our Community! Together, we have welcomed over 10,000 Community Members which is absolutely awesome, but what is a community, without its community members? I’ve been chatting to each of the team members and we were reminiscing about some of your best moments on the E.ON Next Community. Let us share with you how awesome you are!

Beki_EONNext

"I’ll go first. It’s been such a roller coaster for us behind the scenes of the Community, especially the bug and feature updates that have been rolled out. As you can imagine and may have seen, there are some things in the Community that need a little tweak or adjustment to make them work. Lot’s of these bugs are only noticed by members who actively use the forum on a daily basis so my massive Community shutout goes to @meldrewreborn and @theunknowntech who have single handedly spoke out about features or bugs that are crucial for the performance of the Community. Don’t worry TUT, I’m working on the 5000+ levels for you!

These small updates make a huge impact to the overall look, feel and mechanics within the Community so it is vital that they work correctly. My favourite report so far was from @theunknowntech who said their avatar was fuzzy! It seems such a simple request, but what a difference a clear avatar makes to your overall Community profile!"

DebF_EONNext

"I joined the community team back in January this year, the changes that have been made since then have been amazing. It makes me proud to look at what we have achieved together in such a short space of time. I have to admit I was surprised by how quickly the community has grown given where we were back at the start but I am very proud of where we are now!

Not only have we grown in number but we have also grown in our mission & that is down to you lovely lot, the community wouldn’t be what it is without you all & I think I can say on behalf of the whole team we’re so pleased to have you all be part of our journey. We can’t wait to see what the next year brings us. Thank you for helping us reach 10,000 members, each & everyone of you is incredible!"

Han_EONNext

"Since January, it really has been a whirlwind of a time! I really can't believe we're here with 10,000 members. A massive thank you to each and every one of you for making this happen, we really are making such a positive impact to all those around us! Whether it be flagging up spam, bug fixes or answering questions all our members sure are doing the best job!

As we hit our 10,000 mark, for me a special thank you needs to be given to @Andy65! Not only does he come to our rescue when it comes to moderating spam, but he is a go-too wizz with all things green and every saving! Keep being you, and helping our community."

PeterT_EONNext

"Wow! 10k users in what seems like such a short space of time! 2 years to be exact (or 63,072,000 seconds if you wanna get technical about it!)

We've seen so much growth across the Community in these last 2 years. Like Deb, Hannah, Anasa and Bennie, I myself joined our lovely Community team back in January, how time flies when you're moderating a forum! I'd like to give a special shout out to @Landmark. So knowledgeable in many areas, and your posts are always so elegantly put!

Of course it's all of you wonderful users that have really made the Community what it is though, so thank you for sticking around, and we hope to see more of you over the next year too!"



Bennie_EONNext

"What can I say? Thank you thank you thank you again! We are nearly 10K members within the community and I simply need to thank you all for giving us the chance to support you all and share some energy related topics with you all.

I joined the team in January with Hannah, Debbie, Anasa and Peter. This has been so far the opportunity that I have experienced in my career. Creating a safe place, where people can ask questions,give feedback or just let the frustration go or to support you with accounts when needed; being able to make positive changes through your feedback, like we did with the bereavement process or to talk more about sustainability and actually learning a few things in the process myself.
Thank you to our top contributors for sharing their experiences and skills within the community ! We really appreciate you!

Who has been here since the beginning? Do you remember the lay out of our forum page? I believe that we have improved on that too! What do you think? What is your experience with our team and within the community?"

Anasa_EONNext

"WE DID IT! What an achievement to hit our 10,000 mark! And an incredible journey so far! I also started in January along with Hannah, Bennie, Pete and Debbie and we’ve come such a long way! From the layout of the forum to the content and of course big thanks to our Top Contributors! We could NOT have done this without you!

A big shout out to @theunknowntech who is always looking out for us and our community members with all his wonderful Smart Meter knowledge. Also like to give a big thank you to @Andy65 for his love of all things green and his energy saving tips! A shout out to @meldrewreborn who cares and is very passionate about customer service and getting a speedy response to those that need it and picking up any issues on the forum and last but not least @JoeSoap who always brightens our day with lovely positive feedback, this post made my day and its post like this that let you know that what we’re doing is really worthwhile!"

"As far as Eon Next is concerned, this forum has become my go-to.I find I can get things sorted here either from other members (especially the top contributors) or the staff on here. I do appreciate that not everything can be sorted here though so in that instance I may be tempted to try WhatsApp in future as I’m quite familiar with it."

It’s been fantastic getting to know you all and being part of such a wonderful community and to see that we’re having such a positive impact around the forum, be it positive or negative with your help we have been able to get processes changed and give you a voice to help us make this better.

10,000 is a really BIG number...it really is! Let us put this into perspective for you:

• 10,000 is known as a Myriad in Ancient Greek 🇬🇷
• The Roman numeral for 10,000 comes out as a tasty: Mmmmmmm 😋
• Counting from 1 to 10,000 would take you about two hours ⏰
• In birdwatching, 10,000 birds is known as a blog 🦉

It has almost been two years since we launched E.ON Next and that means two years since the Community launched too. We want to celebrate the power of our Community, our fantastic members and get excited for our future plans!

Join us on Friday 7th October 2022 for our first ever Celebration and Awards Evening 🎉...Get your free tickets from EVENTBRITE now!