Making the most of a unique venue There are few things that annoy me more than boring venues. We have all been to – and no doubt hosted – events in boring venues. You know the ones; dark, dreary and devoid of atmosphere. But things are changing. It’s no surprise that an increasing number of […]
Whenever we attend events let’s be “great” delegates. How hard can this be? It is easy to assume that conference delegates know what to do when they attend your event. Of course some attendees do know how to make the most of their time, however, most of our attendees could do with some more support […]
Staying on top of everything that changes in the events industry is a job in itself, never mind actually organising events. We operate in one of the most dynamic industries. The possibilities of event technology seem to change almost every day. How attendees learn, engage and network is being rewritten by every new piece of […]
One of the earliest conversations I had with the Director General, at one of the associations where I worked, was to “advise” him that he should never again, chair one of our conferences. You can imagine how this went down! Especially as I’d only been working there a few weeks. And before you ask, I […]
If you run are running a one day conference, it is very likely that you will see a slight tailing off of attendees as your day draws to an end. If you are running a longer duration event, like a congress, you will probably be used to a much quieter room come the end of your […]
There is a common problem for many conference organisers: the “disappearing delegate” I covered the more traditional ways an event planner can look at to reduce the number of attendees who disappear towards the end of the day in a previous post. However, in this post I wanted to look at the practical aspect (no one […]