It’s been almost two months since we organised the Homeless Hackathon in Glasgow. A Hackathon is a wonderful event format and it allows the organiser to really try to achieve something at the event. It’s less talking and more doing. If you want a short guide to running a Hackathon check out our “What We […]
In February Gallus Events organised the fourth annual conference for Europe’s largest blog for Personal Assistants “Practically Perfect PA”. Attracting over 150 attendees to the physical event in London and over 100 watching online, we created an event that was very different from any other conference for Assistants. In this post I’d like to demonstrate […]
In 2017, despite having organised events for almost twenty years, I ran my first completely online event. We had over 500 paying attendees over an eight hour event. Here’s what I learned. 17 things I learned running my first live online event 1. Set measurable objectives when running an online event An online event is no […]
I have always used the metaphor of a production line to explain the need for meeting design. I’ve always thought this was the perfect metaphor. Throughout my articles and presentations on meeting design I have used the production line metaphor to demonstrate that, without a “design” element, a standard product just rolls off the line, […]
Everyone seems to be an event organiser these days. You can’t walk down a street or pop into a shop without seeing various flyers, leaflets or notices advertising events. Our industry has never been so buoyant. But at many events the professional event organisers seem to be missing. Over the last couple of months I’ve snapped a […]
Clients often ask me, what should they look for in a venue that will support a creative conference? Where possible I do my best to recommend a venue, and explain why I like it, but unfortunately even in our busy cities the number of ‘understanding’ venues are too few. Too many venues, especially hotels, are […]