When working with a facilitator take every opportunity to check in with them, during breaks, lunch, even during exercises. Share your insights on how the event is going; you are…
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Five ways a professional facilitator can help you achieve success Delivering successful meetings, conferences and events can be a complex and stressful business. So a quick glance at a definition…
How to ensure your event Q&A does not become a private chat. It’s so frustrating for event participants when they can’t hear a question, see who asked it, nor hear…
When planning your next big meeting, think about your aims and then how you’re going to get participants connecting – with the content via facilitated exercises, and with each other….
Kick off your event by asking a couple of ‘temperature check’ questions and capturing responses via an event interaction app. Ask: “As we begin, how well do you understand the…
At your next event, consider using tablets to get people to submit questions for a Q&A. It’s quick and offers anonymity. The trick is to keep it focused e.g. “What…
Five ways to connect senior leaders and the workforce through better internal communication. We’re all familiar with Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of the Emperor’s new clothes; a leader who thinks…
Energising event empowers participants to lead culture change. AstraZeneca is embedding quality deep into its approach to drug development – with help from Axiom. We are working with the company’s…
Five tips for designing and delivering conferences that move middle management minds. I’ve always been struck by the gulf between the aspirations of senior leaders, as discussed in the boardroom,…
The old-school management conference is dead. The future for employee engagement events is all about getting participants connecting, contributing and collaborating. More than 20 years ago and for many years…
The future of audience interaction… Communicators from across the UK and Europe got to experience the future of audience interaction when they took part in a breakout session run by…
Steering a virtual cycling team to success! More than 50 communications professionals managed to coordinate their efforts to steer a virtual cycling team to success in a multi-player game with…
