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The three biggest audience turn-offs, and how presenters can avoid them

There’s a moment that every presenter dreads. You’re just getting to the crux of the matter, ready to present your killer slide, when you look out at your audience. That guy in the front row is checking his watch, again. The woman over there is stifling a yawn.

There’s no nice way to put it: the audience is b-o-r-e-d.

We hope you find our favourite four areas to consider in event planning useful:

Networking can be defined as:  ‘the act of making contact and exchanging information with other people, groups and institutions to develop mutually beneficial relationships.’

Another definition states:  ‘networking is the process of trying to meet new people who might be useful to you in your job, often through social activities.’

From our experience providing event technology solutions for clients across four continents, it’s clear a ‘one size fits all’ approach doesn’t work.  In this article we’d like to share some tried and true tips to avoid the common pitfalls in planning, communication, translations, culture and logistics.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is now widely recognised as being a valuable and regular fixture in the life of professionals in nearly every field, from medical professionals to lawyers, accountants to conference planners keeping abreast of changing regulation and legislation is important to all of us.

So how can Event technology help drive CPD engagement and add value to the session….?

There is no doubt that the majority of meeting planners aspire to deliver truly paperless meetings. For the organizers of Private Equity Firms’ Annual Meetings there is a heightened wariness around ditching paper completely. In this article we address some of those concerns and set out the argument in favor of using a digital solution. 

At Concise we are constantly looking at how we can improve on the way we plan, deliver and measure the many events we work on. One of the ways in which we do this is to offer regular workshops throughout the year where we have the opportunity for up close discussions with those on the front line of organizing and delivering events. These Lunch and Learn meetings with attendees from healthcare agencies are crucial to the ongoing development of our offering in the industry.

When the AM200 Law Firms we work with hold sector specific conferences for their clients, the pressure is on to provide a platform that delivers inspirational thought-leadership positioning as well as immediate critical insights to facilitate engaging, relevant and valuable discussions.

Creating a great atmosphere at a meeting can only be enhanced by the buzz of conversation and people networking.  Finding out ‘who is in the room’ at an event has come a step closer with the launch of our latest feature Delegate Hub. 

With cyber crime costing the economy over $400 billion dollars worldwide, every company should be concerned about the consequences of a data breach.

Technology at events now gives everyone in the room a voice - the new 'nice problem to have' is which question does the audience want to hear the answer to first? Our new Upvoter feature allows participants to like and ‘vote up’ questions posted in the app for a specific session by tapping on the ‘thumbs up’ icon.

One of the biggest challenges Investor Relations teams face is meeting the varied requirements and demands of all the LPs. After all, they have different needs and a wide range of funds and products they look after. Here are some top tips from Concise on how improve to the success of an Investor event…

In collaboration with our partners at MedComms Networking, and following our successful Lunch & Learns series held in March on Optimising audience engagement, we are planning a new series of small group discussions to define how the Pharma industry determines an event’s success.

Pharmaceutical companies create and use training programs to enable Key Opinion Leaders to become brand advocates and present their product’s benefits to their peers. The relationships formed are valuable and long-term, which in turn drives brand awareness and industry recognition from the ground up.

At its core, the Retreat or Annual Partner Meeting helps Law Firms develop strategic direction and consensus building. Here we explore some of the most significant steps our clients take to achieve this, and how Concise’s Chime app supports them along the journey.

As event planners keep one eye on the ever-looming product launch date, assuming FDA approval is granted, these time sensitive engagements aim to balance group learning, skills training and inspirational team building perfectly. There are barriers to finding this balance and here we explore how Concise helps clients tackle these head on.

As the pharmaceutical industry look to hit the ground running at the start of the year, the trick is to design an experience that marries the human nature of selling to the science of the sales process.

There’s an old parable that says you should learn to walk before you run, and indeed, that much is true. With so many technologies emerging and seemingly a 101 other things to cross off the event planning checklist before the day, it’s understandable why sometimes the most common sense tasks slip down the priority list.

Satellite Symposia provide pharmaceutical organizations with a unique opportunity to host educational programs around therapies and treatments on a specific disease or illness.  But Symposia owners and the MedComm agencies charged with delivering success can face an uphill battle as these sessions typically take place before or after a congress' scientific sessions. Here we share some of those challenges and offer ways to overcome them:

The influence of millennials is constantly being referenced in the media. According to Time Magazine, by 2025, three out of every four workers will be a millennial and so it bodes well to pay attention to what captivates them. They are known for favouring stories over salaries, experiences instead of steady jobs and remote working over the rigidity of a nine-to-five. They love technology. What does this all mean for event organisers?