The Pembridge Hospice, based in Ladbroke Grove, helps people living with a terminal illness and their families to make the most of their time. The hospice relies on donations to fund rehabilitation and massage therapies, an over night familyroom and other little things that make a big difference. It was great to be able to contribute. We look forward to repeating the sale in the future. 

We are sharing event tips throughout the day from our medcomms and pharma agency clients round the world - and as usual posting is a 'piece of cake!' @concisegroup #medComms Day #EventTips

Our account teams in from Asia to South Africa, London to New York and San Francisco are reaching out to our clients worldwide collect nuggets of advice to share.  

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~  The arrival of a VIP can now trigger an automatic notification to key hosts by text or email

~  Seating plan changes can be updated on site, in real-time using a simple drag and drop edit

~  Attendance signatures can be electronically and securely captured for post event reporting

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• ‘Upvote’ offers attendees the chance to vote on which questions they want to have answered during panel sessions, so you can truly tailored experience.
• ‘Delegate Hub’ is a new messaging feature on our app that offers attendees the opportunity to reach out to speakers and other attendees for greater networking opportunities

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

1. Know who will be in the room. Are they spectators, participants, VIPs, or spies who come with an agenda bearing in mind that participants can switch between categories? The challenge with spectators is to get them involved, while that with spies is to create an event that connects with them emotionally. Participants learn best through action. VIPs need an experience that makes them feel their time has been well spent.

2. Remember the power of storytelling. Weaving a story into your content will pay dividends.

3. Don’t be afraid of technology. Rather than being a distraction, mobile phone apps, such as Chime, can be a vehicle to enable participants to connect with the content.

4. Network, network, network.

Establish goals for your meeting ahead of time. Define what data you want to track, how it will be tracked, and how you will calculate your return on investment (ROI). Recording and analysis of data can be facilitated by an app that takes the grind out of what can otherwise be a major task.

Recorded 1 November 2017 at a MedComms Networking event in Oxford. Take a look ... 

Further information about Chime can be found here.