Speakers

09.00 hrs: The Business Value of Meetings

Business Value of Meetings – How measuring the added value of your events can improve ROI and raise your personal profile

IDEAL FOR: Anyone who is serious about their career in Event Management and strives for a strategic role within their corporation or business.

Justifying the time and effort spent on meetings is often an overlooked area of industry yet research shows that Companies who evaluate meetings business have better Event budgets and value Event Planning staff more highly than those who do not.

The Meetings Planner Institute (MPI) has recently released the Business Value of Meetings study which identifies key benchmarks in the measurement of the business value of meetings including: percentage of businesses who measure, barriers to implementation, crucial programming elements for organisational success and key skills needed for personal success.  You can learn how to ensure you are measuring your meetings effectively and getting the recognition you deserve!

10.00 hrs: Please turn ON your mobile phones

Please turn ON your mobile phones – how mobile apps liberate events

IDEAL FOR: Anyone who organises events and wants to use technology to engage further with the delegates

Entering a conference hall and being asked to turn OFF your mobile phone is so last century. We’re now encouraged to keep our phones on to connect with other delegates, tweet and update our status on various social media platforms.

In this panel discussion we will be showcasing a range of mobile applications that change the way we conduct our meetings and events.

11.00 HRS: Perfect Awareness for PAs – the questions to ask to ensure your event is a great success

At this 30 minute seminar you will be introduced to an effective model that ensures you ask the right questions to plan and run highly successful events.

IDEAL FOR: PA’s, Executive Assistants, Secretaries and individuals who want to develop their event planning skills

Presented by Lindsay Taylor, Director of executive coaching organisation Your Excellency. Lindsay is a former PA and now a coach, trainer and practitioner of NLP. She has a particular passion for supporting the personal and professional development of PAs, EAs, Secretaries and Administrators and personally delivers the one day workshop ’Be a PA with PA – Perfect Awareness’.

14.00: hrs Future Perfect

Future perfect with Paul Hemphill

IDEAL FOR: Anyone who wants to remain positive and have the right tools to face the challenges of our industry head on.

Based on positive psychology and the science of happiness this upbeat presentation looks at how to develop personal resilience and improved wellbeing, even during an economic downturn. Paul has spent much of his career in the tourism industry, a sector facing particular challenges at the current time. As a life coach with a wealth of experience of management and staff development he was eager to get involved with the Conference and Hospitality Show to spread the message that there remains a bright future ahead for anyone who takes a positive approach to life.