Once you have booked your conference venue, the next stage of your planning is the conference run sheet. A template can be supplied by your venue but you will need
NZBusiness OCTOBER Issue – OUT NOW Spreading our wings It’s nice to be able to unshackle one’s self from the workstation occasionally and head out of the big city to
Buy October issue here Spreading our wings It’s nice to be able to unshackle one’s self from the workstation occasionally and head out of the big city to report on
Businesses can no longer afford not to analyse customer behaviour. Chris Pescott, CEO of customer intelligence agency Perceptive, explains how to do it properly to NZBusiness editor Glenn Baker.
Once you have booked your conference venue, the next stage of your planning is the conference run sheet. A template can be supplied by your venue but you will need to make some decisions on the setups and programme to complete this. Room Layout is a critical first decision. Different room setups support different conferences; training is most effective setup as classroom or U shape seating and tables, team briefings operate better with a hollow square/boardroom or horseshoe setup, dinner events call for banquet or cabaret style seating with optional space for a stage. Audio Visual (AV) has the ability to give your event the wow factor you’re looking for, it is also a factor that can delay everything on
NZBusiness OCTOBER Issue – OUT NOW Spreading our wings It’s nice to be able to unshackle one’s self from the workstation occasionally and head out of the big city to report on business initiatives in the regions. That’s exactly what yours truly did for this month’s cover story on the West Coast. My thanks to Facebook for enabling me to fly down to one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand, and to Development West Coast for facilitating a tour of some of Westport’s cleverest businesses. I came away with a healthy appreciation of how hard the business community is working on the Coast to build scale and create new opportunities through technology. And it is a community in
Buy October issue here Spreading our wings It’s nice to be able to unshackle one’s self from the workstation occasionally and head out of the big city to report on business initiatives in the regions. That’s exactly what yours truly did for this month’s cover story on the West Coast. My thanks to Facebook for enabling me to fly down to one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand, and to Development West Coast for facilitating a tour of some of Westport’s cleverest businesses. I came away with a healthy appreciation of how hard the business community is working on the Coast to build scale and create new opportunities through technology. And it is a community in the truest
Businesses can no longer afford not to analyse customer behaviour. Chris Pescott, CEO of customer intelligence agency Perceptive, explains how to do it properly to NZBusiness editor Glenn Baker.
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