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Setting up and Running Hybrid Meetings
Here in Geneva it is “la rentrée” – meaning back to school or back to work after the summer break. For some it will be the first time they are back in the office after many months, while for others they may still be working from home. This means that hybrid meetings...
Advice from a Moderator on how to Select your Panel Speakers
Have you seen the play, “Six Characters in search of an Author” by the Italian dramatist, Luigi Pirandello? Actors rehearsing for a play are interrupted by six unfinished characters in search of an author to finalise their story. It was first performed in 1921 and is...
Press Briefings in the Virtual World
Organising a virtual press briefing is to coin the Thai-English phrase – “same same but different. The basics are the same. You need to have news, which is impactful, timely and ideally topical. It may seem obvious, but too often press briefings are organised solely...
Professionally Producing Virtual Events
What is the biggest challenge when organising a virtual event? Technical glitches are high up on the list when I ask this question in my workshop on organising engaging virtual events. A year on since the pandemic first hit, we are still challenged and aggravated by...
Hybrid events the new normal in 2021
This Monday the powerful icons of business, finance and a spattering of civil society will not meet in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the annual World Economic Forum’s flagship meeting. Instead, they will meet virtually for a meeting billed as the Davos Agenda...