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1. 10 tips for a disastrous event
By Evenium

2. #1 – Spend plenty of time on your invitations
Your invitations have to be
perfect. You need to spend time
perfecting every last sentence
even if it means sending the
invitations out a few days late.
There's no point bothering with a
'Save the date' email beforehand
giving a basic outline of the event.
And is it really necessary to send
out a reminder email the day
before the event starts? Your
guests are surely waiting
impatiently for your event to
start, and will all turn up on
time without having to be
reminded!
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3. #2 – Let your motto be « we’ll sort it out on iste »!
Whether it be about the size of
the conference room, where to
put the buffet table, or how
many chairs to have, everyone has
an opinion about organizzzzation!
Why bother making logistical plans
before you arrive on the day
itself? You'll be able to sort it all
out on the day.
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4. #3 –Use traditional methods to welcome guests
Long live paper lists and excel
spreadsheets for checking in your
guests! Why not assign groups of
participants to different event
organizers? Registering everyone
takes time, but surely your
guests won't mind, after all
everyone will get in in the end.
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5. #4 – Always remain flexible with the agenda
It doesn't matter if your event
starts a bit late, or if speeches
go on too long. You can just
cancel Q&A sessions and breaks.
After all, the opportunity to ask
questions and for guests to
interact with one another isn't
really that important. They will
understand and stay attentive.
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6. #5 – Let your speakers do whatever they want
You have chosen expert speakers,
so just listen to them. It doesn't
matter if their presentations run
over or if they go off topic, the
important thing is to keep your
participants quiet. Let your
speakers expand on their interests
or propose new ideas. No really,
ignore questions from the room,
it's only the speakers who count.
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7. #6 – For the PowerPoint, have at least 200 slides
Rest assured that your audience
will be happy to listen you for
hours on end and will remember
every last detail of what you say:
give as much detail as possible.
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8. #7 – Cut your event off from the rest of the world
Don't provide an internet
connection and ban smartphones
and tablets. Only a full day of
presentations will get your
message across. Everyone knows
that they only disrupt things,
and have no benefit whatsoever
in terms of the sharing of
information or meeting people.
After all, people managed fine
without them in the Middle Ages.
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9. #8 – Leave your guests to meet one another
It's a well known fact that that
people go to events only to see
people they bump into all the
time. Nobody wants to meet
new people and extend their
network. Only invite people who
you think will know one another.
Don't do anything to help
networking, or help your
participant find out who's who...
your guests will definitely end up
talking amongst themselves!
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10. #9 –Cram your attendees together at the buffet
Guests only turn up at events to
gorge themselves on nibbles. Lure
them in with a buffet: once they
get together round tables, they
will get to know one another
naturally!
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11. #10 – Once the event is over, sit back and relax
Whether it's gone well or not,
once the event is over, it would
be pointless to communicate with
your guests afterwards. Don't
stay in contact, don't share any
information. This would help
participants do business with one
another or stay in contact. Once
it's over, it's OVER.
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12. www.evenium.com
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