So it’s the Monday after the weekend next to the Thursday that was. You’ve slept on it, we’ve slept on it and we’ve also had a little brainstorm over the pluses and the minuses of the conference itself.
Conference Overall:
There weren’t any major disasters just the odd minor glitch, which would need ironing out if we were to hold another. We’re talking things like the color of the font in the binders being a touch light, speaker microphones not being used by everybody and times between speakers and for lunch being a bit on the long side. These weren’t complaints across the board, but that doesn’t mean everybody wouldn’t agree if they were brought up in conversation.
The Speakers:
Overall we felt the speakers were very good. Yes, there was a problem with a couple of them being a bit on the quiet side (could be rectified by ensuring everybody was wearing their mic), but that was as problematic for me as anybody else considering I was sat at the back and I’m a bit mutton Jeff (deaf in Cockney rhyming parlance). Most people thought there was a good balance between the mix of large, medium and local companies represented and that, on the whole, they referenced and complimented each other well. Some thought there were one or two moments when things became too much of a sales pitch for their liking.
The Topics:
Too broad and too vague, or a good mix with enough meat on the bones of each presentation? That is the question. Whether t’is nobler in the mind to suffer……whoops. Obviously, those who turned up thought the topics interesting enough in the first place, but did that pad out in practice? Well, nobody really smashed the topics in any of the feedback sheets, so we’re presuming everybody thought they had inherent value. Obviously, any one of the topics could’ve lasted the whole day and in the case of several other conferences around the country, a good few days. But, this was more of a sampler plate as opposed to a full three-course feast.
So, a few questions we’d maybe like to ask to get more detailed feedback:
What did you think of the conference overall? You know, organization, binders, room, lunch, set-up, stuff like that.
What did you think of the speakers? Let’s have a straw poll…..
Did the topics match up with your expectations?
And finally, would you come to something like this again, or would it need to be shorter for you, or more concentrated, or at a different time of the year?
Also, if you have any other thoughts, please, please feel free to share them in the comments below.
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