MAKE YOUR EVENTS BETTER
Are you running a conference? A festival? A leadership retreat? A fundraiser? An unconference? I love events, and I love helping people make them better.
EVENTS ARE ABOUT PEOPLE
The most common problem I see when I help clients fix conferences is this: They say the goal of the conference is to help people connect, but all their design choices are as if the goal were to disseminate information.
If you had 200 people in a room, and wanted to *stop* them from meeting each other, a great way to do it would be to give one of them a mic, and put the other 199 in chairs. Yet organizers put tons of priority on speakers, and almost none into designing interactions between attendees.
I love events. I love them so much, it’s almost a problem for me. When I’m not busy helping clients improve their conferences and retreats, I spend my spare time running or my own events (Improv noise events, classes in how to play charades, facilitated cocktail parties, discussion groups on love and sex and friendship, an undebate on AI, author interviews, a barroom non-expert lecture series, a live-band karaoke I help host, an event incubator to create more events in Toronto…)
I want to help with your event, too.
I LOVE EVENTS,
MAYBE TOO MUCH
HOW I WORK WITH CLIENTS
I work with clients on events in all sort of ways: I can help you with the design of your event and promote it. I can help you figure out how to attract the people you want. I can help you figure out an agenda that supports what you want to do. I can design ways to create meaningful connections among attendees, and help ensure you avoid awkward/hokey icebreaker activities. I can appear on stage as the host at your event, or coach you on how to be a better host yourself.
Most importantly, I can help you really clarify the goals of your event, and make sure every choice you make supports those goals.
Do you have an event you need help with? I’d love to talk!
