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8 tips for a greater impact of your speakers when providing simultaneous translation
To a large extent, the success of your speakers determines the success of your event. It goes without saying that you want to have good speakers at...
Informal meeting of environment ministers
Official Council meetings are organised by the Council of the EU and chaired by the Council presidency. However, each Council presidency also...
The ABC of profiling questions
Profiling questions are questions that you ask to get a better understanding of the composition of your audience. These questions can provide you...
Be prepared to bear the consequences
Is it a good idea to organize a vote on a specific topic when you have already decided for yourself that you are certain about the outcome? There's...
Challenge your audience
An important ingredient in the recipe of any successful event is making sure that your audience is not bored by the questions you ask. You want the...
Choose your options wisely
Some of my clients ask me this: “When I use a voting system and I ask a question, what is the maximum number of answers I should offer? What is best...
The next big shiny object
Event organizers are often looking for ‘the next big thing’ when it comes to crafting a memorable event. Creative minds come up with the most...
Respect your audience
A while back, I was asked: “Just for fun, is it a good idea to add a ‘fake’ voting session and show results that have been manipulated, just to make...
You get what you asked for
In science, one of the prerequisites for proper research and reliable results is that the act of measuring does not influence the result. The same...
How to evaluate your event
Events are usually not organized in isolation. They are something that is organized with a purpose. The result of an event usually has an impact on...
Improve the performance of your speaker
Did you know that a voting system at your event drastically improves the performance of your speaker(s)? Well, actually that’s not entirely correct:...