As any Thai will tell you, mealtimes are a very social occasion,\nand are best enjoyed with many friends and families. They are also an opportunity\nto make new friends and, potentially, business contacts. TED Conferences handed\nout picnic baskets with enough food for about five or six people inside and\ninvited delegates to find a group of people to share with. Even done indoors,\nit was very successful, but a Phuket conference venue offers the option of\nenjoying the beautiful environment outside, too.<\/p>
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nLike with like<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s often easier to make friends and contacts if you have\nsomething in common, and South by Southwest (SXSW) had the innovative idea of\nputting people together. They created themed meet-ups, putting under-25s\ntogether in one room and people enjoying their first time at the iconic event\nin another. This ensured that everyone in that space had at least one thing in\ncommon, which they could use to get the conversation started.<\/p> Run a \u201csilent\u201d session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you ever heard of a silent disco? Basically, everyone in the\nclub wears headphones, so the music is directly pumped into their ears and the\nroom itself is virtually silent, meaning those who want to chat can do so\nwithout having to scream to be heard. Well, the GLOBE Forum applied the same\nidea to their conference. They had several different presentations going on at\nonce in different parts of the same room. Instead of using the PA system, the\npresenter\u2019s microphone transmitted to the headphones each attendee was wearing.\nThey could then switch to whichever speaker they wanted to listen to and just\nneeded to turn in their seats to see each one. It\u2019s a very clever idea, though\nyou need to make sure your Phuket conference venue has a big enough room and\nthe technology available to try this one.<\/p> A healthy health conference<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The organisers behind the Osteopathic Medical Education Conference (OMED) know their audience very well. As anyone who has ever partied with a medical student will tell you, the people who look after their bodies the worst are often the ones telling you to look after yours better. Knowing this, the event organisers incorporated health and wellness practises into the schedule, starting each day with yoga, providing healthy snacks and even giving out flu shots. Given that you\u2019re asking attendees the sit around listening to presentations for a lot of the day, something as simple as incorporating a bit of exercise in your schedule can help keep people alert and attentive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Phuket conference venue offers a lot of opportunity to do things a bit different – to turn \u2018just another conference\u2019 into something attendees will remember for years to come, and talk of wistfully next time they\u2019re stuck watching yet another stale PowerPoint presentation. While doing things differently can be a bit of a gamble…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[104,105,42],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/run-an-effective-meeting-effective-meeting-management.jpg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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