{"id":657,"date":"2019-08-28T08:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/?p=657"},"modified":"2019-08-28T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T11:18:11","slug":"how-to-encourage-interaction-at-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/how-to-encourage-interaction-at-events\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Encourage Interaction at Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>One\nof the risks of running an event is that, once you\u2019ve got people into your\nPhuket conference venue, the inactivity of sitting and watching a lecture with\ncombine with the comfort of the seating and the satisfaction from a hearty\nlunch to put attendees to sleep. Getting people moving and interacting is\nessential for a successful conference &#8211; it\u2019s basically the whole point of the\nevent. But how do you get the ball rolling? Here are a few suggestions to incorporate\ninto your planning.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The\nFishbowl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p>This\none is a little unusual, but bear with us. You have about 30-40 people in a\nlarge room, sat on chairs which form a ring around four chairs in the centre.\nYou have three people sat in the middle, leaving one chair free. You then throw\nout a question. Only the three people in the centre can speak. Any of the other\nattendees can step up and take the empty fourth seat to speak, but one of the\noriginal three people in the middle must voluntarily leave the centre if that\nhappens. This keeps the discussion dynamic and on-topic, making it a lot more\nimpactful. It\u2019s also a good use of large meeting rooms in your Phuket\nconference venue.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"659\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/how-to-encourage-interaction-at-events\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024&#215;681\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?resize=800%2C534\" alt=\"fishbowl meeting, seating meeting\" class=\"wp-image-659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fishbowl-picture-of-the-seating-1024x681.jpg?resize=420%2C280&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><p><strong>Body\nVoting<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p>Plenty\nof speakers incorporate a \u2018show of hands\u2019 style of voting into their\npresentations, but this lacks dynamism. It takes virtually no effort to raise a\nhand and even less to be lazy and not bother &#8211; after all, who\u2019s going to\nnotice? One way to prevent that kind of lethargy is to get people to physically\nmove in order to cast their vote. For example, the people who agree with a\nstatement on the left of the room and those who don\u2019t agree on the right.\nObviously this requires that your Phuket conference venue be quite spacious but\nit certainly gets people moving.<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/measuring-the-success-of-your-phuket-event-venue\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?resize=800%2C534\" alt=\"Meeting in Phuket, Q&amp;A sessions\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image-20150514-28590-8v8fhf.jpg?resize=420%2C280&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<br><p>If\nyou want to take things up a level, you can bring in degrees of agreement,\nwhere one wall is 0%, the other is 100% and the mid-point is 50%, so attendees\nhave to stand at the point that represents how much they agree.<\/p><br>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Camp Fire<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, you\u2019ll need quite a big room at your Phuket conference venue for this one. The idea is that smaller groups are usually a lot more animated than large audiences, so get a handful of people sat around a small table with an expert. To add a bit more dynamism, you could rotate the experts at intervals, kind of like a speed date. If you are going to do this, be sure to leave plenty of time for all of the attendees to pick the brains of the expert. <\/p><br>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/how-to-encourage-interaction-at-events\/lasso-092914-3344-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lasso-092914-3344-001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?resize=800%2C534\" alt=\"Camping fire, Outing in Phuket\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Lasso-092914-3344-001.jpg?resize=420%2C280&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the risks of running an event is that, once you\u2019ve got people into your Phuket conference venue, the inactivity of sitting and watching a lecture with combine with the comfort of the seating and the satisfaction from a hearty lunch to put attendees to sleep. 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