Right. ‘Summer’ is here. Time to dispense with the formalities and just get social for the coming months. Although our next event will be one of our now legendary Barbeques, this one will be more than a bit different. It involves three locations, along a route that takes precisely 8 minutes, 39 seconds to walk.Start [...]

To some, the word ‘Unconference’ is a regular part of your events related lexicon. To others, it’s probably a bit strange! Very simply, ‘Unconferencing’ is one variant of what’s known as ‘Open Space’ approaches to events. Those of you who are long serving members may remember an early foray into this area though an earlier [...]

This month is a bit of a treat for us. We are being joined by a soap star from New Zealand’s ‘Shortland Street’. Actually, that’s just a fraction of her experience. In her current guise, Maggie Eyre will be addressing the subject of presentation skills. Maggie spent seven years working closely with New Zealand’s Former [...]

Some of you may remember a December 2009 news story about how Essex County Council have called in IBM to look at practical ways to save money across its operations. My own interpretation of the story was that it represented the start of a process that could leave councils run as private entities.
With this [...]

Bit of a change to the ‘Spindoctor – Media Management’ session that was planned for February. The presenter isn’t comfortable giving any talks until the general election is over. That said, assurances have been made he’ll do something for us this year.
March is looking like a fun one. We’ve got a couple of award-winning [...]