Conferences and Events

Engage a Theme Weaver To Optimise Learning and Action at Your Conferences and Events

The best conferences, retreats, strategic planning events, off sites and learning events are those where participants connect each piece of the puzzle, make sense of it and leave inspired with a practical action plan.

It is not enough to:

Put together a collection of interesting speeches, workshops and activities
Arrange and MC to introduce sessions and tell a few jokes
Reflect on each session alone
Publish a record of the conference/retreat/event proceedings
participants join the dots and take away a cohesive actionable message

To create memorable events that lead to effective action you need to:

Be clear on the theme and continually connect people to it
Create a learning journey that continually develops
Link each session and be explicit about how it fits together
Entertain between sessions with specific references to the sessions before and after as well as to the event theme
Provide memorable moments to reinforce the message
Be ready to supplement and support every aspect of the event so as to provide a cohesive whole
Assist participants prepare and action plan and focus on what happens when they leave the event

As a Theme Weaver Andrew combines the skills of a keynote speaker, facilitator, coach, educator, and CEO to develop the event community and integrate the program so as to develop a journey that leads beyond the event to effective action. Working with event organisers, speakers, presenters venue staff, participants and senior management Andrew draws on his extensive collection of stories, videos, humour and practical management tools and techniques to connect each step of the event and to present it as a single cohesive experience.

Some of the events that benefit from Theme Weaving include:

Conferences to highlight the learning and follow up with action
Retreats to integrate connect and leverage your participation
Planning to create desired futures
Reviews to evaluate, improve and make the most of your return on investment

Connect all aspects of you conference experience

As a Conference Theme Weaver the focus is on linking each aspect of the conference to the conference theme and to develop the conference community so as to optimise the experience of participants.

By focussing on the content, process and learning experience the Theme Weaver allows the conference organisers to focus on the 101 other tasks they have to do while the Theme Weaver interacts with participants and presenters highlight the learning and keeping people interested and entertained. The Theme weaver works both on stage, in sessions and during breaks to connect people to the conference.

The Theme Weaver makes the Conference Journey explicit by engaging the audience with questions, exercises and memorable “bit and pieces” so as to supplement the keynote and session presenters and assisting participants learn from each other.

As part of the Theme Weaver role Andrew can provide pre and post conference workshops, deliver a keynote or a series of small key notes and facilitate pre and post conference planning and review activities.

Ensure retreat participants understand where you are going

As a retreat organiser or the leader sponsoring the retreat you have a lot to attend to including the smooth operation of the event, delivering content, providing direction on what next and as the sponsor and/or organiser you are the focus for questions, comments and it seems everyone wants a share of your time. This is where a Retreat Theme Weaver can provide great value.

By acting as MC with the added role of integrating the program and facilitating the smooth flow from one session to the other you can focus on your role of sponsor, organiser and participant. In many cases as Theme Weaver Andrew delivers a retreat version of the Conference Theme Weaver with a mixture of content, entertainment and relevant material to entertain and make the retreat theme explicit.

As a Theme Weaver Andrew works with presenters and participants to take them on the journey and continually explain where we are, where we have come from and where we are going so as to lay the foundation for a memorable experience and focussed effective action after the retreat.

Stay on track and link your planning to day to day action and results. Many strategic planning events whether they are single or multiple days, on site or off site fail to deliver as people lose track of how each session connects to the next. As a Planning Theme Weaver Andrew provides the same service as for a retreat Theme Weaver but also actively participates as a facilitator of the planning activities. Depending on the size of the planning exercise and the number of participants involved Andrew can act as the single facilitator or co-ordinate a team of in house and/or external facilitators and speakers to connect everyone and to provide a cohesive experience.

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