William speaks to Abi Cannons, currently, Global Innovation Success Manager, Reed Exhibitions, about all things event tech. This episode focuses on what event tech you can use, and how you should use it, if you want to make your next event more engaging.

RE:EVENT

Engaging Event Technology

We all need to get more from our conference speakers. In this interview between an experienced event professional William Thomson, MD of Gallus Events (who has had 5000 speakers at his events) and one of the best international professional speakers, Richard Newman Founder of BodyTalk, we look at the secrets of getting the best content from your speakers. How do you get your speakers to perform at their best? We have some answers and a brilliant FREE speakers brief.We look at how to brief a speaker, why you should pay your speakers, the importance of the venue and the space. Includes loads of tips to make sure you get the best content from your speakers at your conference. Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ukbo...Gallus Events: https://www.gallusevents.co.uk/I have five main points.1. EVERY single speaker (almost without exception) needs the support of the conference organiser.2. The conference organiser impacts the content as much as the speaker.3. As the conference organiser it is YOUR event and you are in charge, so you have to demand brilliant content.4. There’s a quid pro quo. You have to give something in return to get brilliant content.5. The conference organiser has a PROACTIVE role to help a speaker’s session to be memorable.Make sure you download your FREE speaker brief template: https://www.gallusevents.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Speaker-Brief-Template-.pdf

Speaking to speakers - ensuring you have the best possible content at your conference

As an event organiser you are no doubt in the process of planning an event.Well what we will cover in the next 40 minutes, could change that plan, perhaps beyond all recognition. This could be the best half an hour and a bit you have EVER spent listening to a pod cast. In this episode we are talking about designing events. We are taking events back to first principles. We will be looking at the brilliant Event Canvas to see how it can help you re imagine and re:event the way you organise your events. Links from the podcast:The Event Canvashttps://edco.global/Gallus Eventshttp://www.gallusevents.co.uk/

Why you need to DESIGN your event rather than produce it

Episode 2. Running events that make a differenceWilliam Thomson interviews the inspirational Josh Littlejohn. Co-Founder of Social Bite and organiser of the "The World's Biggest Sleep Out" events.Looking at several events run by the events industry to reduce homelessness William asks event planners if they too can turn their hand to running events that really make a difference. A podcast by and for event professionals. Hosted by William Thomson from Gallus Events.Links from the show:Homeless Hack Pack that will help anyone run a homeless hackathon.http://www.gallusevents.co.uk/homeless-hack-pack/Watch the extended video on the Gallus Events YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bgdkep8SmqT78kooDVrHA available 14th June 2019.

Run good events but also run events that do good

Taking the decision to cancel or postpone an event can be a hard one. After the time, effort and perhaps money you have put into planning an event, making the decision to pull the plug or at least postpone the event is often the trickiest of decisions. To cancel or not too cancel, that’s the topic for Episode one of the Re:Event Podcast. A podcast by and for event professionals. Hosted by William Thomson from Gallus Events.Includes an interview with Ángeles Moreno.Links from the show:Download the Traffic Light Template for all your events (the best way to avoid cancelling too many events) Watch the extended video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bgdkep8SmqT78kooDVrHA available 30th May 2019.

Cancelling an event and all that goes with it

Designed for experienced event professionals the Re:Event podcast will dive deep into the most important areas affecting our events. Hosted by William Thomson, a thought leading #eventprof, the Re:Event podcast will help planners run better events. Twice a month William and his guests, from the cream of the events industry, will look into the most important aspects of live communications.