Dubious breed of business event organisers | The Planner

Itโ€™s the Chinese that first stated: โ€˜May you live in interesting timesโ€™

Within the business events planning industry there is a resounding element of truth to this statement which unsuspecting potential presenters should heed.A new breed of organisers has surfaced which picks a โ€˜hotโ€™ or pertinent overall event subject. The programme is fleshed out with high-powered presenters โ€“ some invited others merely shown on the programme.

The organiser invites other experts with a certain amount of knowledge on a particular programme topic to present while providing the date, time and venue for the business event.Imperative is that the presenter provides their presentation in both written as well as power-point format.For a variety of reasons the business event is cancelled with due appreciation for the time and effort taken while promising that when the business event is undertaken at a future time โ€“ the presenter will be contacted once more.

However there is no intention for re-contacting as the main intention is to have a copy of the contents and โ€˜sell-onโ€™ to an organisation for an internal presentation with a less knowledgeable presenter. Interesting times indeed!