Lindsay Cook

Changes at ImpactBasis / Rees McCann to work better together, wherever

ImpactBasis & Rees McCann = one integrated organisation Two years ago, Rees McCann and ImpactBasis merged. Now, we have fully integrated the two companies under the ImpactBasis name with a team of 12 people. Rees McCann creates the best online events and workshops (and training in this) that truly connect and engage people, and ImpactBasis

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The bitter taste of polished, positive events

When you’re running an event – online or in-the-room – you want everything to go smoothly. You want your organisation’s message to be loud and clear. You want your boss, and the VIP guests, to look great. Shiny slides. Positive vibes. Plenty of relevant participants, who provide a couple of expert questions after the speakers

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How to get online presenters to stop talking

Have you ever been in an online event where the presenter just kept talking and talking, waaaay over their allocated time? How was that for you? Boring? Frustrating? Or did you just leave? It’s a common problem that can ruin the engagement and impact of a virtual gathering. And of course, when early speakers go

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Online events: dishing out the tacit knowledge

“Maybe as much as 80% of the knowledge in an organisation is undocumented. Much of the knowledge of an organisation is never codified as information. People know more that they can tell, and tell more than they can write.” (According to Nick Milton, thanks to Helen Bevan for the link). Inspired by reading this, and

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