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6 Quick fixes for speeding up long meetings

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It’s become a stereotype of business that meetings are a waste of time. It only takes one or two pointless meetings a month and every gathering gets labelled as a tedious, counter-productive activity that staff either do their best to avoid or immediately switch-off from when they sit down. So, how do you stop this […]

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3 ways to get genuine feedback from your employees

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It’s universally understood that getting feedback is an excellent way of improving just about anything, but it’s particularly true in a business environment. It’s common for hierarchy and professionalism to result in a disconnect between managers, processes and the experience of people at ground level. This can slowly and silently affect morale and performance which, […]

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CLiKAPAD: Even Sky is not the Limit

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We were delighted to be featured on Sky News last night, where our Audience Response System supported the channel’s debate about the future of NHS funding (you can watch the highlights here, or click the video link in the image above to see our Audience Response Systems in action). The client’s brief was simple: They […]

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The Art of Ice-Breaking Questions

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Audience Response Systems are a great way of getting people engaged with a presentation or workshop, and we often talk about how quizzes, team challenges and polls are an easy way to collect and share data. Of course, audience participation is always better when as many people get involved as possible, which is why a […]

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How to avoid these 4 major mistakes in a Q&A session

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You’ve delivered a content-packed presentation, having moved seamlessly from slide to slide to give yourself exactly ten minutes to wrap things up with your audience. You throw it out to the room; “Does anybody have any questions?” and are met with… no response whatsoever. Most of us are all-too-familiar with the proverbial tumbleweed at the […]