Speaking
Need a keynote for your conference?
Penny Pullan, our founder, speaks widely for companies and professional organisations, with great feedback. She speaks about ‘Making Meetings Work’ in a way that is knowledgeable, engaging and humorous. People leave with a host of ways they can improve their meetings immediately.
‘Very good speaker - could have been longer!’
‘Very useful. There are tips that I will definitely put into practice’
Tim Mortimer speaks on raising team performance in a project context.
Below is a selection of our upcoming and recent talks to professional associations and conferences:
22 January 2009: British Computer Society: Leicester Branch in Leicester, UK by Penny Pullan - ‘Making IT Project Meetings and Workshops Work.’ Details to come.
6 November 2008: Project Management Institute: National Conference in Birmingham, UK. Penny Pullan has been asked to chair the whole event.
September 2008: Association for Project Management (APM) in Liverpool, UK by Penny Pullan - details coming soon.
30 June 2008: Association for Project Management (APM) in Coventry, UK by Tim Mortimer - details here.
15 April 2008: British Computer Society: Project Management Specialist Group (PROMSG) in London, UK by Penny Pullan - ‘Making IT Project Meetings and Workshops Work.’ Details here
26 March 2008: International Institute for Business Analysis, London, UK by Tim Mortimer - "Tune In to Get the Best out of a Mixed Bunch" Details here
13 March 2008: Tips for Trainers Conference in London, UK by Penny Pullan and Vanessa Randle - 'Graphics Made Easy.' Details here
29 January 2008: Manchester University: Project Management Masters for Practitioners by Penny Pullan - Keynote Speech
21 January 2008: Project Management Institute: Midlands and North in Derby, UK by Penny Pullan - ‘Making Project Meetings and Workshops Work.’ Details here
7 October 2007: International Association of Facilitators: European Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland by Penny Pullan (jointly with Brian Adamson of MSI) - “Facilitation can transform Projects & Programmes...” Details here
5 September 2007: Project Management Institute, City of London, UK by Penny Pullan - "Making Project Meetings Work" Details here
27 June 2007: Association for Project Management: Women in Project Management Conference, London, UK by Penny Pullan - "Why relationships really matter in project management" Sample slides here
16 May 2007: International Institute for Business Analysis, London UK by Penny Pullan - "Facilitation Skills" Details here
What do people say about our talks?
‘Really enjoyable and informative - new ideas’ 'Excellent'
'Engaging event - could do with a whole day's workshop on the topic'
‘Well presented & illustrated with relevant examples - good tips – tools’
‘Brief, concise, useful. Good refresher & reminder for myself who attends & runs mtgs on a daily basis’
‘useful ideas for enlivening meetings - like the idea of the nuts’
‘Well organised. Interesting Informative’ ‘Very enjoyable’ 'Enjoyable & Informative'
‘Very informative follow through. I was able to grasp the content easily’
‘Informative - gave good tips, techniques’ ‘Great!’
‘I will try the ideas and approaches in my meetings’ 'Really good; time went very quickly'
'I really enjoyed the interactive nature of the presentation - v. good'
(all taken from anonymous feedback after our PMI and BCS talks)
Contact us now on 01509 821691 or here to discuss what you need for your organisation or professional association.