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The company conference – a perfect way to set the scene for the year ahead

Planning your company events calendar 12 months ahead - impossible or essential? It’s essential and achievable.

Whether your financial year starts in January, February or April, setting the scene with your company plans and targets should be a fixture on the corporate events calendar as we enter the New Year. Why? Well as we reset and start afresh, it’s an opportunity to push towards year-end or set goals for the year ahead.

Conferences are a way to bring together people with common interests, discuss topics, share ideas and collaborate in a perfect environment. Hosting a professionally delivered business conference will help you establish company goals, set strategic direction and provide the opportunity for celebration.

One of the best strategies for embedding company culture and to align on key values is regular meetings and conferences. They are a successful formula to reinforce the culture you want to build. Unlike an office meeting, a conference should ooze energy, install a common goal and facilitate winning the hearts and minds of your audience.

Typically held off site, at a carefully selected venue for your needs, conferences can be produced to inspire and motivate. Conferences can consist of team building, collaboration, motivational keynotes and strategic planning. The LemonZest Team work with customers to maximise bang for buck with company conferences.

Planning your events calendar 12 months in advance

Planning your events calendar for the year ahead might appear like a big task, but it’s a strategy that pays off in multiple ways.

Whether you’re organising events for a team within the business, an AGM or Board meeting, or a key conference to set goals, planning ahead helps you save time, reduce the stress of short lead times and organising multiple tasks at once, to achieve your goals more effectively. Getting ahead by planning your company events calendar also alleviates budgeting issues with time to plan and get approval in good time.

Events can be synced with product launches, celebrations, workshops, sales events or industry-specific milestones. The key is to involve stakeholders for strategic alignment in the early stages. Then the delivery and execution will exceed expectations for the ultimate success.

As your dedicated event team, LemonZest will secure the most appropriate venue and support services for you to do the most possible with your event budget - and deliver what we do best.

6 simple steps to get started…

1. Look at each month and map out your events calendar to act as a framework.

2. Establish your goals, objectives and conference/event purpose.

3. Liaise with stakeholders to confirm requirements.

4. Set the date.

5. Set a budget.

6. Get in touch with our team to help plan the event details - venue, logistics, catering, entertainment, hosting, theming and more! Delivered with that unique lemonzest flavour.

Contact me directly for insight, tips, a general chat about what you have in mind, and it will be time well spent.
louise@lemonzestevents.co.uk