| If you have the unenviable task of organising a | | | | alone carry to the event) is often mind-boggling. It's so |
| conference or seminar then you'll already be an expert | | | | much easier to gather this information electronically |
| at multi-tasking and will have honed your planning and | | | | and load it onto a USB memory stick. |
| time management skills to perfection. You'll often be | | | | These USB memory sticks can be branded to |
| seen doing a perfect imitation of a Swan - looking | | | | promote the event, the data can be pre-loaded in |
| calm, in control, and always professional whilst at the | | | | advance (if you have time the data can be pre-loaded |
| same time flapping your legs furiously to keep things | | | | during the manufacture of the branded USB sticks), |
| on track. | | | | and if the data is sensitive it can be protected and |
| Inevitably though, as the old adage suggests if "things | | | | encrypted. |
| can go wrong they will go wrong". Whether it's the | | | | The cost of branded memory sticks is typically |
| venue being double booked, tube strikes being called | | | | cheaper than the cost of printing and binding slides |
| on the day of your event, the caterers being closed by | | | | notes, they're easier and cheaper to transport and |
| the health inspectors or presenters pulling out at the | | | | they're easier for the delegates to carry. Combined |
| last minute, you have to cope. Not only are you | | | | with this you provide the delegates with something of |
| expected to cope but you need to make sure the | | | | perceived value that they can re-use again to store |
| presenters and the audience go away thinking this | | | | their own files/data. |
| was the best and most smoothly run event they've | | | | Its also of course possible to load the memory sticks |
| ever attended. Your career and the potentially the | | | | with media files, movies clips, audio files, links to web |
| success of your employer depends on it. | | | | sites, and include details of other conferences or |
| Given just how many things you need to juggle in the | | | | seminars you might be planning. |
| lead up to the event and in particular during the day of | | | | Using branded USB memory sticks will help your event |
| the conference or seminar it makes sense to deal with | | | | run more smoothly, they will make your life as an |
| as many "gotchas" as you can in advance. | | | | organiser easier and typically they're a cheaper and |
| Getting in copies of Speakers notes and presentations | | | | more environmentally friendly option than printed media. |
| and getting them printed and distributed to the | | | | So, if you want to reduce your stress levels you |
| audience is one of those time consuming and | | | | should consider USB memory sticks for your next |
| challenging jobs that no-one relishes. The sheer | | | | event. |
| amount of paper to print, collate, bind and distribute (let | | | | |