London Guildhall -Big Breakfast Presentation
Yesterday my team and I made a very early start at London Guildhall. Our 5th event there in recent years but yesterday was different in setting up an Breakfast Event.
Access was at 3am and we had a busy couple of hours setting up in time for a run through. The client was a global insurance company and their special guest was Tony Blair. With 200 or so guests from the Square Mile and security ramped up for the VIP we had to make sure all was in line and to plan. This was done with the help of the venue. Everything we had requested was in place on our arrival, security were breifed and access was on demand and to plan. Its often the case that venues sell the client an idea and then don’t tell the operational staff that the production crew need access or resources to do something but at London Guildhall every thing was in place, thank you to them.
We bought in fresh crew to run the show who had stayed in a local hotel, there’s not much point trying to be at your best after 24hrs of no sleep and this I think makes a huge difference. As one of the over night crew, getting the kit in place and tested was enough, staying on and running the event would risk a mistake or lack of attention.
The event ran smoothly and our VIP came and went without needing to notice what we do, that’s the way it should be. If you have one person that needs to speak to 200 in the audinece, I believe that everyone should walk away from the event without noticing the sublte lighting and the clarity of voice in a huge hall with a very high ceiling. Every presentation, however big the audience, should be delivered as if one to one and that’s what I hope that’s what we deliver.
I can’t supply pictures of the event as it was a private event but London Guildhall is a good venue and can be seen in an earlier post here for the BCA awards or go to http://www.guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.uk/
Buz
