When people gather around for discussing especially in an educational event, featuring one or more subject matter delivering information primarily via lecture and discussion, the gathering is known as seminar. The participants engage in discussion about the delineated topic of the seminar. Presenters in a seminar usually steer the discussion along a desired path.
Seminars are the perfect solution for people having difficulty in learning while sitting in classroom. There exist a sense of friendship associated with seminar, because all the attendees are specific to subject important to them, so they usually explore their own ideas and get feedback, answers and many more in response.
Planning a Seminar:
The purpose & target audience is the basic step for a successful seminar. Once it is done, once may choose the topic to be discussed. Audience selection is in several ways. Like trying to gather like-minded people and meet with similar interest. For example corporate events Dubai seminars allow all the attendees to get equal opportunities for making some potentially valuable contacts with like-minded people that can help them move to the next level in their careers.
Once purpose and targeting audience is done, determining agenda and setting up budget for the seminar are the next steps. One has to work within the budget specified and there is no need of getting too carried away in selection of venue.
Purpose of Seminar:
There might be several purposes of a seminar. One may be for the purpose of education where all the participants are engaged in discussion on an academic subject to get better insight of the subject. Seminars might be sometime arranged for the purpose of sharing skills and knowledge amongst the audience. Personal finance, web marketing & real estate seminars are all for the purpose of delivering knowledge and tips amongst the audience.
Motivational seminars may also be arranged for the purpose of implementing the skills they might learn. Business seminars with financial theme are usually for the purpose of teaching small business owners how to write a solid business plan and motivating them for getting started right away.
Before Starting a Seminar:
One has a message to be delivered during the seminar. So finding out the perfect professional speaker to convey the message is the next step or maybe people possessing the requisite knowledge and authority to effectively convey the message.
Venue selection is also an important step. Before sending invitations to attendees, visiting the venue once is a perfect choice for observing the technical infrastructure that either it can support the event or not. The venue must have audio-visual facilities and equipment’s for communication. Once venue is finalize, invitations can be send via social media sites to keep the attendees up to date and their willingness confirmed.
When the number of audience is confirmed, accommodation, car pick-ups, setting and catering arrangements can be made next. For guiding the attendees, selection of volunteers to help with such type of activities can be done. If they need some training for familiarizing themselves with their duties, it must be made sure they have the skills and are trained enough to handle the activities.
After the Seminar:
One has to analyse the outcome of the seminar that either they meet their aim or not at the end of the event. For this purpose there is a variety of options to be discovered. Send out thank you notes to the attendees via email to get feedback that either they get the specific message effectively, or they are now having clear idea of what they were there for. The feedback will help the management of the seminar that either they did deliver the seminar properly or not.
Upcoming seminars are the best idea for getting valuable feedback of attendees. Seminars like corporate events Dubai,use upcoming seminars effectively for getting feedback. They offer ranking materials which are filled individually by each attendee who was present in last seminar and rank the management & speaker on the effective message they delivered.
