Welcome to Audience411.com! For years we’ve been improving the meeting experience for attendees, planners, and executives. How? We help them to communicate – messages out and messages in – in unique ways that work. We help speakers listen – and help audience members be heard. It’s a great combination. Audiences are more engaged, and...
Read more →We are often asked, what is a Twitter Chat? How does it work? Why would people participate? This article from the Social Media Examiner is a great discussion on what they are – and aren’t – and how to make them great. A Twitter Chat or Twitter Party can build brand or product awareness...
Read more →It’s hard to believe July is over! Audience 411 was active from San Francisco to Orange County to Orlando to London, England. Our executive engagement specialists were busy helping companies identify opportunities to better connect with their audience – then helped them do just that. The days of overheads and hours of boring...
Read more →A couple of years ago our Chief Engagement Officer, Patrick Grady, was interviewed by WebEx because of some of the things his company was doing with online meetings. The core elements are still the same – and can translate to live meetings. In short, he encouraged people to know the audience, prepare their content...
Read more →We’ve all heard a great deal about the horrific ordeal that those three young women in Cleveland had to endure for a decade. We’ve also heard a lot about the unlikely hero (or one of a few) Charles Ramsey. No doubt, while others may have taken the easier route and turned away or walked...
Read more →It’s always interesting to us that so many people forget the first and primary cost of having a meeting. Whether people are traveling or not – whether it’s 10 people or 10,000 – it’s the first investment that needs to be considered. That cost – is people’s time. And we mean people’s time expressed...
Read more →Whether it’s six people in a conference room, 20 on a call, or 300 being recognized as the best of the best… meetings matter. It’s funny, then, that so many people don’t really like going to meetings. Some do, of course (they are sometimes referred to as BLUE or FEELER or PEOPLE PEOPLE). But...
Read more →You ask them! Whether it’s planning content for an upcoming meeting – or making sure everyone’s on the same page in a live meeting, asking your audience is the best way to make sure your messages are getting across. It’s fun, it’s engaging, and it works. Speakers can ask impromptu – out of the...
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