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COVER STORY Once you have successfully acquired the buy-in you need for your conference, take some time to consider the speakers and topics that are applicable to you and make yourself a schedule. Decide when you are going to be doing what so that you are not wasting time during the conference trying to fi gure out what to do next. names will tune the audience to active listening mode. The truth is, even though organizing a conclave or a conference is a demanding endeavour, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. Conference management and planning includes several key components: • Event content; • Location; • Cost; • Distance proximity and, • The conference room at the venue. This may seem like a small detail to anyone who has never been involved in conference planning, yet it’s very important. Finally, what do audiences look to take home from the experience? 8 | Vol. 10 Issue 2 • FEBRUARY 2019, Delhi NCR Once you have successfully acquired the buy-in you need for your conference, take some time to consider the speakers and topics that are applicable to you and make yourself a schedule. Decide when you are going to be doing what so that you are not wasting time during the conference trying to fi gure out what to do next. Be sure to include time to break for food and time to rest. CHRO panel concluded the following takeaways from an event: C u r i o s i t y, E n g a g e m e n t , A c t i o n abl e, Learning, Great Speakers, Exciting Agenda, Enlightening, Storytelling format, Energetic, Enrichment, Networking opportunity, Value addition, New ideas, Goose bumps. C&D had a special attraction of a brief session on Mindfulness MCOE Mr.Nikhil Chadha & Mr. Bhaskar Rao presented the session; stay tuned for the details about the session in the forthcoming edition. Conceptualized & Managed by Sunanda Rao of People and Management P & M Sponsored by