The Business Narrative has grown fast since Covid hit.

We’re an agile team, who’ve been virtual since the get go, and so took the decision pretty fast to expand our knowledge around delivering virtual and digital – and soon hybrid – events. We’ve also expanded our team, welcoming people with TV production and editing skills, animators, event project managers. We’ve invested in event platforms – especially Hopin, learned fast, not broken very much, and created digital events that have delighted our clients and their attendees.

Virtual is in my blood – I founded the Virtual Worlds Forum back in 2007… Read more

Great conversation a couple of weeks back with Neil Thompson, founder of The Delegate Wranglers.

Leveraging our expertise in virtual events, I put together a presentation on what are the practical strategies to ensure your virtual event delivers on its objectives? How do participants consume virtual events and how can you design for that? How do you deliver great content in a livestreaming production environment? Engagement, gamification, immersive branding – how to create and measure your success?

A really engaging conversation, tons of questions, and lots of follow up afterwards. You can watch the video here – one of Delegate… Read more

Had a great conversation with my publisher, Alison Jones from Practical Inspiration Publishing (yes, there’s an events book coming when there’s a bit more time to write) around how events changing in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, and what does that mean for authors?

We talked about how digital events are evolving, what the hybrid event of the future might look like, and the opportunities and challenges for speakers and authors in this new world. Great fun, and covered quite a few advice pieces for authors; from how (and when) to pitch for a speaking gig to tips for… Read more

The Business Narrative is so honoured and delighted for the team to be shortlisted for the prestigious C&IT Awards for Conference of the Year, for the ODI Summit 2019, with our wonderful clients at the Open Data Institute.

Producing events is like making a movie; impossible without a power team, both in our own team and a pleasure as ever to work with our partners at Allegory Communications who managed all the comms, and Philpott Design who created the beautiful, immersive brand experience.

Up against stiff competition, watch out for the online awards ceremony at the end of September!

Check out our showreel; the best of our events in the last year, all focused on creating an event narrative and delivering on your purpose.