We were hired recently by a software company to help expand their presence in North America by organizing an industry breakfast and securing 30-40 fund of fund operations professionals from the top 1% of firms in North America. Additionally, we were responsible for selecting the venue, advising on the agenda and flow of the day,
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Meet Some of the Staff of FTF
For the past four and half years, the women of FTF have worked hard to provide thought leadership on Wall Street through our conferences, breakfast briefings, webinars, proprietary events and training seminars. Additionally, since you’ve been reading our blog posts for the past four months, we thought we were long overdue for a formal introduction
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What Makes a Great Speaker Great?
At the end of each conference that Financial Technologies Forum hosts, we collect evaluations that rate how well each of our speakers did throughout the day on a 1 to 5 scale, 5 being excelleing and 1 being poor, as well as how the attendees felt about the conference content. Following our 5th Annual OTC
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Thoughts from a Conference Professional – The Final Session
For years we have asked ourselves “Why do attendees leave the conference before the final session?” We have tried everything from saving key sessions until the end of the day, to having half-day events rather than full-day events. We have even invited everyone to join us for cocktails at the close of the event, thus
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FTF’s Top 10 Networking Tips
We are about to kick off our Fall conference season, so what better time to share a few networking tips we have picked up over the years. Most, if not all, industry events leave time to network with your fellow attendees. This is an extremely important aspect of the event as it provides you the
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E-Learning vs. Live Meetings – Where’s the Industry Headed?
Are on-line trainings the future of the events industry? I don’t know about you, but in the past year I feel my inbox has been inundated with offers to view webinars or partake in e-learning courses. Even here at FTF we have been getting far more inquiries from clients about our webinar services and we
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Top 10 List of Dos and Don’ts for a Successful Wall Street Webinar
In this fast paced Wall Street world, not only is it a constant challenge to reach the people you want to be talking to, but also to keep their attention once you do. Webinars are an excellent tool to reach a greater scale of people from the comfort and convenience of their desks while showing
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How Hard Could It Be? Conference Planning on Wall Street…
Starting off a brand new job is rarely smooth sailing, and is comparable to the first day of school. You have to meet new people and learn how to work well with them, as well as become knowledgeable in the daily operations and routine if you want to be successful. This is challenging at every
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The Bull Run – and Maybe a Little Running of the Bull
Homework. I haven’t heard that word – well, let’s just say, in a long time. Despite that, however, the all too familiar feeling returned rather quickly – when the heck am I going to have time to do that? So, here I am in London dashing between appointments with clients talking shop (in heels, no less),
