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Review 1 for Synergy
Stimulating and Synergising
Indigo2 @
- Greenwich @
- Thu 1 Nov 2012 @
Favourite moment: Duncan Chappell volunteering to go up on stage with The Comedy School. Hats off to him for his bravery! @
Opening act(s): Digby Jones: Project Management - an Industrial Perspective. What an inspiring, challenging speaker. @
Posted 08/11/2012
by Desertfox999
Location:River Island Clothing Co, Magna Park DC, MK
This was my first PMI Synergy event. It was both thought-provoking and inspiring. The mix of topics ensured that there was something of interest for a wide variety of PMs. Roy Sheppard did a great job linking each session and drawing out the important themes from each. Steve Wake who conceived the programme got the pace right throughout the day.
A good choice of venue. Indigo had the right feel - small in scale not to engulf individuals and yet contemporary and spacious not to feel cramped.
If I could improve one thing it would be the food on offer inside Indigo. There could have been more variety and some healthier options. It was standard canteen food which was disappointing given the effort that went into everything else. I am sure that there were cost constraints
A good choice of venue. Indigo had the right feel - small in scale not to engulf individuals and yet contemporary and spacious not to feel cramped.
If I could improve one thing it would be the food on offer inside Indigo. There could have been more variety and some healthier options. It was standard canteen food which was disappointing given the effort that went into everything else. I am sure that there were cost constraints
Indigo2 @
- Greenwich @
- Thu 1 Nov 2012 @
Favourite moment: Duncan Chappell volunteering to go up on stage with The Comedy School. Hats off to him for his bravery! @
Opening act(s): Digby Jones: Project Management - an Industrial Perspective. What an inspiring, challenging speaker. @
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Review 2 for Synergy
Not bad, some good and bad presenters
Indigo2 @
- Greenwich @
- Thu 1 Nov 2012 @
Favourite moment: Lord Jones @
Posted 06/11/2012
by Albc
1. Lord Jones – Excellent – very inspiring, funny and did not even need any notes (although I suspect he’s delivered the same presentation a few times)
2. Thomas Juli – Second best presenter in terms of style – Not sure what was wrong with his electronic remote as he did not seem to be able to operate his slides properly at the start. Had a few interesting points (not sure about asking everyone to stand up though about today being a good day and tomorrow being a better one but at least it engaged everyone!)
3. Dame Tessa Jowell – agreed should have focussed on the PM side more – she briefly touched on this in terms of getting sign off for funding but I’m sure she could have used other examples. She played a key part in convincing the government to run with the Olympics (around 2002 ish) so she should have spoken more about how she took this from a concept to a full
4. Norwegian presentation – Not really engaging and did not seem that relevant to project. He could have done a much better job of summarising this at the end with a summary slide e.g. 1.Leadership: it matters most when the project is in trouble. When the leadership fails, not much else can succeed.
5. Princess Anne should have said something I think - she has done a lot of charity work over the years and is quite an ‘active royal’ so maybe a few words would have been good
6. Agreed food and drinks should have been provided in the break - £4 for an average sandwich was not great especially after some people paid 130 pounds for a ticket. It was also not clear what you had to pay for and what you did not have to pay for (i.e. free tea in the morning but that was it)
7. Roy Sheppard should not plug his book, it was not even relevant to project management
8. The vendors were more around project management education rather than vendors who can help with project management tools etc. It would have been good to see a few more vendors there to speak to in general
2. Thomas Juli – Second best presenter in terms of style – Not sure what was wrong with his electronic remote as he did not seem to be able to operate his slides properly at the start. Had a few interesting points (not sure about asking everyone to stand up though about today being a good day and tomorrow being a better one but at least it engaged everyone!)
3. Dame Tessa Jowell – agreed should have focussed on the PM side more – she briefly touched on this in terms of getting sign off for funding but I’m sure she could have used other examples. She played a key part in convincing the government to run with the Olympics (around 2002 ish) so she should have spoken more about how she took this from a concept to a full
4. Norwegian presentation – Not really engaging and did not seem that relevant to project. He could have done a much better job of summarising this at the end with a summary slide e.g. 1.Leadership: it matters most when the project is in trouble. When the leadership fails, not much else can succeed.
5. Princess Anne should have said something I think - she has done a lot of charity work over the years and is quite an ‘active royal’ so maybe a few words would have been good
6. Agreed food and drinks should have been provided in the break - £4 for an average sandwich was not great especially after some people paid 130 pounds for a ticket. It was also not clear what you had to pay for and what you did not have to pay for (i.e. free tea in the morning but that was it)
7. Roy Sheppard should not plug his book, it was not even relevant to project management
8. The vendors were more around project management education rather than vendors who can help with project management tools etc. It would have been good to see a few more vendors there to speak to in general
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Review 3 for Synergy
Synergy 2012 - expensive. 2011 was better.
Indigo2 @
- Greenwich @
- Thu 1 Nov 2012 @
Favourite moment: Digby Jones @
Posted 05/11/2012
by MamaSita123
Location:Outer London
This event cost £137 (may have been cheaper for an earlier booking but it was not possible for myself and colleagues to book any earlier).
Myself and 2 colleagues attended last year and because we enjoyed last year and got a lot out of the day, we thought we would attend this year.
What I am looking for having spent £137 is value for money. I don't think the day provided that.
The seats we had in block C provided a poor view of the screen which was not 100% visible. Could we not have had smaller screens at the side?
It was a disappointing day from the start. HRH Princess Anne was an attendee and billed as a headline "act" but we never saw her and she didn't speak. We couldn't see her from our seats. So not sure what the point of her being there was!
Digby Jones was by far the best speaker of the day (fly issue aside) and spoke fluently and entertainingly for probably 45 mins, no notes and no prompts, an excellent speaker with an interesting topic.
Tessa Jowell was someone that I had looked forward to hearing and I found her subject matter very valid and interesting but she was not a great speaker! Every other word was an "uhm" which was amazing for such a high profile politician.
The schools update was interesting and an enjoyable film to which, as a parent of a child at high school, I can relate to. But the project itself sounded pretty shambolic with some very basic learning points having been recorded!!
The day went down hill after that.
Tea and coffee were £2.50 each - plus a cost for pastries etc - and for an event which costs £137 I would have thought tea/coffee/snacks could have been included. And lunch.
The ETER presentation was interesting but not entirely sure of the relevance except it is a large project. The speaker had zero charisma and gave a very matter of fact presentation.
Clearly there had been a dropout presenter because of the hurricane Sandy in the US and the UK president of PMI made a plea for more volunteers as a backup speaker which was OK for a fill in.
The theatre group - no clue what the relevance of the knife crime film. Enjoyed the live theatre act but improvisation, for me, is getting a bit old hat.
So as a summary - did I get value for money? No. Did I enjoy the day? No - it wasn't as good as last year. Shame. I won't be booking again next year.
Indigo2 @
- Greenwich @
- Thu 1 Nov 2012 @
Favourite moment: Digby Jones @
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