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Context: As our first main event of the year we hosted an event providing a whistle-stop tour of human origins - the talk was given by a lecturer within the archaeology department (Dr John McNabb).
What went well about the event was it was well attended and we organised it well in advance (to ensure lecturer availability). The talk was informative but not too overwhelming (as sometimes archaeology and human evolution can be). We had good engagement with some very interesting questions in the Q&A.
No event is ever 100% perfect, whilst there was nothing catastrophic with the event, although we did a relatively good job with publicising the event (as a small committee, sans social secretary) we may have had more people if we publicised it more.
Improving next time I think would be working towards a way to submit questions before the Q&A would cut down the number of people scared to ask questions -- which I would be if I was not the host and ensuring it is well publicised.
Next step is planning more overarching events and lectures (which we are in the process of) as they are well attended and ensuring the next committee is aware of some of the lessons learnt to adapt. And asking members what events they would like to see.
Context: As our first main event of the year we hosted an event providing a whistle-stop tour of human origins - the talk was given by a lecturer within the archaeology department (Dr John McNabb).
What went well about the event was it was well attended and we organised it well in advance (to ensure lecturer availability). The talk was informative but not too overwhelming (as sometimes archaeology and human evolution can be). We had good engagement with some very interesting questions in the Q&A.
No event is ever 100% perfect, whilst there was nothing catastrophic with the event, although we did a relatively good job with publicising the event (as a small committee, sans social secretary) we may have had more people if we publicised it more.
Improving next time I think would be working towards a way to submit questions before the Q&A would cut down the number of people scared to ask questions -- which I would be if I was not the host and ensuring it is well publicised.
Next step is planning more overarching events and lectures (which we are in the process of) as they are well attended and ensuring the next committee is aware of some of the lessons learnt to adapt. And asking members what events they would like to see.