Believe it or not, identifying precisely how to communicate effectively with stakeholders, employees or customers often takes second place to booking conference facilities and checking if the coffee will arrive on time.

Of course, the right location and looking after delegates is very important, but often the real content of the presentations, their length and the key messages are never really clear.

Add to this endless powerpoint covered in hundreds of words and no wonder the audience gets bored and will certainly never remember much.

And a live event can now be a webchat, webcast, podcast or vodcast.

The Twofour Group is highly experienced in developing online communications channels for major public and private sector companies. Live events are often filmed and streamed live or edited for websites, intranets and other platforms to give the message a longer life. The Academy supports this with clear effective live event production, structuring, and presentation training.

Recent live events include :

• Volkswagen - major international conferences for UK retailer networks
• Driving Standards Agency - regular conferences
• GSK - regular interactive global webcasts
• Kellogg's - European conference
• No 10 - regular live interactive webcasts
• "Lybia in the Global Age" - Sir David Frost in conversation with Colonel Gaddafi - 1 hour tv interview
• National Trust - AGM
• Nationwide - live interactive webchat