Anita MacDonald

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113 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 23 Jul

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I know certainly for myself would be really nice because that standing on the periphery and thinking, oh crikey, who do I talk to?

It's really, really hard.

And then another one that came out was when people register.

So as well as putting their name and their organization, maybe having just three words,

of things that they're happy to talk about.

And then it could be something really random, or it could be something to do with the event or the field of science that they're looking at.

And we tested this out at ABCO back in April.

And I know that seemed to go down really well, because it kind of

gave an introduction.

So whilst you might be looking at somebody's chest, at their name badge, you could actually see things that they were happy to talk about.

So for me, you know, dogs, I love dogs.

And if some, if I find a fellow dog lover, you know, we've already got a connection, we haven't got to break those barriers down.

And I think that's what we were looking at is just how can we make it literally more accessible

to everybody that's attending.

And I think this is a key thing that anybody who's attended event, they sort of said, you know, what's your biggest take home?

It's the connections that they make.

They remember the people that they met really potentially more than the speakers, more than the program.

It's who they met, who did they get chatting to?

Who do they want to continue that conversation with?

And if your networking is not enabling that,

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