Testimonials
THE BROKERAGE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE - 2008
Good afternoon, On behalf of The Brokerage I would just like to thank Paula and the Leishman-Associates team for a wonderful inaugural National Conference. You guys are truly world class in your conference management, organisation and professionalism. Your hard work, dedication and friendliness was appreciated and noticed. Hobart truly is an amazing conference destination and really worked well. The venues were appropriate and amazing and everything regarding the conference really fell into place ... thank you! I'm looking forward to talking with you in the upcoming months regarding the 2009 conference.
Kind regards, Matt Mitchener | Head of Marketing
APPA / APPA JOINT CONFERENCE - OCTOBER 2007
Dear Paula, Renee and team, On behalf of the Australian Primary Principals Association thank you for all your excellent work in ensuring that our conference was a great success. I know the organisation that goes into running such an event and we felt you did an excellent job.We really appreciated the fact we were consulted prior to and throughout the conference and the fact our requests were always met with a smile. Renee the location of our booth was a stroke of genius as we had hundreds visit us and many used it as their base.It was this sort of response that was really appreciated by us.........we needed a new location for another booth and one was found and organised for us. The sponsors were delighted with the conference and we were most impressed with the way they were treated. Happy sponsors are very good for our organisation! The feedback so far has been very positive and this has to be due to everything running smoothly and efficiently.I have attended conferences where the feedback has been negative because of the poor organisation, or problems with the food etc. These issues are important as I'm sure you know. So well done and congratulations..........you should all feel very proud of yourselves. Regards Leonie
Leonie Trimper, President Australian Primary Principals Association
Education Development Centre Hindmarsh SA 5007
Web: www.appa.asn.au
AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE - AUGUST 2007
Morning Paula A GREAT meeting! Only had positive feedback. Sincere thanks to you and your staff with the organisation of this event. If you want a testimonial in a letter please let me know. Kind regards Barney
From: Langley, Steven
Sent: Friday, 24 August 2007 4:49 PM
To: xxxxxxxx@worldskills.org.au '
Subject: Conference & Events Management
The purpose of this email is to say that if at any time you have need to organise an event or conference and are seeking a reliable conference manager I suggest that you won't find a better organisation than Leishman Associates, a Hobart based Conference & Events Management company.
Outside of my CIT responsibilities and currently Worldskills, one of the other hats I wear is that of President of the ACT Branch of ATEM (http://www.atem.org.au) and currently the Chair of the Organising Committee for the TEMC (Tertiary Education Management Conference) 23-26 September, 2007 ( http://www.temc.org.au/2007/). Leishman Associates, have been engaged by ATEM to manage three ( and I think maybe four) consecutive annual TEM conferences. Over the years I have dealt with several Conference Management Companies and I'm pleased to say that Leishman Associates (www.leishman-associates.com.au) leave the others "for dead".
Leishman's staff, and in particular Janine Arnold and Renee Brown, are very reliable and professional and are a pleasure to work with. I can strongly recommend them.
Regards, Steve
Hi Paula
Thank you for your unwavering support throughout the conference over the last few days and many weeks before! It has been an incredible experience to be part of the cogs that helped make the conference possible. I take my hat off to you and your team... for creating a seamless event. The word seamless has been used by many people throughout the weekend. The collegiate girls were absolutely beautiful and the choice of song ‘Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree’ was wonderful!
Take care and hopefully some rest for you.
Warm wishes
Anna Jones
Reggio Emilia - Landscapes of Possibility Conference
Leishman Associates organisation of SCAR/COMNAP 2006.
The organisation of SCAR/COMNAP 2006 was a complex technical operation as it consisted of so many individual events over a 12 day period, including the 2nd SCAR Open Science Conference (OSC), the Symposium of the COMNAP Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations (SCALOP) and the SCALOP trades exhibition, research planning and business meetings of SCAR scientific bodies, the XVIIIth meeting of COMNAP Working Groups and Committees, the XXIXth meeting of SCAR National Delegates and six evening social events. A number of associated Antarctic meetings and workshops were also held before and after the official SCARXXIX/COMNAPXVIII meeting period, organisation of which was also the responsibility of the Local Organising Committee (LOC). The success of such a complex meeting structure was dependent upon close liaison between steering committees, who held the vast body of academic knowledge about Antarctic Science and logistics, and the Conference organisers, Leishman Associates, who held the expertise in conference management. The LOC identified a strong need to engage a professional company with a high level of ability in conference organisation in the early stages of planning. Through a highly competitive Australian Government open tender process, Leishman Associates were chosen as the successful tenderer, their application illustrating their proven ability to deliver successful outcomes within tight budgetary and time constraints and within a project management framework acceptable to the level of corporate governance required by the Australian Government.
From the time of engagement, Leishman Associates worked tirelessly to ascertain the breadth of the conference requirements, to organise every minute detail of all aspects of the conference and to deliver a polished, internationally acclaimed event that has resulted in Australia setting an exceptionally high benchmark for subsequent biennial conferences. At all times, the team at Leishman Associates acted in a professional and capable manner, often delivering outcomes well above the expectation of the LOC, and maintaining the focus and drive to deliver these outcomes on time, despite intermittent waning of interest from the LOC. As the project manager, and the Australian Government employee charged with the responsibility of delivery of such a complex meeting, I am acutely aware of the integral part that Leishman Associates played in its successful staging. Their gracious, calm and methodical approach afforded me a rational workspace in an environment that was otherwise chaotic and consumed with external pressures associated with the organisational aspects of this conference. Internationally, the conference was viewed as the most successful to date, with accolades from many of the key members of the organisations involved. It is certainly my opinion that this success would have been impossible without the skilful involvement of Leishman Associates and I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them for the organisation of any event.
Kate Kiefer
Project Manager
SCAR/COMNAP 2006
Australian Antarctic Division
Dear Denise, Ian & Kate,
Just a quick note to congratulate you on how well the SCAR/COMNAP web page is functioning. I found submitting my abstract to be a complete breeze and everything about the site reflects that there is a group of slick professionals behind the scenes.
I just wish you weren’t so successful as I believe I will now have a substantial number of other abstracts to read and grade!
700+ abstracts for a mid-winter Hobart conference - well done!
Dana Bergstrom, Australian Antarctic Division
Paula, Many thanks for the note and I look forward to seeing the photos in due course.
Can I just say that, from my point of view as President of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, I felt you and your entire team did our organisation proud, and made a huge contribution to making the conference the success that it undoubtedly was.
I would hope that all attendees last week had a memorable and enjoyable, as well as worthwhile time, and this was in no small way down to the excellent organisation and engaging approach displayed by your team.
You made us all feel welcome and relaxed, and that events were “in control” - no small feat when you’re dealing with a group of brewers and distillers, who have access to an open bar all week long!
Again many thanks for all your efforts on our behalf - in my book you set a standard which is truly “world-class”.
Best Regards,
Dr. F. Harry White, Director of Technical Compliance, Molson Coors
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