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"Our Twitter feed @Involve_UK has been awash with pictures of chocolate teapots recently! Why? Because it turns out there is one valuable use for chocolate teapots (if not for tea)….engagement!

By sending our followers, colleagues and customers their own chocolate teapots, we have reminded them of one of our key messages – internal events and conferences can, in fact, be more useful than a chocolate teapot…you just have to know how to run them!"

Read the full article to find out more about InvolveUK's simple steps to putting on a conference or event, and how they can be far more useful than any chocolate teapot, and even help your employees live your brand internally and improve customer experience:

• Ask yourself – why am I holding this conference?
• Encourage contributions to the content of the conference
• Minimise one-way communication
• Make the most of the time
• Get involved
• Set a goal
• Have fun
• Join in
• Feedback
• Share on

"When did you last hold a successful all-employee event? Be honest… was it engaging, stimulating and provoked lots of sparkling conversations, or did it feel scripted, dated and staid?

A housing association here in the UK recently held an internal festival (pictured), to shake up its usual format and give employees a new experience."

Read the full article to find out more about the tips this organization used to put on a successful  employee event:

• Involve staff in choosing activities and marketing the event
• The start of an idea
• The sales pitch
• How we used the IC channels