Recent Companies

BBC, Nesta, Royal Shakespeare Company, Unesco, BBH, Social Media Week, Nokia, Ogilvy, Pepisco, JWT, Skillset, Chinwag, NixonMcinnes, Viadeo, ICT, Brighton Festival, Pact

Reviews of our Business Consultancy and Workshops. 

We worked with Mel to help train our consultants to be better at identifying and understanding our clients problems and getting their agreement to work with us.The training itself was very good and received positive feedback from the team and it noticeably took our business forward" - Tom Nixon - Founder NixonMcInnes Click here for the full quote 

 I went along to the 'Beyond the Pitch' workshop, hosted by the wonderful Melissa Norman from Media Sauce which focused on how to create opportunities, make connections and close deals. A lot of it was common sense but great to hear it from someone else's mouth. By the way,  Media Sauce are well worth talking to if you're interested in business training, seminars and learning programs - Paul Canty, Preloaded

Social Media Week Quotes

 This year’s Social Media Week was a truly global phenomenon—showcasing borderless brands and communications, via the power of social media. We are proud to have been an integral partner—with PepsiCo employees contributing to discussions and idea exchanges on three continents.” Bonin Bough, Global Director of Social and Digital Media for PepsiCo

"Social Media Week is more than an event, its a movement. Such an innovative event that taps into the human networks of people across the world and encourages sharing and best practice will move us forward faster and more effectively than traditional event silos. Nokia is proud to be powering such an innovative movement through our #NokiaConnects solutions and helping people join the conversations and participate from every walk of life" Craig Hepburn, Global Director, Social Media, Nokia

Five days of direct, human-to-human information transfer was evidence in itself against the argument that online social networking is nothing more than a sterile, electronically mediated substitute for real-life contact. With its kaleidoscopic series of offerings, Social Media Week constituted a worldwide effort to understand and shape the future.” —Frank Rose, author of The Art of Immersion

 “2011 has seen Social Media truly formalise itself as an industry [and practice] to be taken seriously. There’s real money to be made and genuine ROI to be reaped. As such, Social Media Week for both me personally and of course, 1000heads, has been a natural progression of that thought; giving us more to learn, more to share and, ultimately, more credibility to the industry as a whole.” 1000 Heads- Marketing Director, James Whatley

“Social Media Week does not disappoint. It is a real-world manifestation of some of the best that new technology has to offer - ideas, strategies and insights shared by the people who are shaping the future. Not only did I leave with a deeper understanding of how the world is wired today, I left with something even more valuable: friends and allies. How many businesses or projects were launched there? There oughta be an app for that.” -Ellen McGirt. Senior Writer, Fast Company Magazine

In my 2nd year as an event partner with SMW London, it became screamingly obvious how much they care about, and want to support, every person they work with. At any point I felt I had an extended staff on at least 3 people from Chinwag to help me organise my event, and I, in turn, felt part of their team, and that's what made the whole experience extremely valuable and worthwhile.

Raj Kotecha-  Managing Director CreativeContentAgency.com

UNESCO Quote

In 2009, we hired Andrea and Mel to run the UNESCO National Commissions Regional Consultation PrepCom. This three day meeting brought together a small, high-level group of National Commission Presidents and Secretary Generals from nearly 20 countries.

Andrea and Mel developed the meeting’s format, introducing the café world style. They identified and developed two of the event’s most important elements – an engaging programme and working method that would encourage participants to think creatively; and an inclusive process where delegates would leave the meeting with a sense of ownership over the outcomes. They brought a fresh perspective and concrete solutions to the various constraints that come with hosting a UN meeting.

During the event itself they ensured each delegate felt comfortable, remained engaged and had fun. Their attention to detail was impressive, addressing everything from lighting to changes in room temperature. They kept the meeting dynamic, helping bring in the diverse views of delegates and address language barriers.

The delegate’s feedback from the meeting was incredibly positive and key elements of the programme and format were subsequently used in similar UNESCO meetings across the world.

Despite the daunting project they were retained for, Andrea and Mel remained creative, resourceful and highly attuned to the diverse needs of our delegates. They helped ensure that we not only met, but exceeded the very high expectations for this event.

Ian White
Senior Research and Communications Officer
UK National Commission for UNESCO

Onemedia Reviews

 We asked the participants from the Onemedia Unconference for one comment relating to the 2 days. Each comment was anonymous to encourage honest thoughts and feedback.

I have had my faith in conferences restored! It is the first conference where I truly was able to understand who was present and why. This meant the ability to maximize meaningful conversations. It has also meant that not only have gained practical benefits that will help commercially ( which was a driving interest).  But I have also learnt new things I might ask have opened myself up to in another environment .
A brilliant concept, well hosted in a fab location/venue Thank you
I have learnt about the bigger picture in both advertising and interactive. I have tested ideas for training programmes with the industry. I have been surprised by the answers I have got.
I have met lots of interesting people and learnt so much , thank you
Well done! And thank you for a wonderful workshop. There are words that you have said that will stay with me forever.- Business strategy workshop
Really well design course. Workbooks extremely useful for future reference. Mel has shown by example how to be a great trainer. Also imparted and reinforced a lot of theory and given in the ability to apply it practically. Giving the presentations and the peer review was particularly useful and confidence- Train the Media Trainer

This all depends on a high standard of experience of people who participants and you obviously had a good email list for invites!

 I had a really enjoyable , stimulating 2 whole days of thinking and sharing ideas with great people and have earned tons about other areas of the media mix, and most of all, lt is the first time  in a conference that i have not had a single dull moment which is quite incredible when you think about being ” in conference’ or unconference for all that time.

As someone who has just moved to London, it was a fantastic opportunity to meet peoples from the sector I get an idea of the issues facing them.

At least one of the discussions groups addressed key issues facing the arts council and introduced me to potential partners.

I have learnt a tremendous amount about the real issues creative people feel about the media industry and the way it should progress forward. I have met many interesting people when I’d love to meet again . I look forward to the next unconference.

As a result I came up with a really funny idea for a stand alone digital episodic interactive comedy show, within one session!!!

This workshop is excellent for re-focusing and for learning new sales techniques; especially how to better promote yourself in a creative environment.- Sales workshop