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Conference & Incentive - Planning & Design

Cosmos Online will work closely with you to ensure that we understand your key objectives before designing an experience that will deliver on your ultimate aim.

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Our strong ideas and creative approach to audience engagement will positively influence your participants, ensuring your event has the desired impact. Once we fully understand your core corporate message the key aims and who the audience is, we will help with the planning, design and delivery within the right environment, be it Greece or overseas.

Services

Our conference professionals have years of experience in organising association and corporate conferences ranging in size from 10 to 1,000 participants.

The planning and design stage of an event is the key to ultimate success and our people will work closely with you, providing their knowledge and attention to detail on any or all aspects of corporate event management including:

  • understanding and fulfilling your aims and objectives
  • event brand design and application guide
  • event design & planning as a part of your team
  • embracing your culture and ethos
  • venue recommendation, booking and management
  • on site support and help desk
  • pre-event marketing and communications
  • delegate invitation, registration and ongoing communication
  • group travel arrangements
  • all ground arrangements including transport & accommodation
  • audio visual design, production and support
  • facilitation
  • full production (AV) & facilitation
  • speaker booking and management
  • theming & entertainment
  • budget management & reporting
  • post event evaluation & analysis

Communication

We could create a brand or theme with you for your event that reflects your corporate identity, values and event objectives. This might simply involve some clever content adjustments to align the event to your business, or it may requrie an event brand to be designed and communicated.

The brand would be used:

  • To create synergy with all marketing and event collatoral and materials
  • Strengthen the conference message
  • Provide cohesion between the audience and the message

Marketing

We will excite your audience by creating a context for your event with a carefully crafted campaign that utilises multiple channels, digital, print or live, aiming to secure optimum engagement. Pre event marketing could include:

  • Conference web site with "sticky" touch points
  • E-mail campaign
  • Limited mail shot
  • Pre conference competition
  • Pre conference activity (eg design the logo)

Reporting

One of the most important elements of our working in a successful partnership with the steering group and its preferred suppliers is the quality of the reporting and the level of communication.

Our reporting will be structured to suit your requirements and includes, but is not limited to:

  • post-meeting contact reports with action points
  • delegate bookings & payments
  • speaker details
  • exhibition details
  • conference programme updates
  • post even debrief report

Conference & Incentive - Production

Cosmos Online works closely with various conference production companies to deliver exceptional audio visual services for your corporate conference or live event.

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We have developed strong relationships with a number of highly capable professional AV companies, all of whom offer particular skills and equipment specialisation. Our job is to unite the right AV supplier with the particular character of your event and then managing this critical component carefully. We add value by taking your visions and translating them into a technical brief for the most suitable suppliers. We know what works and will help to create the right environment for your live event.

We also offer the added benefits of show calling as well as advanced PowerPoint and graphics production.

Audio Visual

To create a consistent look for conferences, we could use the same stage and backdrop for all events which ties into the overall look and feel of the conference branding. Alternatively, a unique look could be created for each conference.

To create an impact with your stage set, we would create a surround from which your screen is cut into the image (e.g. using a world map).

Your AV package would include:

  • Stage and backdrop with speaker stools and lectern
  • Rear projector and all equipment required for PowerPoint, DVD and CD material with seamless switching
  • PA system with mix of tie, hand held and lectern microphones
  • Basic lighting of stage with up lighters of backdrop and speaker spotlight

Voting System

Cosmos Online are able to bring in a customised voting system to enhance your presentation template and gather feedback and ideas from participants throughout the conference. The voting system can add value to your conference in a simple way and can be integrated by:

  • Gauging participants views at the beginning of the conference and then post conference to measure objectives
  • Vote on ideas which speakers may present to the audience

Delegate Management

Whether your audience is internal or external, it is vital for them to have a positive experience during the lead up to your event.

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With this in mind, COSMOS ONLINE has developed a smooth delegate management process, which simplifies and streamlines this admin-heavy element of a conference or live event.This makes life easier for you as the organiser and for your delegates - well-managed and informed delegates will arrive feeling prepared and receptive to your messages.Your guests would be managed carefully by applying specific tools and processes and ensuring that our assigned team is responsive and close to your people.

Registration

The registration process creates the first impressions to the delegates of the event as a whole. COSMOS ONLINE will support you to ensure this is a seamless process using a personalised online delegate management system which allows guests to register their details quickly and efficiently.

Project Management Team

As part of our TEAM, we will provide you with:

  • a dedicated email address
  • a dedicated telephone number used only for your conference

These two lines of communication will be answered by your project team who will happily answer questions on conference content, logistics etc. If required, we can also take bookings by these means, filling in the website form on the participant's behalf.

Contact

Regular contact will be critical and should include:

  • Weekly phone call / conference call to re arranged schedule.
  • Monthly face to face progress meeting
  • Meetings and phone calls pre-empted with agenda
  • Meetings & calls followed up with contact report

The frequency of these meetings / calls may increase as the time of the event draws nearer and should be diarised from the outset.

Onsite Event Management

Cosmos Online is first and foremost an event management company. Your event manager will work closely with you as a part of your team. They will manage all aspects of your event, from planning and setting up all arrangements to running the event onsite including:

  • organising all elements of the conference
  • venue & catering
  • onsite delegate management
  • AV & speaker support
  • venue dressing

Evaluation

Having worked closely with you to deliver the right event, it is important to evaluate the impact and outcomes of that event to help continuously improve the format for the future and ensure value for money. We can help you do so using two main methods, depending on which option is the most suitable. Both options can be completely tailored to your needs in terms of questions asked. Options include online evaluation through the delegate management system, onsite evaluation and a financial management post event report.

Please call a member of the Cosmos Online team on +30 210 9249200-5 or SEND an e-mail at SALES [at] COSMOS-GRS.COM for further information.

Live Events

COSMOS ONLINE is made up of an expert team of highly creative event specialists who will work with you to make any concept come to life!

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The team is extremely knowledgeable in a number of live event styles including:

  • Award dinners
  • Themed events
  • Roadshows
  • Product Launches

Our friendly and consultative approach will create a memorable and fun experience for everyone involved. Our attention to detail and onsite support will allow you sit to back and relax during the event and know that all aspects of the event are being looked after by your dedicated team

Speakers and facilitators

One element of conferences and live events that is often overlooked is the importance of having the right speakers with the right skills as well as the value of facilitation.

Having found the perfect venue, brought in the best audio visual support available and invited your audience, it is vital to ensure that the actual content of the event is relevant, well presented and, most importantly, that it achieves your aims.
Cosmos Online has worked with many professional presenters and speakers for both day time conferences and evening after dinner speeches. Over the years we have become well versed in how to design a seamless and professional programme for conference, after dinner or simple event entertainment. We will support you in:

  • Recommending, booking and liaising with speakers relevant to the event
  • Engaging a professional facilitator to link the day together
  • Providing speaker training for internal staff to boost confidence
  • Liaising with your chosen speakers to ease their attendance
  • Managing the speaker's requirements before and during the event

Speakers can also enhance a conference message or theme by communicating a message through personal experiences they've had to illustrate bravery, hope etc.

INCENTIVE Services in Greece

WELCOME with TRANSFERS

  • Welcome band exiting upon arrival
  • Welcome by team of girls and boys dressed in native costume
  • Welcome banner with the group's logo
  • Welcome season flower to ladies
  • Display of sign on coach with group's logo
  • Welcome kompoloi (worry beats) to men
  • Welcome dry fruit to all
  • Escort on coach conversant in group's language
  • Special luggage truck for speedy room delivery
  • Glass of Greek champagne or refreshments served on coach

WELCOME to your HOTEL

  • Welcome banner with the group's logo
  • Welcome cocktail
  • Hospitality desk
  • Welcome kit containing city plan and brochures of sites to be visited, general information, etc.
  • Welcome bottle of Greek wine or ouzo in each room
  • Special Stationery with client's name in room
  • Pillow gifts
  • Speed check in/out at Hotel
  • Special baggage tags
  • Marching band upon arrival
  • Daily newspaper
  • Light plane towing welcome banner
  • Conference hall

FULL DAY Incentives

  • City orientation tour with Acropolis
  • City, Acropolis and Museum
  • Traditional tour by wheel train of old Athens
  • Half day Sounion tour
  • Full day cruise to Aegina-Hydra-Poros, Saronic Gulf islands
  • Full day to Delphi
  • Full day to Corinth-Mycenae-Epidaurus theatre
  • Full day to Marathon & Vravrona
  • Full day to the Olympic Istallations
  • By night cruise with dinner
  • Wine tasting
  • Mine tour

EVENING Incentives

  • Cheese and wine reception
  • Welcome cocktail party, open bar with snacks
  • Beach or swimming pool BBQ party
  • Syrtaki trio performance
  • Trio of strolling violinists
  • Fashion show
  • Decorative ice carving - group's logo
  • Flower display
  • Flower float with group's logo (pool)
  • Foam carving with any sign/logo
  • Folklore dancing
  • Moonlight yacht cruise
  • Casino night
  • Bouzouki night
  • Dine around programme
  • Suggested theme parties
  • Fishermen's wharf

SPORTS Incentives

  • Speed boat
  • Water-skiing
  • Tennis arrangements
  • Bicycles
  • Treasure hunt
  • Water polo
  • Marathon
  • Horseback riding
  • Byzantine hikers
  • Theme walk Athens B.C.
  • Hike & Bike
  • Motor Mystery rally
  • Beach Multi-Activity day
  • Forest Multi-Activity day

Prototype Incentives

  • Reproduction of Museum pieces
  • Pottery (different articles)
  • Worry beads (Koboloi)
  • Navy cups (Zorba style)
  • Quality handicrafts
  • T-shirts with group's logo
  • Photo covers with logo
  • Sweet delights (Loukoumi)
  • Dry fruits
  • Honeycomb
  • Bottle of Greek wine
  • Miniature bottle of Ouzo
  • Coin case
  • CD
  • Books
  • Olive oil soap