Cringe-Worthy Mistakes That Kill Your Live Event

Live events have their rewards: When an event goes well, you get
the satisfaction of being hands-on and seeing people make
progress in real time. Not to mention that attendees learn and
make connections with your work (yay!) and each
other! Everyone wins!


But when a live event goes badly, those mistakes can be hugely
detrimental to your business and your reputation.


If people leave your event feeling that you’ve failed to deliver
on the promise they paid for, your business will suffer. Or if
they find the logistics more challenging than the results, they
get grumpy.


It doesn’t matter if you held a lower-cost event for several
hundred people or a luxury retreat for a handful, those people
will never buy from you again. And...the worst news? They’ll
probably tell their friends.


Season three of the Coach Pony podcast is all about mistakes, and
today, we’re talking about mistakes with live coaching events,
but with a twist! Bobbie Palmer from Date Like a Grownup and I
are going to tell you about the mistakes we’ve seen other coaches
make at events we’ve attended together.


We really aren’t kidding when we say every coach, at every level,
in every niche, makes mistakes, even on things you might think
are pretty basic, like not keeping people waiting in a boiling
hot hallway until the ballroom doors open. Not that we’ve
experienced that.... ;)


Listen to the full episode to hear about:


How not meeting your attendees’ basic needs–like starting on
time and letting them know where the bathrooms are–immediately
costs you respect and credibility

Why you have to set a real agenda–including session times and
meal breaks–share it with the group and stick to it as best as
possible

How attending to basic principles of hospitality can earn you
more leeway with other mistakes

Four tips for successful live group coaching events, in
person or online



To learn more about Bobbi Palmer:


Date Like a Grownup

Facebook: @DateLikeAGrownup



To learn more about Christie Mims:


Build a Real Business

Coach Pony

Instagram @christiecoachpony



If you have some chocolate worth reviewing on the show, we are
easily bribed!


You can send it to us at: Christie Mims, 3630 High Street,
#19286, Oakland, CA 94619