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Event format · Large-group interactive session

An interactive session where every table has a part to play.

This is where a big room becomes a conversation. Tables work through a real business question, live polls show the range of views in the room and short activities turn ideas into decisions. Everyone gets involved from their seat, quieter voices get room to be heard, and nobody is put on the spot.

Colleagues sharing ideas around tables during a facilitated company event
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Length
60–120 minutes
Best used for
Shared learning for 30 to 1,000 people
Audience
Designed for rooms of 30 to 1,000 people.
Delivery
In person, live online or hybrid across the UK and Europe

picture it on the day —

How a large-group interactive session comes to life.

  1. Set the scene

    A question worth discussing

    A short framing that connects your theme to a situation people recognise, and a clear brief for every table.

  2. Work it through

    Tables, polls and challenges

    Table discussions, live polls or a shared challenge, with facilitation that keeps the pace up and the room on track.

  3. Bring it together

    What the room decided

    Tables share their best ideas, we draw out the themes and everyone leaves with a practical commitment.

where it works brilliantly —

Made for moments like these.

  • Company offsites and away days
  • Mixed-team tables who rarely meet
  • Strategy and culture days
  • Conferences that want more than presentations
  • Graduate and new-starter events

examples for your event —

What it could look like.

The curiosity challenge

Tables explore a fictional team brief, build questions that uncover what is really getting in the way, then compare approaches with the room.

The marginal-gains lab

Each table identifies a small improvement to a team handover or working habit, tests its assumptions and shares a practical commitment.

The speak-up scenario

Teams discuss a workplace dilemma, use a live poll to compare choices and explore what makes it easier to raise a concern.

Examples only. Content, activities, timings and any follow-up are agreed with you and depend on the package you choose.

shaped around you —

What we agree with you.

Every booking starts with a meet and greet, before you commit to anything. Together we shape the session around your people, your agenda and what you want them to leave with. Fees depend on format and location.

  • The outcome you want from the session
  • Room layout, table numbers and any tech for live polls
  • Activities suited to your audience, space and access needs
  • How tables share back with the room
  • In person, live online or hybrid

10 people or 1,000 —

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