Samme Allen | Conference Chair | Emcee | Moderator | Meeting Designer
Warm, Uplifting, Decisive, Strong, Confident
Conferences – Product Launches – Virtual & Hybrid Meetings – Awards Ceremonies
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
MC/Conference Chair
From opening ceremonies, introducing and interviewing keynote speakers as well as maintaining audience engagement and keeping everything on schedule, I will work with your team to represent your brand and bring your objectives to life on stage.
Emcee/Moderator
Working with a variety of different audiences, I can moderate or Emcee large or small conferences, meetings and events. From board meetings to corporate workshops and conferences, I am a detailed and dynamic facilitator who connects content with the real world, in an engaging and uplifting way.
Meeting Designer
I have designed several workshops, seminars and conference programmes, my experience across a plethora of sectors means I can support your conference with enhancing content and delivery to meet your business event objectives. With a good understanding of technology and engagement tools that can support business event objectives, I can provide you with ideas to improve learning outcomes as well as any other business objectives you have.
Meet Samme Allen
Please watch the video to find out more about who I am, what I do and what I can do to support you!
“I believe that understanding the key outcomes and objectives, ensuring participants are engaged and ensuring content is delivered in the most effective way are the key success factors to all meetings and events.”
Supporting the success of your meeting with pre-meeting design as well as exceptional understanding of the key outcomes and objectives, I will ensure that your participants are engaged, and that content is delivered in the most effective way.
Meeting Architecture and Design
A wide-ranging understanding of not just how to get the very best out of client events, but also how to structure content to ensure the very best return on their investment.
Corporate Events
With natural high energy, positivity and a reputation for getting the best out of people, i am a natural choice for events including sales conferences, annual conventions and corporate away days.
Diversity
Working on a diverse range of events around the world with the ability to tackle sensitive topics, manage energetic debates and cross cultural issues all within pressurised and time sensitive environments.
Passionate
Passionate about gender equality, diversity and well-being as drivers of business success.
What people have said about me
Experience
Here are just some of the ways I have helped events and organisations
The Railway Forum 2020, Saudi Arabia
Emcee
Takeda – Product Launch 2019
Meeting Design and Moderator
European Society of
Anaesthesiology
Awards Ceremony Host Opening Ceremony MC EUROANAESTHESIA 2019
Meeting Professionals International – 2019 European Meetings & Events Conference
Emcee, Moderator and Host
Roche, Kaiseraugst – ACT IV Academy – CIT
Moderator and workshop leader for a 2 day conference
Meeting Professionals International – 2020 European Meetings & Events Conference
Emcee, Moderator and Host
PCMA – Professional Congress Management Association
Emcee for the Media Studio speakers
Venues & Events, supported by Square Meal
Emcee & Education Host
City of London Corporation
Moderator, one day international business conference
Hirespace EventLab 2019
Emcee & Education Host
IACC Europe Knowledge Festival
Emcee & Facilitator
PCMG (Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group) Annual Conference 2019
Designed & Moderated interactive session
From my blog
Read more about what makes me tick and my musings
What the Brit Awards can teach eventprofs about hybrid events
This year’s Brit Awards was another landmark event in the road to recovery. With an audience of 4,000 in attendance as part of the Government’s live events pilot scheme, it was the biggest indoor event of its kind in more than a year. And after 14 months of venues...
Hosting is the new moderating – Top Tips to transform your hybrid event
Hybrid is the buzz word surrounding events. Virtual audiences will remain as we navigate out of the pandemic and back to in person events but how will this work. Samme was recently invited to offer her insights and tops tips for the future of events on the Event Tech...
2020 Ditty
An Ode to the New Year.. 2020? Well, what a year! We started it off with such good cheer. “Aussie fires, they’ll fix that quick..” “In no time at all it’s back to our tricks.” Planning events that will spread much joy, From Singapore, London to Illinois,...
Virtual events are here to stay
If you only read the first 3 points on this blog, this will be something. ☺ Virtual meetings are here to stay Virtual meetings do NOT have to be boring Virtual meetings are a great way of driving engagement and revenues Are you still with me? Cautiously optimistic or...
5 Top Tips Post Lockdown
Hello eventprofs and friends, I want to wish you and your families good health during this really troubling time. This, of course, includes your mental health, something we’ve not taken so seriously until this new world. Look after you! We are seeing the green shoots...
Unprecedented Times – Some tips and tricks
Dear Eventprofs, friends and colleagues Firstly, I want to wish you and your families good health during this really troubling time. We are using the word unprecedented a lot right now, and we see that week by week our world is changing and not always for the better...
Life of an MC – Unprecedented times diary
Dear Blog Diary, Have you missed me? Instead of my usual monthly musings detailing all the great things that have been happening in my wonderful 1-year old career as a professional conference Emcee and Moderator, I have decided to start a narrative of this new world...
A new year in the life of an MC…January
New year and a new design for this special blog. I feel that it is important to share my experiences of this month’s one big event and journey to Saudi Arabia, a relatively unknown destination with a continuing changing landscape. Some may not have had the experiences...
A year in the life of an MC…December
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice” – T.S Eliot I hope this month has brought you peace and joy whatever your celebrations and festivities have been. And so, to rest.. November was so insanely hectic as...
A year in the life of an MC…November
How do you describe a month like November? Throughout my entire life or career, I haven’t experienced anything quite like this last month. I have worked with the most incredible event and production teams, I have travelled 40,000 miles around the world and (as...
LET’S TALK!
For a free 15 minute consultation to see how I can support your event please book an appointment today.
LET’S TALK!
For a free 15 minute consultation to see how I can support your event please book an appointment today.
+44 7786 867 869