Posted By Richard Walters Hello, I am looking for some help/advice. I Have been tasked to set up a quarterly [reference removed] at my place of work. Having no previous experience of this i was hoping someone out there could advise me of the best possible route to go. Thanks in advance. Richard

Posted By David Bannister Some years ago I set up a "H&S Round Table" to which (insurance broking) clients were invited. Initial nmeeting was very succesful as we had a particularly topical subject and authoritive speaker and we got off to a flying start. It was designed to be an information exchange showcasing our skills as a H&S consultancy. The main benefit expressed by the attendees was being able to speak and listen to H&S people from a wide variety of industries without any element of competition or commercial sensitivities. It was a success from a professional safety standpoint. We ran it as a free service to invited clients and took the opportunity to introduce our consultants to the attendees in a non-sales way. Sadly it was not a commercial success as the attendees we attracted had reasonable personal levels of competence and were not interested in buying our general service. Back to the sales force then! In retrospect we probably invited the wrong clients, but then those most likely to need our services would probably not have bothered to turn up! I would advise you to be very clear on the results you want to achieve, make it worthwhile for people to attend and keep it topical and relevant. Don't be afraid to change it if it doesn't do what you want. Good luck.