KMIS reflections about the Livestock Exchange

What we did:

What we learnt:

What we should mention in the blog post:

Results from KMIS ADDIS after action review:

Lessons learnt

What was good:

• Good engagement – difficult to ;
• 30-min breaks are great;
• Get crowd managers to push and shove folks into the tents;
• Great mesheta and all social events were good;
• Hard seat interviews were good;
• Issue briefs were well organised;
• Everyone helped when they could;
• Tweeting and Yammering, blogging went well;

What will we do differently?

• Marketplace disorganised:
  • PC to do live demo: comms clinic;
  • Invest in good quality poster boards;
  • Wind screening solution: tents with walls;
  • Buy better stands;
  • Take responsibility for your own stand: collect all the stuff we displayed;
  • Tidy up the marketplace after it happened;
  • Prepare information about the stands;
• Plan printing out (purchasing toner early upfront) / speakers;
• Communication among ourselves – organise a weekly email (or wiki page) about what’s going on on various fronts;
• Update the wiki properly: update a) logistics b) process and c) content;
• Organise an AAR with all parties involved;
• Instruct presenters on the type of presentations they’re preparing;
• Prepare group of reporters / train them?
• Prepare generic guidelines for social reporting and for preparing presentations?
• Ask speakers to test out and time the presentations;
• Use the yellow/red card signs for time management;
• Communicate to logistical team the exact times for each session to make sure they have people on standby;
• Prepare printouts of all the statements in advance.
• Get all tables ready
• Long testimonies for Carlos without dinner -> Have it as part of the dinner?
• Gifts ceremony to plan;
• Good to have a pre-party the week before;
• We kept flexible;
• Timeline: next time explain how it works in public;
• Gather all markers every day or they get nicked;