Case Studies

Conference planning is something that we at The Challenge Factor have been doing for many years. We think we are pretty good at it but we wanted a clients viewpoint. Here's what he …

Interactive response systems are extremely commonplace now in our everyday lives. You only have to think of the success of reality shows like the X Factor and Strictly to …

Any decent sized conference is going to need audio visual equipment but what do you need and how do use it? Is selection an art or a science? Firstly what are we talking about when we say conference audio visual?  

• Stage Design
• Sound (microphones, speakers, music player)
• Visual …
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Here at The Challenge Factor in Manchester we have a growing reputation in corporate video production. As the ability for everyone to make short videos through the use of devices such as smart phones increases you might think that the need for professional corporate video production companies would be on the decline. But …

"When we first discussed the idea of an IT conference for all 270 of our staff, we thought we could do this ourselves - after all, how hard could it be?  But after taking advice from our Marketing colleagues we bowed to the pressure and invited Geoff and The Challenge Factor to help us to produce the most innovative and …

They don’t. Like planning a wedding, no conference production company can make it possible to invite all the guests that you would like to physically attend a conference. But unlike a …

A major insurance company wanted to get its key messages across not just to the 200 delegates lucky enough to attend the conference but also to the entire workforce. Concentrating on the importance of customer service, each of the presenters was trained in the use of an autocue to ensure a high level of presentational …

Attracting and retaining the interest of 15 and 16 year olds was the requirement of a leading financial services training company at a series of national skills events around the UK. Faced with a multitude of companies competing for their attention the stand needed to have a real draw. We developed the idea of a quiz …

We work with lots of lovely clients internationally and here in the UK, and many of them say the same thing - "we need some zing! for this year's sales conference". And our response is, "we can do more than that - we can provide zing zing!" Here's how... It's not rocket science, it's just conference management expertise …

At a city council event held in the North of England we used Messenger, our wireless delegate interaction tool, to gather views and ideas for the future of the city. It was absolutely crucial to the success of the event that attendees felt relaxed and confident enough to provide honest and individual feedback, …

By tackling the issue of CO2 emissions through carbon offsetting we can offer an environmentally friendly corporate event planning solution that is consistent with your Corporate Social Responsibility policy. When a client asked us to act as conference event planners for their International Executive Management Meeting we …

Video production is a finely balanced mix of creativity and attention to detail. In this case the balance was even more finely tuned due to the demands of a national audience with incredibly diverse needs. Key messages of reassurance and familiarity were central to the production values, combating public perception and …

The singularly most difficult (and at the same time most important) objective at any exhibition is to attract the maximum number of visitors to the stand and to keep them there. Our tried and tested ‘Challenge Live!’ interactive quiz sufficiently impressed our pharmaceutical client over a two year period, prompting them …

For charity event entertainment our ingenuity in finding fun and failsafe ways to make guests part with their money is crucial! Raising oodles of charity cash is priority number one, and guaranteeing interactive event entertainment that creates an invigorating buzz is a very close second! The secret recipe includes an …