TESTIMONIALS
Here is what some of Michelle's clients have to say...
"Michelle Fanus responded to an appeal call for volunteers from SRF by offering to organise a fund-raising event for the organisation. With a suggestion of a presentation of a musical evening which incorporated various musical forms, vocal and instrumental and featuring artistes of African Caribbean origins, Michelle produced an excellent event which earned glowing reviews from the audience.
Michelle has a charming and gracious manner of approach to individuals. Before making a request, she meticulously prepared and so was able to give details and answer questions clearly. She showed a high degree of professionalism and was thorough with every detail, which contributed to making the event the success that it was. It was a delightful experience working with Michelle.
I wholeheartedly recommend her as an efficient, thorough and trustworthy organiser of events."
– Elaine Arnold, Director, Separation and Reunion Forum (Supporting Relationships in Families)
“As the Conference was a recent acquisition there was a lot of pressure to deliver to business plan and to add value to an established but stale product. Michelle rose to this challenge and
the conference was delivered with a strong program, 18% increase
in paying delegates and 28% up on budget.
In this role Michelle was responsible for conference planning, programming, management and delivery and had to manage her time across a number of other conferences that she was also responsible for. Her firm and focused approach to managing an Editorial Board
of influential industry individuals with their own often conflicting agendas, delivered a balanced program reflecting the content that had been identified through research as being of relevance and interest to the target audience.
She demonstrated high levels of customer service in her liaison with speakers and worked productively with the team. She worked effectively with external suppliers (venue, audio-visual, catering, signage and registration) ensuring smooth onsite delivery event and provided a comprehensive post show evaluation that enabled plans for further improvement to be developed.
Michelle was a pleasure to work with and a valued member
of the team”.
– Paula Milburn, Event Director, ATC Global 2008 (CMP Ltd)
“Michelle was the principle organizer of a conference on Drug Discovery and Development held in June 2005
at Imperial College London, at which I was an invited speaker. Under Michelle's direction, the conference was highly organized, efficiently produced, and for me as a speaker, one of the most informative and pleasureable speaking engagements I have had. (In spite of the sweltering heat in London that week!)
In addition, Michelle was able to put together an excellent roster of participants and the networking opportunities were top notch. She was also very responsive to my logistical needs as a speaker. All in all, I can strongly recommend Michelle as a scientific conference organizer. I think as a client you would be pleased”.
– Frank E. Koehn, Director- Natural Products Discovery and Discovery Analytical Chemistry, Wyeth Research USA
“Miss Fanus was the producer, for Taylor & Francis, who organised the Natural Products in Drug Discovery & Development conference
at Imperial College, London, in June 2005.
Together with three other programme advisors, I worked with
Miss Fanus over several months to put the conference programme together, organising scientific content and making the speaker selections. I found her to be very professional, dedicated and conscientious in preparing for the meeting. Without doubt, her direct and interactive contributions played a major part in ensuring that a first class programme resulted, including active participation of high quality delegates from Japan, the USA and Europe.
As chairman of the overall conference, I had the pleasure of liaising with Miss Fanus during the two day event, ensuring that the meeting and round-table discussions ran smoothly and on schedule. Again, Miss Fanus met and even exceeded my expectations with her attention to detail and professionalism.
I have no hesitation recommending Miss Fanus as a first class conference manager”.
– Dr Anthony Buss, CEO, Merlion Pharmaceuticals Singapore
Michelle Fanus has run conferences for us with generosity, competence, energy and professionalism. She is a delight to work with, friendly and reassuring to delegates, venue staff and speakers, while also having the capacity to be direct, decisive and authoritative when required. I would totally trust her to run one of our events.
– Jane Ryan, Director, Confer - www.confer.uk.com
Confer is a UK social enterprise which runs international conferences, workshops and courses for psychotherapists, psychologists and mental health workers in the UK.
