For years, the venue for conferences has been chosen based on its location in the centre of a city, its connection to a train station and its ease of reaching. However, many organisations have started to choose the opposite of these criteria for their conferences – choosing locations that are harder to reach, further away from any other city or location, and further away from phone signals.
The inconvenience, however, is the point of it all. The fact that the conference centre was located in the city centre meant that delegates could pop out to send emails or make a call in the lobby. The remote location, however, removes this opportunity altogether. There is no opportunity to pop out or nip back to desks – only to be present at the conference itself. For Conference Venues Llandudno, consider https://stgeorgeswales.co.uk/conference-venues-llandudno/
The distance between team members can also change the group dynamics. While a convenient location for a team may be desirable, travelling to a remote location will naturally create a sense of togetherness among the team members – a sense that cannot be created by being located in a convenient location. The shared discomfort of poor internet connectivity will bond the team members more than the shared experience of comfortable accommodations.
In exchange for more difficult logistics, there is attention that is not leaking back into normal life. Companies that have attempted to implement both types of conferences have found that the numbers favour the harder journey. A conference that can be attended from the corner of one’s eye is not a conference at all.
