Using Lanyards for safety at events
Using Lanyards for Safety at Events
One of our event organiser contacts in Sydney shared insight into some of the strategies they adopted to ensure delegates felt safe at their in-person events. They stressed how important it was to go above and beyond when communicating and executing Covid-safe measures and practices:
To ensure our community felt safe coming together at a 100+ person physical event, we went above and beyond to communicate the ways in which we were both meeting Government restrictions and regulations on distancing onsite, as well as the additional measure we were implementing to ensure delegates felt safe onsite.
One of the well-received initiatives we undertook was to implement a colour-coded lanyard system to indicate each delegate’s preferred level of social distancing:
- Green signalled that they were comfortable with elbow bumps and conversation
- Orange meant that they were happy to chat but wanted to refrain from any contact at all
- Red indicated that they would like to keep their distance completely.
This not only ensure every delegate felt comfortable in approaching another delegate and vice versa, and that their preferences would be respected, but it also proved to be a great talking point among the attendees.
As the events industry moves into a new phase it is essential we develop creative strategies to ensure all attendees (suppliers, exhibitors, delegates, employees etc) feel safe, secure and happy whilst onsite.