Management Symposium gets congress off to a flyer

In April of this year, Lee Martin, Toojays MD, was invited for a second year to be a guest speaker at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association(BSAVA) Management Symposium, held at Birminghams International Conference Centre (ICC).

As the Veterinary Times, the industries leading publication, reported in its April edition:

"The sympsium, one of the profession's leading management seminars, featured a programme of inspirational speakers who took every opportunity to get everyone to their feet.

The seminar organised by Veterinary Times' sister publication The Veterinary Business journal, this year set out to arm practice managers, senior veterinarians, owners, assistant vets and head nurses with the knowledge they need to help their practices survive the challenges of business competition.

A mainstay of the pre-BSAVA satellite day for more than 10 years, the symposiom is constantly evolving and seeking fresh ways to empower delegates to improve their practices.

For this year's seminar, the title of which was Survival of the fittest, most speakers delivered interactive presentations that involved members of the audience working together in teams or on set tasks.

In one session, speaker Lee Martin got the audience to make paper aeroplanes. Those who threw the furthest had to make additional planes, but with subtle changes. The exercise demonstrated how practices introducing change had to constantly adapt to keep the momentum going.

Paul Imrie, editor of The Veterinary Business Journal, said "This year's symposium once again provided practice owners and managers with fresh ideas to take into their practices. The speakers did a great job of engaging with the audience and had some innvative ways of putting their messages forward. I'm sure ours was the only session at BSAVA where delegates where actively encouraged to throw paper areoplanes."

For further details of Lee Martin's inspirational speaker sessions please contact info@toojays.co.uk