No snoring!

Yesterday's Commercial Contracts workshop was a stimulating event, with a great set of delegates. We managed to maintain our unbroken "snooze free" record, even during the post-lunch session when the effects of the early start began to be felt. This might not sound like much, but those of you who have ever attended a legal briefing will know that legal terminology can have a seriously somnolent effect in the wrong hands!

I love Devant workshops. Because we limit the numbers, we are able to get to know each delegate during the course of the day and to learn about their business and commercial issues. The mixture of industry sectors often allows cross-fertilisation of ideas, enabling the spread of best-practice in commercial and contract management.

Our delegates yesterday were a particularly sharp bunch, with the highest performance yet in our Memory Game. This is a fun method we use to help delegates to remember the key contractual points to look for when reviewing or structuring a contract. As well as being entertaining, it helps delegates make the leap from being 'amateur contract reviewers' (who can read what is written down, and comment on it) to 'professional reviewers' (who can see what should be there, but isn't!).

So thanks to Darren, Janine, Kim, Sarah and Tony for your contributions and your enthusiasm. And thanks also to Simon, our photographer, who took some great images during the workshop. These will be appearing on our web site and publicity material in the near future - watch this space!