At a recent conference, we hosted approximately 250 people from all over the world in an effort to build our International partnership. We worked with Real Communications Inc. to develop a meaningful theme and orchestrate an interactive, fun and memorable event. Real managed to pull off a first rate event that we were proud to host. Real also managed to work within tight timelines and delivered great service within a limited budget. I found Real to be resourceful, creative and button-down. We look forward to working with Real again in the future.
I wanted to personally thank you for the role you played in making Compass Group Canada’s MAC 2015 conference a huge success. I have heard such great feedback from all the participants. “The best MAC ever” (#BME!!) is the consensus comment. It not only met the lofty expectations set last year – it exceeded them.
My objectives for this conference were to share our strategy, engage our team emotionally and build shared memories. Your creativity and meticulous planning were instrumental in achieving these goals and then some! Thanks again for a fabulous job!
After successfully working with Real Communications on our 5-city launch across Canada (which included a one hour live simulcast and fireworks) we engaged Real to help us develop, manage and execute our 19 city cross-country road show program from April 26 – May 16, 2011. The intent of the road show was to effectively launch the new mutual fund products and services in a proactive and informative way to the Investment Advisor communities across Canada. The road show was developed in short order and with much attention to detail. Real managed all aspects of the event and ensured that we were on task, on time and under budget. The overall event satisfaction, as an average for all 19 cities, was a whopping 89% which was a quantitative indicator of the event’s success. We thoroughly enjoyed working with Real and look forward to working with them again in the future.
2020 represented a pivotal year for the Canadian ISP Summit. It was not only the 10th Anniversary of this highly regarded industry conference, but it was also a unique year in which we needed to make some difficult and time-sensitive decisions due to global challenges that were thrust upon our entire nation. We needed to re-invent our conference in an entirely virtual format – or either cancel or postpone the event itself. We collaborated with REAL Communications, (our event management agency of record), to explore options. With their support and counsel, we decided to move boldly towards an inaugural virtual event, designed to provide a highly effective forum for our stakeholders to come together to connect, to be inspired, and to learn. Our mandate was to offer as much interaction, entertainment and solid content to deliver on these objectives, and to ensure the 10th Anniversary Summit was successful.
Indeed, this decision, and the flawless development and execution of our first virtual Summit, yielded a tremendous success. According to feedback from our attendees and sponsors, we were told it was ‘the best virtual event ever’, a fantastic outcome in a year full of so many on-line gatherings. Now in 2021, we are again required to host our Summit in a virtual manner, and we’re both confident and excited to be working with REAL Communications. We’re looking forward to building on last year’s success and partnering to put on an even bigger and better event this year. Thanks to REAL for their ingenuity, flexibility and their attention to detail. They continue to be the best possible partner in this space!
At Maple Leaf Foods, we recognize that our people are our main asset; in 2008 we worked with Real on three different occasions to create employee events that successfully demonstrated our appreciation of our employees, promoted employee camaraderie and strengthened our teamwork. Real was not only able to meet our overall objectives, they approached each of the events with a creative flare that resulted in measured success and significant employee appreciation. Real demonstrated further that their event expertise and creativity consistently produces outstanding results. We will definitely be working with Real again.
In June of 2007, HTC approached Real Communications in order to plan our first ever Canadian Sales Rally for Rogers Communications in Montreal. The Event was a huge hit with our Rogers sales channels and provided a unique and entertaining form to launch the new HTC TyTN. Real managed all aspects of the event and sourced an excellent venue and host while creating an experience for the reps that has afforded us (HTC) the opportunity to build closer relationships with this audience. We were exceptionally satisfied with Real’s ability to deliver under tight timelines, manage (and meet) budgets and create events that go beyond normal expectations. Real designs events to specifically meet the overall corporate mandate. They are creative, easy to work with and pay close attention to every detail that makes each event a success. We would happily work with Real Communications in the future and strongly recommend them for their exceptional ‘event’ work and abilities.
I had the pleasure of working with Real Communications for the first time this year on The Bay’s Inaugural Guy’s Night Out Event in Toronto and Vancouver. Their detailed planning and flawless execution of the event managed to both entertain our customers and drive sales, through a sensational retail experience. We look forward to working together again.
We engaged Real Communications in 2007 and have worked with them for the past four years to coordinate, manage and execute our annual cross-country marketing road show. This annual multi-city event targets our valued clients and enables us to present our new marketing initiatives and to thank them for their ongoing patronage. Real has always been a true partner and the Real team has always delivered a well researched, turn-key event plan that continues to provide excellent results. The overall event feedback has always been excellent with overall event satisfaction at over 90 percent. Real has the ability to ‘get’ what we need and deliver what we want. We have thoroughly enjoyed our partnership with Real and we look forward to an ongoing and mutually beneficial relationship for many years to come. We highly recommend Real to other corporate customers who are searching for unique, efficient and creative event programs that drive results.
The event was executed with excellence, within budget and under extremely tight timelines. Our overall event satisfaction was 93% which is a formidable accomplishment and validates the qualitative success of the Speaker Series. At each of the locations I had attendees approach me to comment on the impressiveness of the event and the onsite staff. By all accounts, the event was an impressionable and excessively positive experience for those who attended.
Rogers has worked with Real Communications since 2006. Real was responsible for planning, developing and executing the Rogers Business Outlook events(s) that consisted of an 8 city tour (across Canada) within a tight two to three-week schedule. The RBO event was developed to create a forum to communicate with and update Rogers sales representatives on new and exciting marketing products and programs. As of February 2009, 5 successful cross-country tours (and over 50 individual events) were successfully completed with over satisfaction results from attendees that scored at approximately 85%. Real introduced a unique approach to our meetings by offering a quantifiable, interactive and entertaining ‘flavour’ to all events that helped encourage active listening while captivating the audience. Real managed all aspects of the event and continued to provide unique themes for each road show to keep the presentation ‘fresh’. They always managed to effectively work within tight timelines and meet our budget guidelines. We were very happy with Real’s level of service, ingenuity and professionalism and would highly recommend them as a detailed, dedicated and creative event agency that delivers results.
I have worked with Michelle and Real Communications over the past five years. Real planned and developed a series of cross country road shows that enabled our marketing team to ‘reveal’ our plan to our sales force in an interactive and memorable way (7 road shows in total and over 70 regional events). Real understands the corporate culture and they know how to throw a good event/party that yields quantifiable results; a winning combination! Real will customize each event to suit your business requirements; they are very personable and easy to work with. We look forward to engaging Real again to help us create events with impact and measurable results!
I had the pleasure of working with Michelle and Norma of Real Communications in 2011 and 2012 when I hired Real to manage the 2nd and 3rd Annual Rogers Data Alliance Member Summit, a National partner-facing event for Rogers Communications. In both cases, I was very pleased with the professional and detail-oriented services provided by Michelle & Norma. They were easy to work with, open to collaboration and ensured every last detail was looked after throughout the entire planning and execution process for these two events. Our guests rated both events very highly, with satisfaction scores better than when Rogers managed this particular type of event internally. I highly recommend Real Communications to any organization that wants to execute a flawless and classy event – whether internally or externally facing. Thanks Michelle & Norma for helping Rogers shine during our annual RDA events and for keeping our business relationship real!
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Michelle over the past few years. We used her firm for several national employee and channel events and all of them were well coordinated an very impactful. Michelle and her agency (Real) looked after all aspects – invitations, registration, audio visual, content distribution and logistics – and everything ran flawlessly. Real’s ability to offer innovative solutions to create exciting large scale, cross-country business events is unique and valuable. I would highly recommend Michelle and Real to other corporations who need full service, turn-key event and communication options that provide quantifiable results.
Very professional and all-around service. Highly recommend to anyone looking to book any type of event from small to large.
We have worked with Real Communications for over two years. They have helped us to coordinate and manage various sales incentive trips for key partners to New York, Las Vegas and most recently Montreal, to the Grand Prix. Real ensures that each event is unique, exciting for guests and absolutely turn-key from a client perspective. We appreciate the ‘over-service’ that Real provides and would highly recommend them to other corporate groups.
We recently engaged Real Communications Inc. to coordinate two hosting events for key clients. Real offered us fresh and creative ideas that were audience appropriate and that left our guests/partners feeling thoroughly entertained and appreciated. These events will allow us to continue to build important business relationships in the future. Real, thanks for offering your exemplary services and ingenuity. We look forward to the next one!
Real has proven to be a great partner, an excellent resource and is our chosen provider of event services. We have developed several sales focused programs with Real in 2008 that have generated positive results, quantitatively. Real is both a creative and flexible agency and they have proven time and time again that they are able to deliver quality programs on time, on budget and with ‘real’ flare.