A while ago I reported on the activities of place and place
research and their poor business practice (you can see my earlier posts here).
Yet, I continue to be contacted by people who have dealt with them who feel
compelled to share their (negative) experience with me. I recently received
another first-hands experience of someone who attended one of their events and
this is what the participant had to say about the experience (published with
permission).
“Came across your blog having just been browsing to locate
the tel no. of Ray Holden to remind him, yet again (after 6 written emails)
that he agreed to reimburse my organisation having overcharged it for my
attendance/presentation at a 'Climate Change Conference' held in London this
June. There are no numbers to be found.
The event I attended in London earlier this year was a joke
and if I had been either of those who travelled so far (one came from S Korea,
another from Toronto) I would have been outraged about the event.
Ray 'chaired' the event, wrote notes at the back of the room
as individuals presented, and then privileged his own questions in the short
period of time allocated to questions.
It was as if we had been gathered there for his own benefit and
training! It was poorly organised, no
meaningful discussion, effectively a one man show, limited refreshments, no
signage to get to the top of the building.
I left early and now can’t even get a response from him to get him to
reimburse the £100 odd that we are owed.
Yet, Still receive the marketing for the next 'conference'.
I’m also going to be looking out for whether my work appears
in any mutated way since the above gives me no confidence and there was less
than transparent management of the presentation on the desktop.”
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