🌴88. Engagement at scale: BTS of 800,000 events feat. Juraj Holub (Weekend Rewind)

Today’s throwback is an absolute gem with Juraj Holub who was employee number eight at Slido. When I interviewed him, he was still on the exec team there—now he’s running his own business, Remote People, helping others become speaking heroes.Juraj's not just a meeting nerd (his title was Chief Meeting Designer after all—how good is that?!), he’s also an MC, facilitator, and marketing brain .In this episode, we chat about:How to get people contributing—whether you’re running a small team huddle or a 10,000-person town hallCreative ways leaders can use tech (like Slido) to make meetings fun, not a choreWhat it means to design a meeting, not just run itAnd some wild audience engagement stories—including a moment when one person’s name (shoutout Bob) dominated a word cloud and had the whole company in stitchesJuraj shares:His first facilitation gig (in Vietnam, no less!)How feedback culture works at a high-performing remote teamWhy leadership is about extracting ideas, not delivering a monologueIcebreaker questions that work🎧 Enjoy the chat and I’ll catch you again tomorrow.Sign up for free for my best articles every week: Work Fame.Show notes for every episode at https://podcast.leannehughes.comP.S. Ready to take things up a level? Here are some ways I can help:Watch My Speaker Reel: Let's energise your next event.Get My Book: Design your workshops fast using The 2-Hour Workshop Blueprint. Let's connect on all the channels:Leanne Hughes on LinkedInLeanne Hughes on InstagramVisit my website: leannehughes.comEmail me: [email protected] you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.