
Why take your consultation virtual?
Darren Parker, Operational Director for Planning, discusses some of the main benefits of virtual consultation and asks the question – why would we go back?
13 July 2020 | 4 min read
Darren Parker
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In today’s digital world people are used to consuming information on-demand wherever and whenever they choose. A virtual exhibition makes participation easy for your stakeholders, driving better engagement for your project.
Allow your audience to access proposals, interact with visualisations, share their comments and dive into detail - all in their own time and in the comfort of their own home.
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Remove the pain of manual feedback collation and learn more about your audience with customised attendance, dwell time, engagement and feedback reports as well as analytics for the most visited information.
Personalised to you and your project, the virtual consultation room captures feedback instantly, providing collated responses at the push of a button. A data-driven understanding of your audience can help you to make informed decisions efficiently and with ease.
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London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) is proposing to develop a world-class, sustainable, next generation entertainment resort known as the ‘London Resort’, on the banks of the River Thames. RPS delivered the virtual consultation for this Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP), an important step towards the final submission of the masterplan.
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Darren Parker
Operational Director - Planning
Director - Galway Office and Digital
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