Leonard Smith with Jochen Broecker and Hailiang Du gave two presentations: ‘Ensemble forecasts: An introduction to their statistics, value and application’, Talk slides, and ‘Forecasting with the NAG Board: results and winners’, Talk slides, at the ECMWF 3rd International Verification Methods Workshop, 29 January – 2 February 2007, Reading, UK, sponsored by WMO/WCRP/WWRP/COST.