Brett Petersel Joins Event Manager Blog

We are delighted to announce that Brett Petersel has joined the team.

Brett is an entrepreneur, educator, and technology enthusiast. Currently, he is the Events Director (East Coast) for Mashable, the Social Media Guide, and a partner with the New York-based organization NextWeb. You can follow him on Twitter at @brett.
His Link: http://www.iworkfora.com

Welcome on board and we can’t wait to read your contributions!

Introducing the New Editorial Team

As the readers grow we feel the urge to update more often and with more quality content. In order to guarantee more interesting posts and event insights we grouped the creme de la creme of event professionals out there.

The Team

Julius Solaris – Founder and event geek. @tojulius on twitter

Anne Thornley-Brown – Anne is is the Linkedin Event Planning & Management Group Manager. She is doing a terrific job in ensuring quality within the group and she made sure we reached the target of 10,000 Members. She is @executiveoasis on twitter. Her specialties are Facilitated Business Team Building Retreats, Executive Retreats, Sales Rallies, & Incentive Travel
Her link: http://www.executiveoasis.com/

Kena Siu – Kena is an outgoing nomad specialized in Event Planning. She loves traveling, meeting & helping people. She specializes in Photography, Music, Cyberactivism, Food. She is @KenaSiu on twitter
Her link: http://twitter.com/KenaSiu

Jeff Hurt – Jeff is Director of Education & Events for a U.S. trade association and has more than 20 years experience in meetings, events and nonprofits. He writes about the convergence of Web 2.0, social media, meetings, events and education.
His link: http://jeffhurtblog.com/

Greg Ruby – Certifed Meeting Professional (CMP) and Certified Exhibition Manager (CEM) at the Baltimore Convention Center. He is fanatic about trade shows, exhibitions, conventions & venues. He is all about creating memorable events for organizers and attendees. All opinions expressed are his own.
His link: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregruby

We are thrilled to have such a great team working on the blog and we are sure it will make the journey memorable.

If you feel you want to be part of the team please use the Contact section.

twitter Enters Presentations

Keynotetweet is a major step toward online/offline integration, with a touch of twitter coolness.

Photo by smannium via Flickr

The much discussed role of twitter during presentations, led us to believe that some piece of software was soon to be released.

And there we go, keynotetweet has appeared. It is an open source Applescript that syncs with Keynote and sends a tweet of the notes associated with a slide when that particular slide comes up on the screen.
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10 Useful and Free Mac Applications to Run Events

No secret we love Macs and Apple when it comes to getting things done. If you are a member of the Apple tribe, here are few applications that will help in running your event.

We had a blast with iPhone earlier this year. Now the time to show you how your Mac could become an extreme productivity tool and get your events done.

10. Mindnote

Successful events are carefully planned. Mind Mapping initiates the process of planning. It helps in skimming ideas and identifying KPIs. Mindnote is a great tool to draw nice looking and effective mind maps. It comes with a free version which covers all the essentials. Go for it!

9. iGTD

If you are an event planner and never heard of Getting Things Done, now the time to catch up. The famous book started a series of dedicated applications. Most of them are extremely pricey and not worth the money. iGTD is a great Project Management tool and it comes for free, so give it a go.
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Event Management Toolkit v.2

One of the most successful projects started from this blog was an Events Toolkit. Here is the new version.

We love to hang out at our Linkedin Event Planning & Management Group. Apart from great discussions and networking, we do create tangible knowledge.

The following is the effort of 15 event professionals willing to share with the World their passion for events.
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