Work Breakdown Structure and Details

Events are about details. If you don’t pay attention to details I strongly suggest you pursue another career path, or alternatively read below.
If you are convinced that details are indeed a priority I strongly suggest you think about using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to manage your next event.
Project managers use WBS to break down [...]

Is Multitasking good for you?

Lately I have been having a great conversation with few of you on what were the top 5 qualities of the successful event manager. Although not in the Top 5, a lot of you named multitasking.
I agree. Even if you are involved with planning a dinner with friends, tasks will include collecting RSVPs, arranging food [...]

Top 5 qualities of the successful event manager

This post is a collective effort of the Linkedin event community trying to identify the attributes that make an event professional stand out.
A few comments. Read all the answers as you may be inspired by the very latest and I can tell by the quality that every single participant made an effort in writing. I [...]

Jack Mardack and Eventbrite

Eventbrite is an online ticketing and registration platform for events.
It is one of the most adopted and therefore definitely worth a review and interview with its Director of Marketing, Jack Mardack.
How does it work?

Few things that I love about the service:
- There is no standard price. They earn a percentage based on your ticket [...]

When going green is not enough

Last week I had the chance to read about De-growth. I am very convinced now that less is actually more. I think the concept behind the movement outperforms every green/sustainable theory so far. It is quite embarrassing there is no Wikipedia entry about it in English. I will commit to translate it from Italian.
There are [...]