The first blog for event lovers
On Tuesday, I hosted the first Linked in London meetup. Great individuals, in a relaxed atmosphere talking about their business and networking. This juicy practice has been stripped away from us planners, possibly we deprived ourselves of it. Charging enormous amount of money for… Read more
Photo by: originalgoast Iphone is a great tool for event managers. It can actually perform productive work on the internet unlike most of other mobiles out there. I was using a Blackberry before but made the switch and I am being rewarded every day for that. Iphone apps contribute to… Read more
This post suggests how to manage positive tension in longer events. It is based on Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation. If you ever attended a marketing class, course, degree you probably heard of Everett Rogers and his book “Diffusion of Innovations”. He synthesized very well the level of… Read more
LinkedIn is the Facebook of business professional. It is a gret tool and there are many ways it can actually benefit your career. Here are few tips on how to use it in the proper way. I am writing this post because having more than 5000 contacts and managing a popular group, I got an idea on… Read more
I talked in the past about trying to find an open source, free and complete alternative to expensive EM software. Well Amiando it’s the closest solution to that. They have released a new version of the already great platform. I must admit it kicks asses, to use an allegoric phrase. Don’t… Read more
I could write a very long post about Twitter but Ally summed it up very well and talked about ways you can use Twitter in your event. I know for a fact you read blogs about events. Maybe you want to follow what people working in events share or think about events management. Twellow is a… Read more
Logo Designed by: Fabio Cannillo When I started to run my own events at the tender age of 16, I was victim of that passion that still drives me today. The characteristics that made me successful back then, are pretty much common to all those working with events: – a continuous hunger… Read more
Photo by: woohooitsallie If you have done your marketing correctly your delegates should be hungry. I am not talking about the buffet I am talking about your event. Are the people attending your events hungry and motivated? Are they impatient to know more about the event, to… Read more
Guy Kawasaki, popular blogger and entrepreneur, recently started Alltop a directory with the best blogs per subject. They just added the event planning section, featuring the blog you are reading. From the Q&A on their website: Q. How do the Alltop sites work? A. We import the stories of the… Read more
This post is for all those who ask me how to get involved with events. MeetUp is the answer. If you have a passion for events and a passion for something else, whatever that is you might want to start a MeetUp. First of all, let me clarify that I am a fan of MeetUp. I’ve talked in the… Read more
