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08Aug

Keep your tension steady

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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 adoption of new products and categorized the adopters [...]

30Jul

10 ways to get yourself a new job (in events) with LinkedIn

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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 [...]

24Jun

MeetUp and event management careers

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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 [...]

30May

Do you feel like a CD?

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If you are a traditional event manager (or studying to become one) and think that recession is the major threat for your career, I think you are not on the right track.
There are several trends in event management that are making the role as we know it obsolete. I am convinced that we are trying [...]

19May

About being disruptive

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Boring endless presentations. This is what modern conferences are all about.
This trend needs to be stopped as soon as possible. As more people put their hands on Powerpoint/Keynote/Impress and so forth, more bullet pointLESS productions arise.
If you attend regular conferences and maybe you paid to participate I think that this is the ultimate masochistic practice [...]

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