The credit crunch of events

Photo by: Kyle May
The current crisis hitting the financial markets has impacted events. The trend of user generated events is going to shock our market even more.
I already talked about making your event web 2.0 compliant. This is just a part of what needs to be done. There are definitely other trends you need [...]

Linked in London

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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 of meeting new people
- the ability [...]

MeetUp and event management careers

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 [...]

The quest for an open source, free, complete event management software

The quest for a complete, free, accessible and open source software for events continues. Recently at BarCampLondon 4 I had an interesting chat with fellow campers on how to proceed. You can have a look below.

[BarcampLondon4] Julius Solaris - The Quest for a complete open source event management solution from Melinda Seckington on Vimeo.
As always [...]

Do you feel like a CD?

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 [...]