The first blog for event lovers
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
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
Photo by: el copilot Negative Feedback. Very tough to find, very hard to accept. Without negative feedback I think I would have been a complete uncompetent. If I have to think back at my education as well, I still remember those lecturers who had the ability to let you understand… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
This is a collective effort of the Linkedin community to figure out what makes an event outstanding. We have a 1000+ Event Planning & Management Group there which I invite you to join. If you’d like to answer to the next question and be featured on a post like this check out this… Read more
I’ve worked for more than 5 years with entertainment and being more specific with discos and clubs. I became what was and still is called a “PR”, a person that gives away “invites” to cool friends to populate the night. I earned a small percentage on every invite turned in with my name on it…. Read more
Ricardo Semler has sparked a revolution for the theory of business management. He has actually put in practice what tons of authors have just theorized. He walked the walk and showed the world that horizontal management is indeed more effective than any other approach. Events are about… Read more
The Cluetrain Manifesto is almost ten years old. I was actually surprised to see it was written in 1999 for two reasons: – It is amazing to see how it is still relevant to both Internet and businesses. The words of the manifesto sound like a Web 3.0 startup’s mission. They got it right. The… Read more
Writer’s block is something that exists and that I sometime experience. That happened to me yesterday and it is funny to note how I was saved by an email. The email I got yesterday was spam. The content of the spamming manager who sent the email was about registering for an event. He/she did not… Read more
