The trade show unfortunate misunderstanding

confex

Last week the blog was fairly inactive as I went to London to attend the 2008 International Confex. For those out there who don’t know what I am talking about, Confex is one of the biggest trade shows for event planners, mangers and everyone involved into the industry. This is the trade show… Read more

My local bakery rocks

altamura bread

  Few months ago I remembered reading astonishing news while I studied for my MBA in Australia. A McDonald’s shop was closed after few months of fierce competition from the local bakery. It all happened in Italy and few miles away from where I live. The story got so popular that even the NY… Read more

Why my blog is useless…or is it?

yes community

When I started this blog I had clear goals in mind. I wanted to share whatever I learned when organizing events. I thought that it could have been a great resources blog for those seeking for tips, tools, templates and solutions.I had to surrender to communities. While I dove into the blogosphere I… Read more

These feet were made for walking

Walk it on

Picture this. An important conference/meeting. An endless bullet point presentation of obvious things you already know. Boring minutes waisted, but you have to stay there. Maybe your boss forced you to, or maybe you’re there because you are waiting for the big name, which has been wisely… Read more

Men are not monkeys

man

I love monkeys they’re great animals. Nonetheless they’re pretty different from men. Individuals are intelligent. They can create things, they have emotions and few other things I am quite sure you are aware of. There are few mistakes you can do when you are hosting an event, that this… Read more

Team building and unconferences. A featured interview with Paul Hebert

incentive

Paul Hebert currently heads up the business development group at Excellence In Motivation, a $100+ million marketing services agency that focuses on influencing the behavior of a company’s employees, channel partners, vendors and customers. Paul has held a variety of positions with incentive… Read more

Running a fashion show. A featured interview with Carl George

Carl George

Running a fashion show is definitely the aspiration of a multitude of soon-to-be planners out there. We decided to ask Carl George to share few tips with us to inspire our readers that want to get involved in the business.Carl George is an event producer, designer and consultant to retailers,… Read more

Open sourcing your event. A featured interview with Harrison Owen

It is a great honor for this blog to host Harrison Owen as a part of the featured interviews section. Harrison has worked on virtually every continent with organizations ranging from small villages to large corporations and NGOs. His major concern has been to assist organizations as they… Read more

How to be a succesful event manager

To some of my regulars, this post should have appeared long before. In fact I have been thinking about it for a while. The thing about events is that it may appear that everyone is capable of planning and executing an event. To a certain extent that is the truth. You may in fact notice that… Read more