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Mark just got me in the world of Mikons, a great way to communicate, but most of all a tremendous networking ice-breaker. When you are networking reaching out to people at events it is always difficult to skim your targets. Most of us do that with appearances but possibly there is no worst… Read more
Setting the time for an event can be a bit of an hassle. Coordinating the needs of everyone involved is a tedious job and there are not many tools to help. Gathergrid helps in polling the best time in an elegant fashion. How does it work? Needless to say that once you have found… Read more
We love being organized and we love even more those tools that help us in being better Masters of Ceremony. Getting things done is not a title of a book for us, neither a desired state: it’s a given. David Seah released the Compact Calendar 2009. A nice template for you to print… Read more
Photo by: perhapstoopink I know sometime this blog gets too techie. Open source, online platforms etc. For those who don’t want to struggle with complex platforms and so forth here are 5 free templates to use with Microsoft Excel and Open Proj. WBS, Gantt and Budget. All in… 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 recently compiled a toolkit from all the interventions on the blog. It can be used as a cheat sheet for events. As I think that the best way to get EventManagerBlog content is via RSS feed, I decided to give away the pdf only to subscribers. If you don’t know what RSS is visit this… Read more
I recently engaged seriously in running a BarCamp called ecoCamp (the page is in Italian but I’ll be more than happy to answer questions about it). In the process, I noted that there is no page where you can find most of the resources available on how to run a BarCamp. Therefore, I started to… Read more
Following the success of “Organize your (Christmas) party with Google services” and the direct suggestion of our readers, here’s how you can throw your next (Xmas) party with Facebook. 1. Get a Facebook account here 2. Invite your friends to join It is likely that they (and you) already… Read more
Wedding day is indeed the most important day of your life. It is crucial that everything is at the right place and everyone knows what to do. The self made bride who does not want to use any wedding planning service should know that planning well is 90% of the job. The rest is luck. In… Read more
Google offering is capturing most of my time online. I find myself using most of their services for all of my Internet needs. Therefore I decided to put my passion for parties and the free flavor of the Google world together to help you manage your Christmas party. 1. Set up a free Google… Read more
