Becki Cross is Managing Director of Events Northern Ltd, a UK event and conference management company established in 2004. Becki set up the business in her early twenties and is particularly passionate about conferences, innovation, entrepreneurship and the legacy of events.
Becki is also the Deputy Editor, Community Manager and Contributor to EventMB, her dream job alongside event planning!
Follow Becki via @beckitrain.
Many Event Planners start out working from home. This can be a great model for setting up an event planning business as it keeps overheads down in those critical early stages of trading and can maximise productivity. If you are considering whether it could work for you and how to make a success of it, here are some things to think about.
The events industry - an exciting, vibrant community that we adore working in (most of the time at least!). But there is also a dark side too. Here are 19 unsavoury elements of the world of events and what we can do to make it better.
Sometimes event planners can learn a lot from those that haven’t had a formal event education and training. Here are seven important things non-professional event planners can teach, or at least remind, event professionals.
Panel discussions are a popular part of many conferences but there are lots of things to consider to ensure a successful session. Break away from the norm and shake up your panel using these pro tips and by taking inspiration for interesting layouts and furniture options from pictures of real life events.
Working from home could be the best choice you ever made. Or you could hate every minute of the solitude and isolation. Anyone working from home will identify with these 18 daily struggles - whether real or imagined!
A recent study has revealed the power of nostalgia on human behaviour and most interestingly on spending and donating patterns. How and why should we try to incorporate this state of mind into our events and event marketing? Memories are a powerful thing. A song, a smell, a picture, is all it takes and you […]
In the event industry, what matters more than experience and qualifications? THINKING the right way. Here are 9 simple checks to see if you have an exceptional event planner mindset. Perfectionists that we are, event planners constantly strive to produce bigger and better events and to be the best event manager they can possibly be. […]
Effective branding is important to carve out a strong identity for your event and to showcase your key sponsors and partners. The possibilities are endless but many ideas can come with a hefty price tag. Here are 13 low cost ideas that won’t blow your event budget, but can still make a great impact.
