Event Managers or Experience Designers?
There is an important discussion going on (for those of us teaching events) which is about the balance between an ‘event management outlook‘ and an ‘event design view’. It is important to students because it affects your modules, … Read More
MPI announces internship prize for Vanessa Cotton Scholarship Award 2017
MPI UK&I are delighted to announce the 6th MPI Vanessa Cotton Scholarship, created in honour of UK event industry veteran Vanessa Cotton. The scholarship was created to recognise the industry’s brightest and most ambitious students, graduating from event management degrees … Read More
Focusing your work experience
Read most career advice aimed at university students and it will highlight a need for both an academic qualification plus relevant work experience. Typically the work experience will include a) a year-long industry placement b) short work experience opportunities that … Read More
Can you become a competent Event Manager through University teaching alone
Given that I’m a University lecturer, this might initially appear to be a controversial topic to be writing on a University blog, for University students to read – but please bear with me. As most of you know, here … Read More
3 mistakes made when marketing events
In our role as tutors here at Sheffield Hallam University, we support and assist students running their own events. What is often the cause of poor attendance at those events is down to how the event has been promoted and … Read More
Guidance and advice for new events management students
The first week of anything is scary but the first week of university is an introduction and everyone is in the same boat as you. So the first piece of advice is not to worry! The tutors make it stress-free … Read More
Event Creation.. Outcome Obsessed
My experience of working in the events industry is that it offers a vibrant, gratifying, and fast moving livelihood. Yet an underwhelming observation from my 20 years in events is that too many event creators, pigeonholed as organisers and … Read More
12 months on Placement at The Event Management Hub
Here at Sheffield Hallam University, we offer a number of Event Management undergraduate degree courses, all of which include the option of taking a placement year. Kate Dufton was on placement within Sheffield Business School itself, supporting the Event Management Hub. She’s … Read More
Holidays are coming!
Yep, it’s that time of year – the stuff that retailers’ dreams are made on. The busiest time of the year starts earlier and earlier, and nowadays we also have to contend with that very American concept of “Black Friday”. … Read More
Five Cost-Cutting Tips for Events
1. Find at least 3 quotes for everything We’ve all been given this advice right? But how many times do we actually follow it in practice? It’s often much easier to go with your usual supplier and quite often … Read More
Choosing the right CPD course for you
When was the last time you stepped off the roller-coaster of event management, moving from one event to the next and took time to reflect upon your practice, and invest time in your own professional development? Even by just attending … Read More
Technology can help you get people in the door and save time and money
Sometimes technology can seem complicated but juggling excel sheets, email replies and printed invitations and tickets really can be a thing of the past if you know how to use technology in the right way. Eventbrite was set up in … Read More
Free Tools for Event Planners
What are the major challenges you face using technology for your events? We recently ran one of our industry workshops around how event managers use technology in the planning and management of events. As part of that session we looked … Read More
Using student volunteers in your events
Running events on a limited budget is never an easy task but there is a resource that you may not be aware of that can assist on many levels. Sheffield Hallam University has over 500 Event Management students who are … Read More
American Football touches down in the UK
This Sunday, American Football returns to Wembley Stadium in London for a third and final time this season, amidst a flurry of hype and publicity, as the so-called “America’s team” Dallas Cowboys ride into town to face Florida’s underperforming Jacksonville … Read More
Bite Size CPD
We figure, from talking to many event people, that their own development (what we call CPD), often gets forgotten in the eventful world of events. Now we have free events and also paid courses you can access, but we also … Read More
WiFi at events – utility or luxury, free or fee?
As an academic and existing practitioner in events management, I am constantly reading and keeping up to speed with the many changes our industry goes through. My particular passion is corporate events and venue management and over the years worked … Read More
Event Safety for Toddlers!
During the summer of 2013, I managed a tour across 8 outdoor locations in the UK, which consisted of 18 live event days, total attendance at which surpassed 124,000 people. Locations ranged from Bangor in Northern Ireland to Maidstone in … Read More
British tourism at its peak
With research showing the tourism industry brings about £1.6bn into the Yorkshire economy a year, leading national tourism experts have gathered in the Peak District National Park to discuss the future of tourism in the region.At a conference organised by … Read More