While the quest for My Event continues I thought I’d share with you a super useful template for managing events.The template is based on Openproj What is Openproj? As for its website “OpenProj is a free, open-source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over 150,000 times in the first weeks since it […]
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The registration process
This post applies to all those events which involve a registration process. By that I mean also those events with tickets as that could be conceived as registration. First of all registration is crucial. It helps in several aspects: it gives you an idea on how much people will participate to your event it gives […]
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 […]
Gantt chart video tutorial
I realize coming up with a Gantt chart could be a bit of an hassle if you are starting from zero. I previously posted on how to make a Gantt chart, nonetheless I found also few videos on Youtube on how to create one in the easy to use Excel (pretty similar for those using […]
The death of the conference oligarchy
Following the recent post on how conferences and events should be more unconferences and unevents, I realize few parts of the above need more information. So here are the links that Wikipedia makes on Unconference, Foo Camp, Open Space, Dynamic Facilitation, Appreciative Inquiry , Speed Geeking, – The Unconference Blog– The Open Space Technology– Introduction […]
Toward a definition of Open Source Events – BarCamp and the Unconference
Previously, I’ve been busy talking about the significance of bringing the open-source methodology to Events. In fact the concept of invite-only conferences, where two or three heads decide what is to be discussed, who discuss it and who is going to attend, belongs more to the 20th Century than to the 2.0 era. As said […]
University degrees and online courses in Event Management
As said before, I am working on starting my event planning business. As I am still in the get-all-the-info-you-can phase, I bumped into a lot of people suggesting that being an event planner means being continuously updated with trends and practices. Such need is in fact understandable as events require skills from fairly different areas. […]
Toward a definition of Open Source Event Managemenent
What is open-source anyway? Well, have a look here . Now that we’ve defined the movement let’s try to make it more relevant. The OS methodology has been applied over the years in different contexts, software being the most successful. But those more up to date would definitely know about the openCola, beer, etc. I’ve […]
The AV Nightmare Solved
AV could be a problem for every conference. Many times I’ve found myself with a broken projector before learning you always need a plan B. Springwise points out Meeting Tomorrow as a good solution, if not the way to go. The idea is pretty simple but with a huge gap in the market, renting AV.Hotels […]