Event Industry News Podcast

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 5 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. . In this episode of Talking Events, Julius Solaris  (Event Manager Blog) and Kevin Jackson (George P Johnson and the International Special Events Society) discuss the term ‘engagement’. Is it just another buzz word picked up by the industry, or is it something that can be genuinely identified and improved upon. Using their new book ‘Engaging Events’ as a key discussion point, the guests look at what organisers are doing right, what they are doing wrong, and how engagement can and should be looked upon by organisers. Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Never miss another episode by subscribing to the Talking Events podcast on iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-events/id1026762265?mt=2  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 5 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. James talks to Director of Event Tech Lab James Morgan and Katie Williams Account Director at Guidebook about gamification at events. In this episode James and Katie discuss with us the best methods to gamify an event, how to use technology to engage and the possibility that gamification is really just a trend and soon could be a thing of the past. Does your company specialise in gamification for events and disagree with what the panelists said? If you have an opinion tweet @TalkingEvents  Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Missed last week’s episode about event marketing? Click here

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 4 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. James talks to Director of BrightBull Ricardo Molina and Co-Founder of the Event Technology Awards Adam Parry about marketing events. With so many strands of communication now available to event organisers, the guests highlight how the successful marketer gets it right. They also discuss the pressure put on marketing teams in large event companies and why the sheer volume of work is preventing them from delivering effective results. Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Never miss another episode by subscribing to the Talking Events podcast on iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-events/id1026762265?mt=2  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 3 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. James talks to Jonathan Smith; Head of Operational Development and H&S at Farnborough International Airshow and FIVE, Nic Howden; Partner at All Access Commons, and Jonathan Anderson; Head of Technical & Investor Relations at Green Biofuels Ltd.  Is this episode you’ll learn about Farnborough’s recent Sustainable Event Certification (ISO 201210), and the revolutionary Green D+ the new renewable diesel equal to red diesel in terms of cost and efficiency, which slashes emissions beyond the best biofuels.  Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Missed last week’s episode about event recruitment? Click here Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents This podcast is sponsored by: Power log http://www.powerlog.co.uk

Do potential employers really care about event management degrees or does experience count for much more? Are universities doing event management students a disservice by not including work placements in courses?  Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London - Episode 2 is hosted by long time EIN contributor James Dickson. James talks to Clare Inkson - a senior lecturer of tourism and event management at the University of Westminster and event recruitment specialist Liz Sinclair - Director at ESP Recruitment. Don’t miss next week’s podcast about Event Sustainability. Sign up to updates here Missed last week’s episode about event apps? Click here Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

In this episode we are joined by Mike Piddock from Glisser, Oojal Jhutti from iWaz,at and Jon Douglas form iBid events to discuss weather events really need event apps.  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents