Donald Getz

Today I learned about "the father of event managemenet"; Donald Getz. (Click here for his info page at the University of Calgary.)
I would like to read one of his books; Event Management and Event Tourism, but it is quite expensive. $74.50 at Amazon.com! Too expensive for a poor student as me :). Maybe I could borrow it at school?

School...

Second day of school. Project Management. A bit interesteing, but mainly repetition for me. I attended a programme at IHM Business School this spring, Project Management. The programme was arranged by IHM and the company that I work at, and was extremely useful. It gave me konwledge of a lot of tools that come in handy when planning a project.

In the IHM programme we discussed and learned about how to create background, scope, goal. Time plans, mile stone plans, gate plans. Timing, budget, risk mitigation lists, stake holder lists etc. We also got to practice on a "live" project from our company, and of course I also got to practice on the project where I was project manager in my "normal "every day job.

So, this course will probably be mostly things I know, but it can never hurt to repeat stuff you once learned.

Tomorrow: Event and tourism. Stay tuned for the next exciting report ;)

Back to school!

Well, well, today is the first day of school! I hope this programme will be useful for me, and maybe in the end lead to a job within the event business :)

Carsonified and moving

Oh boy, would I like to work here! 4-day week but full time paid! The guys at Carsonified seem to be working mainly with computers and web apps (none of which are my strong sides), but anyway, one can always dream ;)
What I found interesting on their site is that they recently moved all their email to Gmail. I m very much in love with Gmail and I really like the idea of companies having Gmail as their standad email program.

Anyway, I have had some holiday time and I used it wisely. I packed all the stuff from my apartment because I'm moving up North! I have been accepted to a one year school program that deals with event management and event producing. I'm really looking forward to it and I will hopefully have more time to update the blog with relevant stuff!

Lovemarks book review

Grant McCracken has written a review of Kevin Roberts book "Lovemarks".

Even though the criticism is quite harsh, I'm thinking about buying the book. Simply because I want to create my own opinion.

Grant McCracken's blog: This blog sits at the...

Toyota Prius

Well, it turns out Seth Godin drives a Toyota Prius. (At least that is what he writs in this post: You're right)

In my opinion the Prius is almost the best car in the world right now (yes, we own one). Almost the best car because you can not change the GPS while the car is moving. Safe? Yes. Good? Maybe. Annoying? Definitely! If you drive with a passenger, that person can not do anything either, you're stuck with the address you added from the beginning, even if you would rather stop somwhere on the road. I think I have to write to Toyota about that.

What is also interesting is that Saatchi & Saatchi (where Kevin Roberts, the creator of Lovemarks, happens to work), was, together with another advertising agency, the creators of the advertising for the Prius. (Saatchi & Saatchi News, at the bottom of the page).
I like it.

Books

I bought two books the last time I was in the States:

Entrepreneur Press and Amy Jean Peters: Start your own Event Planning Business
and
Susan Freidman: Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies

I haven't had the time to read any of them yet, due to a very intense period at work, but soon... Reviews to follow!

Event management education and sun

What else could you want?!? ;) This is an Event Management Programme in Brisbane, Australia. (Actually "Diploma of Business with major in Event Management")

IBS Event Management (site in Swedish)

I wish I could apply for this school, but it's not really possible. I mean, apply; that I could do, but to actually go through with the education; not so much. Family issues and other things make it kind of impossible for me to move far away, even for a year. There are other schools though, and some of them in Sweden. Not as much sun as in Brisbane probably, but I have applied, so we'll see what happens with that. (To be continued...)

To be or not to be...

I am.
And I am interested in lot's of stuff.
I am also changing careers.
I am a project manager.
But I am much more interested in planning event projects rather than other projects.
I really am.