Pitch, Patch & Strong

Subscribe on Itunes    News Digest The News Digest is a roundup of the latest talking points in the events industry designed to keep you up to date and get you involved in the discussion. Leading the debate this episode, we have:  Charlotte Gentry formerly Wilson, Founder and CEO of Pure Events Edward Poland, Co-Founder of Hire Space Guests:  Richard Groves, Group Business Development Director at SMART Group Martin Fullard, Editor of Conference News   THE PARTY CONFERENCES There's nothing like live events to focus the drama   MONEY FOR IDEAS  Should agencies be paid to pitch?   NETWORKING NOT WORKING How do you make networking events worthwhile?     Let us know your thoughts and join the discussion on Twitter with the hashtag #EventLAB.     Venue Marketing Essentials for 2018   Matt Beech, Account Director at Patch Media joined George to discuss marketing essentials for venues looking to build awareness and make sure their brand stands out in 2018.  You can hear more from Matt at EventLAB 2018 where he’ll be running a drop-in session for venues looking to supercharge their marketing output.     Better Event Experiences   Now we love a great experience here on the EventLAB podcast so when we saw Deborah Armstrong’s article in Access All Areas giving a rallying call to event planners to make their experiential offerings better, we invited her in to chat with Ben from the EventLAB team to find out more. Deborah is the founder of Shangri-La at the Glastonbury Festival and the Managing Director at Strong & Co   Mentioned in the Episode   Tomorrowland Boomtown Evcom Global Exhibitions Day   Follow EventLAB  EventLAB 2018 will offer cutting-edge insight, skill enhancing opportunities and fresh inspiration for the event planning journey. To register for tickets to the event go to eventlab.online.    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram.    If you have a question or topic you'd like us to discuss, you're opening a new venue or you're an events professional interested in appearing on the show, you can get in touch with us via email: [email protected]