Tag: Events
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JOE GOLDBLATT
Professor, Executive Director
International Centre for the Study of Planned Events
School of Business, Enterprise and Management, Queen Margaret University
Edinburgh, Scotland
A visionary, a pioneer and a long-term advocate on behalf of the events industry, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, FRSA, is blunt in his assessment of what he sees as a leadership imbalance in the meetings industry and how demographics will force changes.
“Today, meeting planners are over 70 percent female and are typically supervised by a male. They are typically not business majors. Now, something like 50 percent of colleges have females majoring in business; [...] Read more
ELIZABETH RICH
Managing Director, Agenda Pty Ltd.
Faculty Member, International College of Management Sydney
Member, Industry Advisory Board for the School of Tourism and Hospitality
Southern Cross University, Australia
Well known as one of the leading figures of the meetings industry in Australia, Elizabeth Rich has more than 30 years experience as an association manager, conference organizer, trainer and writer through her own company Agenda Pty Ltd.
“Terminology is a critical part of our industry,” Rich notes. “If we are to move forward academically in a global effort, we must define our efforts, and that means emphasizing not just events, but [...] Read more
PATTI SHOCK, CPCE
Professor, Harrah College of Hotel Administration
University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
No discussion about the place of meetings and events in education curriculum in the U.S. would be complete without giving Patti Shock a voice. Shock helped build a meetings and events concentration at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and also serves as a consultant for The International School of Hospitality, helping develop online certificate programs. In recent years, the severe economic climate forced a cutback in the Harrah College program. [...] Read more
