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
TIM BROWN
CEO and Founder, Meeting Sites Resource
Irvine, California
One often-cited reason for resistance to acceptance of meetings and events as an academic discipline in its own right is the supposed lack of hard numbers supporting the proposition that events can deliver a measurable return on investment. Tim Brown’s visionary company offers evidence to the contrary.
“There have always been internal machinations and politics within colleges and universities, with certain groups coveting certain courses in curricula, especially those that are profitable. But there [...] Read more
AMANDA CECIL
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Tourism Management
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
What’s in a name? In this case, everything. Amanda Cecil’s department goes by the unusual name “Physical Education and Tourism Management,” a leftover categorization from the days when its emphasis on sports management came under the rubric of Physical Education.
“Since 2000,” she says, “the department has grown to 13 faculty supporting 350 undergraduate students. Now we are seeing business students taking events management as a minor, and events management students taking a [...] Read more
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