Eventznet was six on Thursday – and finally spurred me back to the blog. It has got to be one of the most difficult things to do… not the writing, not the ideas, but the consistency required for a live blog. New year’s resolution : Just do it!
What did we do in our sixth year? First we moved offices – out of NovaUCD where we were kindly incubated by Pat Frain and his team. We made the leap to our very own office in Dun Laoghaire, where we’ve been happily settled for almost a year now. One thing that surprised me about that was the number of people we deal with who don’t have a good contacts database, or way of filtering change of address/phone number throughout the organisation. Hmmm… smell the need for some training…
Next, we re-branded – and started this blog! We changed our corporate colours from blue to grey and red, and flipped our mark to be a little more forward facing. We exhibited at the Marketing Expo and had so much fun getting all the new collateral and brochures ready for that… I’d forgotten what a drama it is, but enjoyed working with Dan Mulcahy from Arrow Print Management.
Conor moved on from NEO Ireland, and Sigrid stepped in. We got the news that the Events Industry Skillnet received grant approval, and then had to accelerate the setting up of the Centre for Excellence in Events – and the Events Industry Skillnet. That took some doing – getting all the ducks in order to be able to start delivering training in early January. Which we did.
Since then, it’s been a bit of a blur. Along with all the extra curricular activities over the past 12 months we’ve been delivering online registration for conferences, exhibitions, seminars, networking events and festivals. Over 50,000 bookings in total and almost 1 Million Euros in payments have been processed through our systems . We’ve produced and delivered e-marketing campaigns for events, corporates and many others. We’ve worked on websites and new projects for some great clients, including a number in the UK.
It’s been hectic, but still fun and I’m looking forward to what this next 12 months brings… Interesting it’s bound to be…
