Cloud computing continues to grow in popularity in the IT industry and on 17th October, Evenesis was honored to be the official event software partner for the Cloud Malaysia Conference and Exhibition 2012 for the second year running. The two-day event was held at the Park Royal Hotel KL and gathered over 200 delegates including the cloud experts across the region. The organizer, Crimson Logic, used Evenesis at the registration counters to register and check in the delegates on both days. As expected, the use of Evenesis, a cloud based event management system resulted in quick response in guests tracking and no queues at all during registration.
The CIMB Classic is a golf tournament that's organized by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour. This tournament took place at The MINES Resort & Golf Club from 25th till 28th October 2012. Evenesis provided support to the CIMB team on the VVIP registration during the event. This was our first time implementing QR code for guest registration in Evenesis. Aside from the work involved, we're excited to to see Tiger Woods in action!
Event management is a service orientated field of work where you will be dealing with people from all walks of society in large congregations. It means dealing with human behaviour and idiosyncrasies which will require tactful and diplomatic skills. Apart from dealing with people characteristics it also means the overall performance of handling an event from start to finish such as the event planning stage, budget management, creativity and workflow management.
Though it is true that you can't just please everyone but this does not mean that there is nothing you can do to reduce or eliminate complaints at your events as you will be interacting with many people at these times. Eliminating a large percentage of these complaints mean that you will have to pay special attention into areas that will most likely receive complaints. A smart event management company will deduce from past events where complaints are most likely to happen and focus on these areas.
The geeks who have produced impressive ICT innovation and solutions in Malaysia were awarded prestigious awards and accolades during the recent Malaysia Asia Pacific ICT Awards or APICTA 2012. This year's APICTA was held at the Sime Darby Convention Center on 16th October 2012. This year, Evenesis took part as the Official Silver Sponsor of this event. We were ecstatic when Evenesis was mentioned positively in the speech delivered by the chairman of MDeC, Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali. We regarded that as a sign of approval for our achievement in last year's APICTA. Kudos to all winners of APICTA 2012!
How many of you watched the Presidential Debate last week? It is a series of open debate between political parties in the United States. 2 speakers, Governor Mitt Romney represent the Republican party and President Barrack Obama represent Democratic party and a moderator will take charge on bringing issues for debating. It is a "national happening" in the US where the debate are broadcast live across 8 TV channels there. I, like millions of others, watched it. But anyway as an event planner/organizer what are 4 things you could learn from this great event?
Events are not only limited to weddings, annual dinners or product launches. The trends in the market today are more focused on events that generate an income for the host or organizers in return for holding the events. This would make sense as huge amounts of money are spent on venue rentals, food and beverage, set ups and advertising campaigns. So what are the five most popular trends in events in the world market today?
The 31st Malaysia-Japan Economic Association (Majeca) – Japan-Malaysia (Jameca)'s Look East Policy (LEP) Conference 2012 was organized successfully on 10th October 2012. The organizer, MIDA used Evenesis in managing the guest invitations including RSVP. The Look East Policy's (LEP), officiated by the Prime Miniser, Dato Seri Najib Razak, was seen as a bridge to enhance bilateral relationship between Japan business community and our domestic business community. We certainly look forward to have MIDA as our long term client after this!
This was my 1st time participating in such an event. Truth to be told, I was expecting quite an uptight session similar to corporate meetings. I thought that they may be as distant as politicians behind TV screens.
Lo & behold, they turned out to be our everyday you and I.
And this is crucial in the establishment of a healthy ‘Entrepreneur Ecosystem’. For those who are involved in one, it becomes a defining factor to the success of their venture. What is offered is more than angel investors to help with the start-ups, it is the soft support which every start-up business would die to have. It comprises of mentors & networks which are vital to the survival of any businesses which want to survive past 4 years (A daunting fact: 56% of businesses fail within the 1st 4 years of business in Malaysia).
And having at least a dozen of speakers who were willing to share their experiences, this set foot to the foundation laying of such an ecosystem which I believe BFM is pioneering. Success is to be shared, not kept. Now let’s take a look at what struck me most:
With so many seminars and conferences out in the market today as well as cost cutting on budgets for travel, how will your conference event be able to attract attendees for a successful event? Conference events are mostly attended by people in business related industries, associations or even government and NGOs. A conference can be targeted at no less than 800 to 2000 attendees but the success in attendance depends primarily on the content in the agenda or program. Event management companies have it tough to keep content fresh and interesting for optimum attendance at their conferences.
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The Look East Policy – A success!
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