Stakeholder engagement and leadership

An essential element of an event manager’s job involves the development of sustainable working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders. Event stakeholders include all of the organisations and individuals who have an interest in the staging of an event and may have some impact on event outcomes. These stakeholders may be internal or external to the event business and while the importance and influence of stakeholders varies significantly, it is essential for event managers to have a sound knowledge of their interests, needs, and potential impact. So too is the capacity of event managers to effectively, engage, communicate, and negotiate with all key stakeholders.

A Study on Sustainable Event Management Practices in Sri Lanka; Event Managers’ Perspective

Sustainability practices have begun to take hold in all kinds of events, and there are very few forces or mechanisms driving the widespread adoption and expansion of sustainable event management to become a common practice throughout the community in Sri Lanka. Hence, the central focus of the study was to identify the current sustainable event management practices in Sri Lanka. Primary data collected through structured interviews from 15 event managers who have membership of the Sri Lanka Association of Professional Conference, Exhibition, and Event Organizers by using the purposive sampling technique. A qualitative data analytical method was employed, and the collected data were transcribed and analyzed by using content analysis. The findings of the study reveal that targeting high-end events, better planning, strengthening the local communities, cultural conservation, waste management, energy efficiency, and dissemination of information are the current sustainable event management practices in Sri Lanka. Further, the findings elucidate effective theoretical and managerial implications for event organizers, government, and residential communities where events are held. Moreover, maximize the awareness of sustainable education, develop a sustainable event model, adapt to the green-related technology, introduce green venues and promote sustainable events, government involvement of making policy framework and private-public partnership create long term and sustainable legacies for host communities and development of sustainable event management in Sri Lanka.

Product Mix Pricing Applied in the Events Sector: Study of Generation Z Perceive the Pricing of Music Festival in Jakarta

This research will explore about the product-mix pricing as one of pricing strategies on event industry, music festival specifically. The research will use generation Z in Jakarta as its main focus. This research was conducted in order to provide recommendations for event managers to apply the pricing strategies which would maximize their financial return, this will be achieved by completing the aim and objectives of this research. The aim of this research was to explore generation Z perception on product-mix pricing in music festivals which would be achieved by doing the secondary research and primary research before providing recommendations. The secondary research will be conducted by critically reviewing literatures on marketing, pricing, event industry, generation Z, and Jakarta. Before moving into the primary research which will be conducted using quantitative method. The findings will talk product-mix pricing on events, about generation Z in Jakarta behaviour, preferences, and perception on music festivals in general and event situation in Jakarta. This research may benefit event managers and researchers alike, as it provides recommendation on pricing a music festival and provide some recommendation on further researches.

Medical students as adverse drug event managers, learning about side effects while improving their reporting in clinical practice

Managing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a challenge, especially because most healthcare professionals are insufficiently trained for this task. Since context-based clinical pharmacovigilance training has proven effective, we assessed the feasibility and effect of a creating a team of Junior-Adverse Drug Event Managers (J-ADEMs). The J-ADEM team consisted of medical students (1st–6th year) tasked with managing and reporting ADRs in hospitalized patients. Feasibility was evaluated using questionnaires. Student competence in reporting ADRs was evaluated using a case-control design and questionnaires before and after J-ADEM program participation. From Augustus 2018 to Augustus 2019, 41 students participated in a J-ADEM team and screened 136 patients and submitted 65 ADRs reports to the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Center Lareb. Almost all patients (n = 61) found it important that “their” ADR was reported, and all (n = 62) patients felt they were taken seriously by the J-ADEM team. Although attending physicians agreed that the ADRs should have been reported, they did not do so themselves mainly because of a “lack of knowledge and attitudes” (50%) and “excuses made by healthcare professionals” (49%). J-ADEM team students were significantly more competent than control students in managing ADRs and correctly applying all steps for diagnosing ADRs (control group 38.5% vs. intervention group 83.3%, p < 0.001). The J-ADEM team is a feasible approach for detecting and managing ADRs in hospital. Patients were satisfied with the care provided, physicians were supported in their ADR reporting obligations, and students acquired relevant basic and clinical pharmacovigilance skills and knowledge, making it a win-win-win intervention.

Financial Planning and Budgeting of Events

The importance of financial management and resource allocation for events cannot be understated. Events are an important part of cities’, regions’ and countries’ cultural make-up and represent more than simply entertainment for interested consumers. Given this importance it is imperative that their ability to operate on a regular and ongoing basis is supported by a strong financial awareness of their management teams. How will we price the event to ensure that our objectives are met? How can we ensure that the management team and staff stay on-time and on-budget? How can we determine if we are generating enough revenue from our event to cover costs, and how important is our cash-on-hand for our immediate survival. This chapter aims to provide event managers with a clear understanding of these finance-related questions. The topics presented in this chapter build on, and extend the scope of the concepts discussed in the previous chapter. More emphasis will be on the numerical aspects as illustrated in the examples used throughout this chapter.

Traditional Event Project Management

After the general introduction to the concept of sustainability in the con- text of event management, this chapter aims to discuss the tools and techniques event managers can utilize to manage events. This starts with the traditional project management methodology as provided in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) then, in the next chapter, com- pares it with the more recent Agile methodology.

IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REGIONAL AND LOCAL MEDIA – CASE STUDY

COVID-19 pandemic, and its several waves with different intensity, and also stronger or weaker restrictions, has influenced the everyday life of people all around the world. Pandemic hitted media indeed. People needed the newest information about the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. Organisations, events and businesses were stopped or closed, so media content was directed to outbreak info. And if organisations, events and businesses were stopped, creators, event managers and business makers didn‘t even need advertising or other propagation of their activities. It wasn‘t happening on a global scale only, but also in the local. So the local and regional media, financially dependent on advertising, was hardly hitted by the outage of this type of income. This paper explores how COVID-19 pandemic impacted the functioning of smaller local and regional media. The paper looks at the content of regional media, impacted by the pandemic, at the amount of advertising and covers the other changes, which the coronavirus outbreak made

Revisiting Value Co-Creation and Co-Destruction in Events: An Overview

The examination of processes of value co-creation and co-destruction within events is now more pertinent than ever. Given the effects of constant sociocultural and environmental change and pandemic, and the huge challenges facing the sector, it is now more important than ever to understand what value is and how it can be created or destroyed. For instance, considering the engagement and involvement of audiences/ attendees it is important to explore the relationship between attendees’ motivations and frequency of attendance with their level of engagement. At the same time, there is a clear need of investigating additional factors that contribute to value co-creation in the context of events. Research should concentrate on understanding the different audiences, actors and stakeholders across different event contexts and settings within their respective value and distribution chains and within the wider event environment. The proliferation of events research is valuable therefore not just to expand this growing body of knowledge on a theoretical level; but events research has clear potential for use by event managers and producers in the events sector through the recovery process and beyond.

Social Media and Events

Globally, the number of the internet and social media users is increasing day by day. The event industry has been affected by that popularity of social media and so event management and event marketing activities have changed radically. In this research, the importance of the social media in the events, management of the event, and finding how to take advantage of the social media by the marketing of the event are explored. Using of the social media in events was examined in these three parts: before, during, and after the events. Today it is regarded as an important tool used by the event managers of social media platforms and so social media has become an indispensable part of the events.