Response and Recovery through Event Portfolio Management A Case Study from Des Moines, Iowa (Smita Singh and Eric D Olson)

Des Moines, Iowa, hosts a variety of diverse events and festivals, reaping quite an event portfolio. A balanced portfolio of events is shaped by long term strategy: “a full portfolio will consist of various types of events, for different target markets, held in different places, and at different times of the year, in pursuit of multiple goals” (Getz, 2013, p. 23). Diversified and multiple events can bring more profits to the event organizers and the stakeholders by identifying overall risk-reward characteristics and minimizing the risk of not attracting the target audiences (Ziakas, 2014). Portfolio management of events also involves multiple stakeholders with distinct needs, priorities, and expectations (Reid, 2011). Thus, stakeholder theory is also considered a strategic tool within the events sector (Niekerk & Getz, 2019) which emphasizes the engagements between the events or the event portfolio and its stakeholders, hence putting the event at the core of the evaluation. This chapter utilizes the festival and event sector in Des Moines, Iowa as a case study to highlight the challenges of recovery and response to the COVID-19 pandemic and examines how Des Moines’s portfolio management of festivals and events will position the city for a strong recovery in the festival and event sector. This chapter is organized as follows. First, we highlight key festivals and events in Des Moines. Next, we discuss how festivals and events in Des Moines have been responding to the impact of COVD-19. We then present four propositions, based on stakeholder interviews, how Des Moines can mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on its event portfolio.

Paradox, Persecution and the Double Game: Psychotherapy in Anorexia Nervosa

Objective: In anorexia nervosa, the interface between psychotherapy and effective physical management continues to arouse dissent. For this reason, theoretical underpinnings and their practical applications were explored. Method: A selective review of the literature was based on the authors' clinical experience in hospital treatment settings. Results: The psychosomatic paradigm, the threat to life, the reward characteristics and the developmental trajectory of anorexia nervosa necessitate a particular form of integrated psychotherapy. Conclusions: The approach is essentially that of self psychology but with an important departure which must be addressed in the therapeutic process. This is exem-plifed in the paradox of persecution by refeeding and the curious double game that evolves.