tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89038832009590239702024-03-05T11:59:30.435+00:00Cristyby Cristy, a third year Events Management studentUniversity of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-31824875402866591922013-05-03T16:56:00.001+01:002013-05-03T16:56:04.289+01:00That’s all Folks!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To all my
lovely readers! I am sad to say that this will be my last blog for the
University of Greenwich. I have been lucky enough to have been offered a
fantastic opportunity with an events company local to Greenwich. It’s a
bittersweet feeling that my time is going to end with the Enquiry Unit, but
this will be the first big step to launch my career in the events industry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The company
specialises in international conferences in the fire safety and the engineering
field. This is an interesting area of conferences and the company is well
established in their field, so I’m excited to get to understand not only the
area of conferences but also this area of specialism. I will start full time at
the end of May so this will be a fantastic end to University before I graduate!
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really enjoyed my time within the Enquiry Unit and also studying for my degree
at the University of Greenwich. I will be sad to go but I’m looking forward to
starting my career in the industry which I have worked hard to be a part of
over the last three year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally, I
wanted to say thank you to everyone who has read my blog. I hope that you have
enjoyed reading it and it has been of some benefit helping your decision
whether or not to join University of Greenwich or start an Events Management
degree. I wish you all the best of luck and thank you once again! Goodbye and
all the best for the future </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-18154283412198324642013-04-18T15:56:00.000+01:002013-04-18T15:56:32.517+01:00Revision Timetable<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope everyone had a lovely
Easter! I headed off home for the majority of the Easter break which was
lovely. I was able to catch up with all my family and friends since I haven’t
been able to go home since Christmas. It was extremely relaxing especially after
handing in my dissertation and the remainder of my coursework. I also ate my
own weight in Easter eggs so it’s straight back to exercising for me, oops!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve also begun my revision
timetable for my exams; I have two this year for Sporting Events Management and
Contemporary Issues in Events Management. I have my longest exam this year of
three hours, which will be killer, but hopefully the preparation will pay off.
Everyone has their own revision technique, but I find it useful to firstly read
up on everything, going over my notes and lecture slides. I then begin to break
the information down onto revision cards and revise these. Then once I am
confident I begin to answer the past exam paper questions. It took me a while
to establish which method worked best for me, exams I always find to be
stressful and much prefer coursework. But, preparation is the key as you have
the knowledge to be able to answer the questions and not get too stressed in
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Information is slowly filtering
through about my graduation ceremony which is exciting. It still shocks me how
quickly time has flown since I started my degree. I have confirmed my tickets
and next need to sort out my graduation gown. All strange concepts but it’s
just round the corner in July! More importantly I also need to buy my outfit,
which I imagine is going to take me a while.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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job search and have been applying for various opportunities, so I have my
fingers crossed for responses from those. I am applying for many different
opportunities and have found the practise at writing my covering letters and
tailoring my CV one of the most difficult parts of the process. But, practise
makes perfect as they say!</span></span>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-17879763464881449932013-03-20T10:57:00.000+00:002013-04-08T10:57:23.070+01:00The end is near <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So its crunch time! My dissertation is complete, and only needs the final adjustments. Completely nerve racking but I am submitting early in that hope that if any problems do occur I am able to rectify these. It’s a strange feeling seeing the finished product after spending such a long time completing it, but I hope all the hard work has paid off! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am looking forward to Easter, it will be lovely, all my coursework will be finished and I can just concentrate on revision for my exams in May. I am planning on going home for some of the Easter break and seeing all my family and friends, and of course eat chocolate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Back to reality and I'm realising the short timeframe I have until the end of my degree and I'm beginning to look more seriously at job applications and graduate schemes. I have been following opportunities for the last year or so to get an idea of what jobs are out there and what they look for in a candidate so that I can prepare myself and also making some applications. I have also been visiting the Employability Team at the University who have been extremely helpful in giving me advice about how and where to apply, what type of jobs and revising my CV to graduate job standard. Writing Covering letters is also something which I have been struggling with, I am never sure if I’m writing too much or too little. But the employability team also provided me with lots of advice of this and as with most things, practise makes perfect! I would defiantly recommend using the services available from the GET team, many people forget they are there and don't take the opportunity to make full advantage of the services. The link below has the timetable of the drop-in sessions which the GET team offer to University of Greenwich students: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Other good websites to look for opportunities are Prospects (http://www.prospects.ac.uk/) and Milkround (http://www.milkround.com/).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope this helps! Good luck to everyone completing their dissertation, and happy job hunting!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-3121539985956292732013-03-14T09:39:00.004+00:002013-03-14T09:40:38.111+00:00In the Spotlight <br />
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report that the event went really well! Arriving at the venue early to set up
it was exciting to see the event come to life after all the planning and
preparation which took place. Sound
check went well and all the acts were ready to perform by the start of the
event. As we opened the doors there was a tense wait for people to arrive,
which felt like forever. But, eventually people started to arrive, even more
people than we expected and soon the venue was packed in time for the acts
performances. Our artists on the night included; Adam Lee, Tom Poole, Anna
Hogg, Uberkill and Island Cassettes, all fantastic performers which really made
the night. We also had a DJ and MC who both made a great addition to the night.
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friends and family were able to make it on the night which was lovely to have
their support, although the night was a little stressful, I was so happy that
it was a success and really proud of my team, all the hard work paid off!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In other
news, I am still continuing with my dissertation, slowly but surely getting
there. I have now made it through most of the findings section and moving on to
my discussion and conclusion sections. The deadline is looming so I’m feeling
the pressure slightly now, but trying not to let this get to me. So, I’ve been
thinking of ways to relax; here are some things </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> tried:</span></span><br />
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brilliant stress reliever, but if like me you can be on the lazy side it did
take some effort! Hence why I have taken up a couple of fitness classes over
the last few months which are much more fun and I’m much more motivated to
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Eating,
which completely took away all the good I received from exercising, but
chocolate did help those stressful evenings in the library!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12px; text-align: start;">Source: </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12px; text-align: start;">xanderi.wordpress.com</span></td></tr>
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no help at all. But, something which has plagued me for the last month!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12px; text-align: start;">Source: </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12px; text-align: start;">cartoonlogodesigns.com</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And the best remedy of all….smile and relax!! As they say think positive
thoughts and feel more positive. Thinking the best of the situation and not
spending all my time concentrating on how much I have to do, meant I was able
to put my energy into getting things done!</span></div>
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other coursework, be positive, YOU CAN DO IT!!!! All you need to do is prove it
to yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-83698143863154782212013-02-26T10:39:00.000+00:002013-02-27T10:40:20.185+00:00‘In the Spotlight’ <br />
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Not only is it under a month away until I need to hand my
dissertation in, but also the third year Events Management students are running
various different events over the next few weeks. My team, Say It Loud Events,
decided to organise a gig night showcasing up and coming music talent from the
indie genre. As I've mentioned there’s been various hiccups along the way and
changes which have needed making but now it’s only a few days to go! We are
underway with the final preparations building up to the night and I am
certainly feeling a mixture of excitement and nerves! <o:p></o:p></div>
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night so if your interested head over to, <a href="http://t.co/SE8RfgLtBP" target="_blank" title="http://Ticketsource.co.uk/inthespotlight"><span class="js-display-url"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ticketsource.co.uk/inthespotlight</span></span><span class="invisible"><span lang="EN" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></span></a><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">In other news I
am still working on my dissertation, after a brief stress out about how to
analyse my data, a meeting with my supervisor helped me sort it all out in my
head. I now have a clear structure of how I am going to write everything and
have just given myself a little break from it to write this blog for you all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">We had an open
day at the University on Saturday which was super busy! Its great to see lots
of people coming along, it certainly helped taking my mind off the freezing
temperatures. I was kitted out in about 5 layers and ready to take some of the
lovely groups we had for tours around the campus and accommodation. It was also
great to hear about all the students who have got some offers from University
of Greenwich, well done to everyone who has an offer and good luck to those who
are still waiting to hear, I have my finger, arms, legs and toes crossed for
you! </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-9161019132139280322013-02-13T11:29:00.004+00:002013-02-13T11:30:04.932+00:00Rudimental BRIT Master Class <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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the British Music Experience (the museum in the O2 Arena) has been holding
various BRIT master classes for students. I was lucky enough to get hold of a
free ticket for the master class with new band Rudimental. I have to admit I
didn’t know exactly who the band where, only really having heard their big hit
‘Feel the Love’. <br />
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The session was held in the British Music Experience and
lasted for an hour. The band answered questions from the host of the event and
then questions were opened to the floor for a Q&A with the audience. The
band gave an insight into their background, musical tastes and how they
eventually became a band and broke into the music industry. It was a real insight
into a band that have worked for many years to get to where they are, and still
had a lot more progression to have; it will be interesting to see this over the
next year. I would argue that this possibly didn’t have a lot to do with events
management but, as someone who is interested in working on music events in the
future and has a keen interest in music this was a great experience.<br />
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As part of my ticket into the master class I got entry into
the British Music Experience, again as someone with a keen interest in music
this was really interesting seeing the progression of British Music through the
years. If you haven’t been its well worth it, sometimes you can get free entry
with your ticket for an event at the O2 Arena, have a look at your email before
an event and you might be able to get in free, this happened with a ticket I
had before and I wish I had taken advantage of it then. </div>
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I am slowly making progression with my dissertation; I am in
the progress of revising my literature review and methodology from my tutor’s
feedback and analysing my data. Analysing my data is proving for me to be quite
difficult, statistics were never my strong point and its taking me double the
time I would like it to. But I’m getting there and trying not to stress about
the just under 6 weeks I have left to complete it, AHHH! </div>
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Good Luck to everyone who is receiving offers back on UCAS
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-7179776135009430572013-01-31T14:18:00.003+00:002013-01-31T14:19:49.188+00:00The Retail Trust London Ball 2013<span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On Monday I was lucky enough to be part of the Retail Trust London Ball 2013.
It was an opportunity which was sent through by one of my tutors, for a
voluntary position on the evening of the ball. The event took place at the
Grosvenor House Hotel, located on Park Lane, which is an amazing venue! The
suite which the event was located in was beautifully decorated and ideal for
the event taking place. My role on the day was assisting the team in the
fundraising efforts. During the reception we were selling various different
raffle tickets for various different prizes on the night. Once the Ball begun
we were all assigned a number of tables to look after, during the evening
various other games were going on as part of the fundraising, here we assisted the
guest and collected the donations received. Definitely a worthwhile experience
and I was glad that I had the opportunity to be a part of it.</span><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.givinglots.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;">www.givinglots.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 6.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">In other news, I have handed in another one of my assignment, that’s one
more to ticked off the list And now it’s time to really get down to writing my
dissertation. I am currently in the process of going through all of the
questionnaires which I collected and putting them into an excel sheet to then
analyse…a lengthy process but I’m getting there.</span><br />
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I took a little trip to the cinema this weekend and went to see Les Miserables,
spotting all the shots of the Greenwich campus looking lovely! I really loved
the film, I found it was very emotional and definitely need to go and see it at
the theatre. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">I've</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> heard mixed reviews from my friends about the film, but if
musicals </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">are not</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> your cup of tea you might want to give this one a miss! </span></span></span><br />
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Before I head off home for Christmas I got chance to head
over to Winter Wonderland to get me into the Christmas spirit. I went last year
and can defiantly tell the growth in the event this year, it’s got so much
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<o:p></o:p>But now I’m back to chilly London after a lovely Christmas
break. I spent Christmas at home with my family, it was lovely to finally get
some time to properly spend with all my family and friends back home, I felt
like I was on a holiday but got to sleep in my own bed. Of course I ate and
drank way more than I should have, but I’m going to keep telling myself it was
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I started my new year in a way you probably wouldn’t expect,
I was up bright and early to head over to a local charity event in the next
town to do my research for my dissertation. The event was a bra run in aid of
Breast Cancer Care; it was a really fun event for a great cause. Those that
took part were a range of ages and even some people brought their dog along to
run. The only condition was that
everyone who took part had to wear a bra on top of their clothes and there was
a competition for the best decorated bra, and yes even the dogs had a bra on!
As part of my dissertation I was giving out questionnaires to the participants
of the race to find out what their motivations were for taking part in the
local charity sporting event, as part of this research I have also interviewed
the event organiser to further back up my findings. I now have the task of
going through all the questionnaires which I collected to analyse the data. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After feeling so ashamed in the amount I consumed over the
festive period I have decided to get a little bit more exercise in my life so
joined a Zumba class. I have never done Zumba before but have done a lot of
dancing in the past so thought this would be fun way to do a bit more exercise.
I have to say it was great fun and would recommend it. I’m still getting to
grips with the moves, finding myself just jumping and waving my arms around at
the sections I didn’t know, but it definitely doesn’t feel like your
exercising. So until I can learn the moves I’ll be following the teacher’s
advice, ‘if you don’t get the moves at first, don’t just stop, just keep moving
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-16042421542420271772012-12-11T11:18:00.000+00:002012-12-11T11:18:32.401+00:00Now the assignments are in, time for Band of Horses! <br />
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After my stress over recent assignments, finally they are
submitted! Its always a bit stressful for everyone on the course when we have 4
different assignments in over the space of 2 weeks but we did it! Some of the
weight lifted before starting the next ones. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also one step further on our event, plans with the venue are
looking positive. Hopefully we will have the venue confirmed and booked by next
week…yay! Other Uni related goings on are my dissertation, due to the other
assignments I feel I have neglected it slightly over the last couple of weeks
but getting back on track with it from now, which involves me writing the first
draft of my questionnaire. I have found that my Psychology and Sociology
A-levels have come in so useful for my dissertation, as well as a couple of
other assignments on the course. I never thought they would, but they really
have giving me a good background knowledge on topics like motivation and
understanding of research methods. Thank you A-levels! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Its been a while but I managed to get to a gig this week. I
went to see Band of Horses at the Hammersmith Apollo. I have unintentionally
become a bit of a fan girl as I've seen them quite a few times now, but they
are defiantly worth it and if you get the opportunity I would recommend. The
support act was a British band called Gold Heart Assembly, quite a similar
sound to Band of Horses so I was equally impressed with them. The only let down
was it was on a Tuesday night, so energy levels were lagging by the evening. It
was the last night of their UK tour so the energy was up and the crowd singing
away. The band even threw in a special surprise for the start of the encore, if
your not familiar with the Hammersmith Apollo there is two levels, the top
level has seating with a balcony overlooking the ground floor and stage. Two of
the band appeared on the second tier and played acoustic versions of a couple
of their songs. It was an amazing atmosphere and interesting way to use the
venue, playing their music acoustically overlooking the majority of the
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-54875424938245951142012-11-07T09:14:00.000+00:002012-11-13T09:15:53.225+00:00Football match and progress with my dissertation <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After my worries the last couple of weeks about my dissertation I have finally made some progress and even sorted out conducting my primary research, which I am over the moon about. I will be conducting my research over the Christmas break when I return home. Although this mean I’ll have to get on with some serious work over Christmas it means that I can get my research done nice and early and have plenty of time to analyse and conclude my research and time to work on my dissertation before the submission day, fingers crossed all goes to plan and I receive some good results from my research. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, our event is also coming together nicely. Finally getting there with confirming our venue, and also date of the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve got a name and confirming several of the elements of the event; it’s all starting to become a little bit more real now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My other piece of coursework which is due this month turned out to be a bit of a disaster. After starting the essay over a month early I thought I was doing pretty well on it. But after having a one to one meeting with my tutor to discuss any problems or questions I discovered that I was a bit off the mark with my content. But luckily I hadn’t gone completely wrong and just needed to re-jig and be more specific with my content to get me back on track, so all was not lost. A big recommendation I would make to any one is really do ask your tutors if you’re not sure, if I hadn’t for example it would have really affected my grade. But by asking early I have now been able to re-jig the assignment and get back on track, with 3 weeks left till I need to submit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stressed could be one word to describe how I am feeling about my dissertation at the moment. After writing a plan in year 2 I thought I had nailed down my question and topic. But, after further research I am struggling to get any further with my research and also how I am going to obtain my primary research. So you could say it’s been a bit of a nightmare! But, I’ve had a meeting with my dissertation supervisor and we have made plans of where to go next so that I don’t have to completely change my topic (as I was interested in this) but instead just revise my question. I have contacted a few people about doing my primary research; hopefully they will come back positive, fingers crossed!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On a more positive note, planning is coming along nicely for our 3<sup>rd</sup> year event which I and my group are planning. We have decided our concept and have been visiting venues; we think we have found the perfect venue, now we need to look at its availability and negotiation of price. Once we found the venue we all got a little bit excited that it was actually going to happen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I mentioned in my previous blog I went to see Michael McIntyre earlier this month. As expected he was extremely funny, I was cracking up with laughter the whole night, a definite must see if you ever get the chance to see him, or I’m sure the DVD will be out in time for Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-40176218968919394942012-10-05T09:51:00.000+01:002012-10-08T09:55:05.012+01:00Start of the year 3…The beginning of my final year and already I am already
feeling overwhelmed with the amount I have to do. But I’m desperately trying to
get myself in order so that I can get a start on everything.<br />
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One of the main stresses I’m having is the dissertation! Is
my topic good enough, how I’m going to do my research, how to write it all and
what I need to do before March. But this is why it’s so important to have
meetings with your dissertation tutor, mine is great and she is helping me to refine
my ideas down and make it into realistic research. <br />
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This year we also have to plan and execute a live event.
Myself and my group are in the idea generating stages at the moment for the
event, so I’ll keep you posted on what direction we decide to go! But for now
are ideas are in a mass of brain storming diagrams.</div>
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As well as being back in lectures/tutorials I have also been
doing some work experience with a company who I have worked with a few times
before. They have been great in letting me assist in the final stages of
preparation for their festival, giving me even more insight into the exciting,
high pace environment of the events world! As well as some more vital skills
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Something I’m really excited about, and which will defiantly
take my mind off the dissertation is that I’m going to see <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Michael
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almost forgot that I even had them. I’ll try not to embarrass myself with embarrassing
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-59135872802554415932012-09-06T11:56:00.004+01:002012-09-06T11:58:48.764+01:00End of summer 2012, looking forward to my final year<div class="MsoNormal">Since the Olympics I've been busy working with the enquiry unit team during clearing, and now it’s only a fortnight before the new term begins. Where has the time gone?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">But now back to the start of term, something for everyone to remember, whether you’re a new or current student, is registering. You need to log onto your online portal and click on your online registration and follow the instructions. You will receive emails giving you instructions of what you need to do to register, as well as your username and password. If you haven’t received this or are unsure about if you can register contact the Enquiry unit on 020 8331 9000 and they’ll be able to help you out. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table>I have been online and completed mine and am awaiting the arrival of my new 2012-2013 student ID card with that special photo of myself I love so much…….or not love in my case. Alongside this I had to make the decisions on which course option I was going to choose this year, I've considered the options carefully and will make sure that when I start this option course it is the one for me, my tutors are very good and give us the chance to change, if the space is available, to choose another option. The option I have chosen is sporting events, this is an area which over the last year I have become more interested in and would like to expand my knowledge further.<br />
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Although it’s a scary thought thinking this is my final year, I’m really excited to get started again, it’ll also be great catching up with everyone I haven’t seen all summer. I have been preparing for my dissertation already, looking into my research topic further and how I am going to undertake my research. Also, I am looking into some further work experience opportunities and finally, to be extra prepared I am looking into getting my CV up to scratch so I can begin my job search when I finish university and enter the big bad world. Which is proving a bit of a challenge, but I will be sure to use the Guidance & Employability Teams (GET) services to help me do this. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>All the best of luck to everyone returning and starting university, remember to enjoy your time cause it will go quick, even if daunting at first you will have the time of your life! </b><b><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-72005017169629341852012-08-23T10:11:00.024+01:002012-08-31T10:18:11.564+01:00My Olympic experience<br />
The Olympics is over and after all the training and preparation it’s the weirdest feeling! But this now means I can finally spill the beans and let you know exactly what it was I was doing, but don’t worry I won’t go into every intricate detail. I was based at the Olympic park, in the Olympic hospitality centre. The main function of the centre was for the use of the marketing partner suites and the exclusive clubs within the Olympic hospitality centre. My role within the venue was part of the front of house team; responsibilities included excellent customer service at all times, front and back of house reception desks, welcome centre, ticket control and working within one of the clubs in the venue. I was working alongside an amazing team, who were all a pleasure to work with, really enhancing my experience, and I hope to stay in contact with many of them. The guests who visited the Olympic hospitality centre were equally as lovely to meet, many included members from marketing partner companies, some famous faces, Paralympic and Olympic athletes. WHO, WHO, WHO! I hear you ask, let’s just say I had a lovely conversation with the Mayor of London and got to see a few gold Olympic medals.<br />
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I was also lucky enough to get a chance to experience the games from the spectator perspective. I was able to see one of the opening ceremony rehearsals; the atmosphere was amazing and I was blown away by the performance of the volunteers involved, it was clear to see the amount of hard work, determination and time they had given up. The whole performance gave me Goosebumps and even a few tears at times.<br />
I also got to see some sport, I went to see the Handball bronze medal match between Spain and Korea. Initially being worried about my lack of knowledge of the rules of the game, I really enjoyed it! The game is a really fast moving game with goals being score and players being knocked down, quite violently at times I felt, as well as constant music and atmosphere from the crowd, with extra, extra time then being given at the end of the game in order to crown the winners Spain. I would definitely recommend giving handball a look if you ever get the chance, trust me you won’t be disappointed.<br />
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Finally, I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the closing ceremony. It was incredible and an amazing finish to my whole Olympic experience. Again, the atmosphere inside the stadium was electric, the performance of the volunteers was inspirational and an array of brilliant performers from the best of British music. But, how can I not mention, my childhood dream came true, I saw THE SPICE GIRLS!!! Much to the embarrassment of my colleague next to me I was singing and dancing like a crazy woman….it had to be done. With the ceremony finally concluding with the historic passing of the flag from the current host nation to the next, Rio and the biggest secret of the night, how they would be extinguishing the flame.<br />
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Although it was long hours, hard work and at times zombie like tiredness. I would not change any part of my time at the Olympic Games. I had the opportunity to do, see, learn amazing things and meet some amazing people. Soak up the atmosphere of the games all over London, and have an experience that will not only benefit my future but also one which will stay with me a lifetime.<br />
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Now the wrap parties are over and I have to hang up my purple polyester, I’m experiencing what’s being coined the ‘Post-Olympic blues’ but it is lovely to finally have a nice rest!<br />
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</div>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-90461146603245965002012-06-27T09:26:00.004+01:002012-06-27T09:33:50.930+01:00Butter Beer and the Hackney weekend<div style="text-align: left;">
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grades back from my exams, I’ve had some time to actually enjoy the summer
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week I went to the Warner Brothers Harry Potter studio tour in London. Two of
my friends from home came up to see me and we headed over to the studio in
Leavesden. Getting there was a little bit of a trek taking us a while to make
it but it was well worth the travel, and the slightly expensive ticket price.
As a big fan of the films I loved the tour, you get a real insight and behind
the scenes view of how the films are made, seeing the costumes, the set and
loads of the significant props made famous in the films. The tour took about 3
hours and is part guided but mainly self-guided so you are able to look at your
own pace and get taking photos, which I did, of literally everything! Also
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all you Harry Potter fans, I think it’s a bit of a ‘you love it or hate it’
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the Hackney big weekend, it was such a good day and I got to see loads of great
acts, like the Vaccines, Rita Ora and my personal favourites Kasabian. The
weather was a constant worry throughout the day with a big grey cloud looming
over us and showers happening on and off all day but luckily the weather held
out and only began to rain heavily at the end of the day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2012 festival, which is offering various events and performances across the UK
in celebration of the Olympic Games, so it was exciting that I got to be able
to enjoy part of the Games celebrations. I would definitely have a look at all the
celebrations taking place where you are, there could be something exciting
happening near you! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the best of luck to everyone still doing exams and waiting on results, hang in
there and keep positive! </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt;">J</span></b></div>
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</div>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-58703170839442123642012-06-14T09:46:00.000+01:002012-06-14T09:46:57.119+01:00I’m sure you’ve heard about the Olympics?<br />
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exams are over! I had two exams this year, both of which I went into not
feeling particularly confident. The first I came out of realising I had learnt
more than I had thought and felt that I gave good answers to the questions. The
second I didn't feel as positive about when I finished, but it’s finished now
so I will have to wait until the results come out. So I made the most of the
long jubilee weekend and had some relaxing time in the sun....or lack of sun
should I say!</span></div>
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Moving away from the exams,
although this means that my second year is finished, there is an exciting
opportunity which I will be taking over the summer. Of course you will have
heard about that little thing happening in London this summer, the London 2012
Olympic Games. I have kept quiet about this in my previous blogs but this has
been something which I’ve been training and working towards for the past
academic year. I am going to be working with a corporate hospitality company
throughout the whole period of the Olympic Games. As we are completing our
training our roles have yet to be finalised (I’ll keep you posted on that
one!). The company have made a strong link with the University of Greenwich and
many of our students will be working with the company during the games in a
variety of different roles. But, I was extremely lucky as the company have been
working closely with the second year Events management students, providing us
with training throughout the year on a weekly basis, being interviewed, and
then if successful we then move into the local staff training with all the
other local staff who will also be working with the company during the games.</div>
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This will be such an amazing
opportunity and I feel extremely lucky that I am going to be involved in, what
arguably, is the largest event that takes place in the world. Being able to work so closely with a company
who has years of experience and learning so many new things along the way. This
has been an aspiration of mine since I decided which university I wanted to go
to. Knowing that the Olympic Games would fall at the end of my second year at
university, going to a university in London was a big factor in my decision. So
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The training has been intensive
and we have been asked to complete various online, in class activities, venue
tours and exams in order to prepare us for the Games. As well as all the
learning I need to do about London, not being from London this has been a
slight challenge but one which I was happy to do in order to have this amazing
experience. If you were lucky enough to get a ticket to one of the events, maybe
I’ll see you there! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-43081434154152144722012-05-16T15:10:00.001+01:002012-05-16T15:12:08.037+01:00….Ogres are like onions! And The Woman in Black<br />
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the musical this week, but also Woman in Black. After watching the film and there
being a theatre show I’d heard really good reviews about it, so me and a friend
managed to get hold of some c</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8903883200959023970" name="_GoBack" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">heap tickets for a matinee
show for Woman in Black. It was a really good show and really intense the whole
way through, even some bits that make you jump, or scream like the school group
next to us! I was amazed that the show only features three actors, yet still
created the feeling which is needed for a ghost story! Here’s the story outline
for anyone who hasn’t a clue what I’m talking about;</span></span><br />
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reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior
solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house’s
sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the
shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman dressed all
in black at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take
hold. This feeling is deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of
the woman in black – and her terrible purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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experiences to an actor in a desperate attempt to exorcise the ghosts of the
past. The play unfolds around the conversations of these two characters as they
act out the solicitor’s experiences on Eel Marsh all those years ago.’</span></b><br />
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week I then went along to see Shrek the musical. It was my Dad’s birthday so my
family came up to London to look around, grab dinner and see a show. It was a
really good show, full of energy and if you love the film, the theatre production
will not disappoint. Plus, I was lucky enough to see the show on the
productions 1<sup>st</sup> birthday performing in the West End, so there were
lots of activities, mainly for children, but this didn’t stop me wanting a pair
of donkey or Shrek ears too! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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though, as I’m sure you’re all aware it’s EXAM SEASON! So I have spent the
majority of my time in the library or some hidden area of the University
revising. I literally have post-it notes, lecture slides and revision cards
coming out my ears! But hopefully it all pays off in the end when the exams are
over, which I must admit I’m extremely looking forward too. Some advice for
anyone feeling as lost as I am with their revision, it’s important to find the
revision method which is best for you and give yourself time. Although we all
know those people who can read a book the day before the exam and pass with
flying colours, this is not the case for everyone and if you’re like me its
definitely not, I prefer to take my time and use revision cards and post-it
notes….everywhere! </span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</div>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-75280363354277717182012-04-12T09:44:00.002+01:002012-04-12T09:45:52.568+01:00Bright and early start but well worth it....<div class="MsoNormal">This weekend I volunteered at the Gold Challenge event and had an amazing time! I was given the role of sports presentation runner. In this role I was a runner for the team in the sound and technical box, as well as for the commentator Rob Walker, whose voice you may recognise as he regularly commentates on many sporting events including athletic competitions and the on-course commentator for the London Marathon. <br />
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Up bright and early (with my alarm set for 5:30am) I made my way to the Olympic stadium, I was lucky enough to be able to see the whole event and a lot of the behind the scenes work going on. This allowed me to gain further knowledge of the industry and a real insight into how problems can be caused and solved in the face pace environment which is events.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This weekend, on Sunday 1<sup>st</sup> April 2012, I am extremely excited about volunteering at the Gold Challenge. The event gives people the opportunity to complete a variety of different challenges; these involve the 2012km challenge, Olympic sport challenge and a gold challenge in a gym. Participants raise money for various charities whilst completing their challenges. The event will include various performers; have some participants completing their challenges on the Olympic track and a parade around the Olympic stadium finishing on the track for all the participants who have been raising money through different challenges prior to the event, giving them the chance to have a unique experience inside the stadium. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Prior to the event I have been given some training about what role I would be doing, about the event and also getting a tour of the Olympic stadium and areas of the Olympic park which will be used for the event. Although there is still work going on down at the site it was an amazing experience being able to walk round the Olympic stadium and actually getting to walk on the track and yes, whilst I was walking on the 100 metre track I did pretend I was Usain Bolt. Unfortunately I am not able to show any pictures from inside the Olympic stadium due to the works still taking place inside the park and the privacy surrounding the park but I feel extremely lucky that I have been able to see these areas, and even walk on the ground which the athletes will use in the Olympic Games. I will keep you updated how the event goes <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
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</span></div>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903883200959023970.post-46366889498500797642012-03-13T13:08:00.001+00:002012-03-13T13:08:17.325+00:00The Big Presentation!<div class="MsoNormal">It was time…..the big presentation! After working and preparing on the group project since September, the pitch was finally here. The project was based on the brand LUSH, as a team we had to create, plan and pitch our ideas for the brands stand at the Mind, Body and Spirit Exhibition. The project was lengthy and took a lot of work from the team, encountering a few problems along the way. But, we pulled through and working right up until the final day running through our pitch constantly. After practising for most of the day, and having lectures in between, it was our groups turn to pitch. Nervously we made our way to Hamilton House, following the signs to the LUSH presentations. We then set the room up with our presentation slides, a mood board, model and various other elements we had created to highlight our idea to the client. Then it was time to call the client in to pitch our idea.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The presentation went really well, all members coherently put across our ideas and thanks to the hours spent practising no one went wrong. Also, as we were very familiar with our idea we were able to answer all of the questions asked, something we were all worried about.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was so relieved once the presentation was done, and although there was months of work spent on the pitch it was a really interesting project which I will take a lot away from. Now just to wait for the results, hopefully all the hard work paid off in the end…..fingers crossed!!!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">After a few well deserved drinks with my fellow event management students to celebrate the pitches being complete, the next day I was back in the library getting on with all the other assignments. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I also have been to another gig, in complete contrast to my usual choice of genre; I went to see The Wanted at the O2. I took my younger sister, who also happens to be a massive fan of the band, along as well as a shopping trip to Westfield’s. She travelled up to London to stay with me for the weekend from my hometown and I had a great time as it’s always nice to see the family; who I haven’t seen since the Christmas break. The gig was proper pop gig with everything you would expect from the band. The only thing I would say is that I think I still might be slightly deaf from the screams of the hundreds of The Wanted fans in the arena that night! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">But it hasn’t been all work and no play; I have been attempting to have a social life. I recently visited the Event Production Show 2012, this is a trade show aimed at the events industry at the <st1:city w:st="on">Olympia</st1:city> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place>. Whilst there I made sure to check out the exhibitor stands, watched some of the singers who performed and attended one of the seminars which the event had to offer. The seminar was about the trends and spends of the Olympic games and what affects its set to have on not only <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place> but also the events industry. A discussion from a panel of industry experts which included representatives from various event related companies and also the commercial director for EC&O venues (they oversee the events at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Olympia</st1:city></st1:place> where the show was and various other venues). The seminar gave me some interesting insight from the events perspective about the impacts the Olympics have had leading up to the games, currently and trends thought to be happening after the games. Whilst the seminar was happening I was frantically taking notes about everything they said as it was extremely relevant to my studies and also gave me many ideas for topics for my dissertation which I am giving loads of thought into at the moment! I really enjoyed the show and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the events industry, another plus point its free to attend you just have to register. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Also something I was extremely excited about was going to see Snow Patrol at the O2!!! It was an amazing night and Snow Patrol definitely lived up to my expectations and were giving me the chills through most of the gig, and I was having to hold back the tears when they sung a beautiful duet with Lissie (who is amazing in her own right) of their song Set the Fire to the Third Bar and of course Chasing cars!! An amazing night!!!! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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