What I wish I knew when I

was at university…

Michael Chidzey | Head of Digital Marketing & PR |

Building a career in the event industry

#1 – what I wish I knew when I was

at London Met

Plan of action

#2 – videos from other event profs

Plan of action

#3 – finish with questions

Plan of action

5000 participants enjoying themselves makes Rachael happy…

iCould: http://icould.com/job-types/active-leisure-and-learning/rachael-bee/?length=short

#1 – understand what motivates

you

Why do you want to work in the

events industry?

#2 – people around you now

(small world)

Chillisauce directors met at Leeds University

The internship

Event experience management module

Organises the non-classical gigs and events at the Sage

Gateshead, where no two days are ever the same…

iCould: http://icould.com/videos/gail-davies/?length=short

#3 – most event profs don’t

organise events

Office layout

#4 – get ahead by doing your

homework for after university

Who are you competing against?

…other students

…second or third careers

…industry movers

…with work experience

What is your thing?

5000 participants enjoying themselves makes Rachael happy…

iCould: http://icould.com/job-types/active-leisure-and-learning/jennifer-wong/

#5 – where in the events

industry do you fit?

iCould: http://eventjuice.co.uk/building-a-career-in-the-event-industry/

Types of event organisations

Helps families during the most upsetting and troubling times

of their lives

iCould: http://icould.com/videos/brian-litster/?length=short

#6 – start building your

network

Attend networking events

Don’t spend the entire event following the

your hero around

Networking tips

Be generous: think about how can I help

this person

Networking tips

Networking tips

Think quality, not quantity

Networking tips

Dare to introduce yourself

Networking tips

Ask for introductions

Networking tips

Do what you say you will

Networking tips

Connect online after the event

Networking tips

Keep in touch, e.g. Google Alerts

Networking tips

If somebody helps you out,

acknowledge their time

The greatest part of the day is standing at the front looking at a

full house of people…

iCould: http://icould.com/job-types/active-leisure-and-learning/ian-sime/?length=short

#7 – build your online presence

Build authentic social profiles

Discover and share

Build relationships

Followerwonk: http://followerwonk.com/

Participate in communities

Boardreader: http://boardreader.com/

Q&As – be the expert

Create a blog

Wordpress: http://wordpress.com/ Further reading: http://www.problogger.net/

Guest blog

Further reading: http://www.problogger.net/

Gets up and actually wants to go to work…

iCould: http://icould.com/videos/joseph-davis/?length=short

#8 – work hard

It isn’t easy

#9 – working in a team means

making everybody successful

He used to be really shy, but dealing with the public has

changed that… …

iCould: http://icould.com/job-types/active-leisure-and-learning/kevin-johnson/?length=short

#10 – never miss an opportunity

to be awesome

Any questions tweet

@michaelchidzey

Thanks!

Michael Chidzey | Head of Digital Marketing & PR |