Trends in regional events to incorporate into your event this year.

Planning for the next few years of your event in an overview sense helps your event in so many ways! Here’s how to go about writing a strategic plan, step by step.

No one has a crystal ball to predict how COVID government regulations or localised hotspots will affect your event in 2021, 2022 or beyond, but here’s some practical help on how to plan your event for four different possible scenarios

Trends in event management from a survey of 4,500 event organisers in Australia, New Zealand, USA, and UK.

How do we continue to deliver our great festivals and events in a COVID safe world while still maintaining financial viability and brand reputation?

Maybe a better question is, can we do it?

The answer to this will vary for individual festivals and events, so we have put together some things for you to consider as you explore the future of your event…

Collaboration builds the benefits a community receives from its events - and makes the job lighter for event organisers!

Our new normal demands a new way of thinking.

Have you considered what a boutique version of your mass gathering event could look like?

We’ve created a series of Regional Event Master Class webinars for 2020 designed to improve your ability to cope with the challenges that come from running a regional event.

Is your event struggling to attract repeat visitors?

Do visitors come to your event once and then cross it off their bucket list? 

Attracting repeat visitors is one thing but creating loyal advocates for your event is something else. It is something that all events should strive for.

Is your regional event sustainable?

Has it outgrown the capability of its volunteer workforce?

Does it struggle to break even financially?

Here are 7 ways to ensure your event’s viability

Regional events face complex challenges that impact their sustainability and success.

Here are our top tips on how to address them.

Case study:

How South Burnett Regional Council used rEVENTS Academy to help build the capacity of the region's event committees.

As a way for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games to meaningfully include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, they has done something no other major sporting event in the world has done: develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to leave a lasting and meaningful legacy for Indigenous Australians beyond the traditional inclusion of culture in Opening Ceremonies.

I presented at the Australian Events Symposium on a topic that is extremely close to my heart

The 2017 Event Symposium was about events, technology and the Art of the Unexpected

Griffith University’s ‘Gold Coast business and the Commonwealth Games: Impact, legacy and opportunity’ paper, highlighted how the business community could gain benefit from this great opportunity.