On Monday August 9th and Tuesday August 10th I had the pleasure of being a part of the Special Event Boot Camp blog squad. To sum it up, this is an intense 2 day workshop geared towards event coordinators providing knowledge and inspiration in all aspects of the field.
The wonderful seminars spread over the two days really inspired all who attended. We were welcomed by the wonderful Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto first by the venue & retail store manager, Dana Kaluzny. I was fascinated by each and every aspect of the brewery, including on site brewing, the actual location is a historic landmark and of course the entire building is 'green'.
Day 1 began with some fabulous stretching provided by Elisa & Julie from A2D2 Inc. 
Our first seminar was provided by Michael Coombs from http://www.blogger.com/www.prodigyentertainment.ca . Mike went through various aspects involved in a successful business and how is has somehow slipped into the world of technology. Face to face relationships are still key to any business success while facebook, twitter and other technological aspects seem to be slowly taking over in our web based world these days. Mike's session also included a very important chance to network with the others in attendance. He stressed the importance of having a prepared 30 second 'elevator speech' , which is key to creating relationships leading to long term success.
The next seminars included Vwodek Wojczynski speaking about the different between clients and customers, Martina Rubio engaging us in the world of branding and Richard Ross from the Ring Bearer.ca speaking about Social media. With over 73% of Canadians using the web, Richard brought reality to our 'webbing' world.
Stay tuned for part 2 ...
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