9th February 2017

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EDITOR: BONNIE TAI

AACB: BIZ EVENTS KEY FOR ECO GROWTH
THE Association
of Australian
Convention Bureaux
(AACB) has outlined
a series of targeted
public policy
measures that should
be implemented
to help grow the
Australian economy.
Given one in five
dollars spent by
international visitors
in Australia is spent
by an international
visitor attending a business
event, our sector represents a
tremendous growth opportunity
for tourism and for the
economy more broadly, as
it transitions away from the
resources boom, remarked AACB
chief executive Andrew Hiebl.
The latest industry analysis
Todays issue of BEN
highlighted in the Business Events News today
2017-18 Pre-Budget has two pages of news, a
include calls for regular feature by MC &
the Government to speaker Andrew Klein, plus a
invest in a national full page from AIME.
convention bid fund
of up to $10 million
per year; allow fee-
free access to the
online Electronic
Travel Authority visa .com
scheme for delegates
attending major
business events;
and contribute $10 LEAVE THE
of bids by Australian cities to million to effectively promote
CBD BEHIND
host international conventions, Australia as a knowledge
exhibitions, incentives and economy. AND BE
meetings showed convention The business events industry REWARDED
bureaux have secured 360 is certain that if these policy
international business events proposals were to be adopted CHOOSE FROM
across the forward calendar, and implemented, there would 10 REGIONAL
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 Confessions of a compulsive
conference-goer
business events news Andrew Klein, professional MC and presentation skills speaker and
director of SPIKE Presentations, presents his front line observations
businesseventsnews.com.au 9th February 2017 on conferences in a regular feature in BEN.

EEAA/MUMBRELLA PSHIP Conference Congestion

I LOVE living in Sydney, the conference room and that
THE Exhibition and We are pleased to be despite the traffic. But over the didnt even include the 37
Event Association of working with Mumbrella, years, after too many nervous people who were not going
car trips, cursing at the traffic to lose their place in the
Australasia (EEAA) has a company which has
and worrying I might run late coffee queue for neither love
penned a partnership derived so much success for a job or a meeting, Ive nor latte. That short opening
agreement with from its events and changed my approach. I leave video took three minutes
Mumbrella. conferences, said EEAA an hour for travel. Unless Im but wasnt accounted for in
Under the deal, a new ceo Joyce DiMascio. heading somewhere very close the Run Sheet. The CEOs 10
award named The Best Use DiMascio said the new and I am sure there wont be minute opening address ran
of Face-to-Face/Interaction partnership with Mumbrella traffic, I simply build in an for 15 minutes and who is
Marketing Through Events, was in line with EEAAs strategic hour to my schedule. going to cut him short?
will be introduced at the 2017 priorities to advocate the The CBD is about 10 kms It takes a good MC at least
Mumbrella Awards. strength of live events. away from home (my Maps two minutes to transition
App says it is a 22 minute from one session to another,
journey by car) but I leave an but that was not taken into

Mandarin Oriental HNL hour. The airport should be a

40 minute drive, but I always
account in the run sheet and
those short minute transitions
leave an hour. As a result, zero need to be multiplied by the
THE new Mandarin Oriental, Honolulu in stress and Im never late. No number of speakers in the day.
Hawaii is slated to open by early 2020. time-wasting because with Let alone, that speaker who
Situated adjacent to the Hawaii Convention mobile devices, if I arrive early runs overtime, ignoring all
Center and the Ala Moana Center, the (which happens 50% of the attempts to get him off stage
36-storey newbuild will feature 125 rooms, a time) I grab a quick coffee or and the fact that you cant
lobby lounge, an all-day dining restaurant and sit in the comfy office lounges feed 350 people at the buffet
extensive banqueting and meeting spaces. in the foyer and get on with in the 30 minutes we had
my work, the same work I allowed for lunch.
would have done in my office So, in the same way that I
before I left. over-estimate how long it
So, what does my obsession takes me to get into the city
BEV launches 2017 with time management and build in some fat so I
famil program and stress relief have to do run on time, I always advise
with conferencing? Well, conference organisers (and the
BUSINESS Events Victoria the majority of conferences client themselves who often
(BEV) has introduced a new I MC or speak at are guided have unrealistic expectations)
THE spirit of Harambe, by agendas that dont factor to over-estimate everything.
familiarisation profram to
the gorilla that was shot last in the reality of how long So, for example, to allow an
showcase the states many
year at Cincinatti Zoo after a things usually take. They hour for a 45 minute session.
venues and MICE offerings.
three-year-old boy climbed fail to take into account the Allow for at least an hour for
The hosted program was
into his enclosure, appears reality of conference traffic, lunch. Assume there will be
designed in partnership with the inevitable road blocks traffic.
to have lived on in the form
local regional experts to be that make a conference run Worse-case scenario, the
of a Flamin Hot Cheeto.
relevant for conferences as overtime. conference day ends early,
The Harambe look-a-like
large as 1,200 delegates, That 8.30am start is likely which will delight the
was listed for sale on ebay
said Chris Porter, executive to get pushed back to 8.40 delegates, as youve given
and has since sold for almost
officer of BEV. because ,surprise surprise, them the free time they crave.
US$99,000 (AU$130,000).
Famils planned include when we opened the doors Dont let that traffic turn
explorations of Gippsland, at 8.25, it took 10 minutes to your conference into a car-
Phillip Island, Great Ocean usher the 350 delegates into crash.
Road, Albury Wodonga, and
If you are looking for an MC for your next conference
Greater Geelong.
or a speaker/trainer on presentation skills or pitching
To register your interest in skills, email andrew@lunch.com.au or visit his website
attending, CLICK HERE. at www.andrewklein.com.au.

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