Soaring Communications

As part of our partnership with R3 events, the organisers of CoolConf ‘09, Soaring Cmmunications’ readers can receive a 25% discount on the conference fees.  Simple click here and use promotional code SPR25.

To find out more about the event, have a look through the release issued below or visit - http://www.coolconf.com/

High level speakers and partners, including LOCOG announced for CoolConf ‘09

Commercial Opportunities from the Olympics in London

Coolconf, taking place from 2nd to 3rd June 2009 at the O2 will benefit from a host of high profile speakers offering members of the event industry advice on how to achieve commercial success from the Olympic Games in 2012.  There will be an exhibition and networking opportunities in addition to the speaker sessions and workshops.

Session topics and speakers include:

• Lessons Learnt from the Commonwealth Games in Manchester 2002 - Andrew Stokes, Chief Executive, Marketing Manchester.
• London 2012 – Is your Business Ready to Compete? - Mike Mulvey, Chief Executive, London Business Network.
• Where and How to Identify Business Opportunities - Andrew Ghijben, Senior Partnership Manager, Business Link in London.
• The Importance and Benefits of Signing up to ‘The Olympic Fair Pricing Charter’. - Tracy Halliwell Visit London.
• The Art of Successful Bid Writing & Tendering. – tbc
• So you want to be Sustainable, but don’t know what it looks like in Practice? - Alex Lepingwell, The Sustainable Events Group.
• How to become Part of the Olympic Supply Chain. - Mike Mulvey, Chief Executive, London Business Network
• Key Strategic Priorities to Consider when Attracting and Retaining the Right People. - Holly Rawlings, Springboard UK & Pauline Brown, HR Specialist, Engaging Talent.
• London’s Role and Opportunities. - David Hornby
• Britain’s Role and Opportunities. - VisitBritain.
• Life on the Big Screen - Opportunities for London and the Regions. - tbc
• Business Case Studies. - Lisa Pennington, Managing Director, Definitive Events & Andrew Coupe, Managing Director, Portland Spa.
• Sponsorship Panel. - Sally Atkins, London 2012 Programme Manager Deloitte & Malcolm Plows, Venue Operations Director, Coca-Cola, London 2012 Project.
• Identifying, Approaching & Pitching to Sponsors & Agents. - Nick Rusling, Managing Director, IMG Mass Participation Sport
• Holland Branding: The Olympic Games 2008 and 2012. – Mr. H. van Driem, Managing Director, Holland Business Promotion Office
• Raising Finance - how to get your Bank to say Yes! - Martin Bumpus, Senior Manager, Lloyds TSB
• The Benefits of Getting Graded and Becoming Accessible. - Provided by Jackie Ellis, Live Tourism.
• Taking Creativity Seriously  Richard Limb, - President, National Outdoor Events Association
• The Olympics Act – What does this mean for SMEs? - David Powell, Brand Protection Lawyer, LOCOG

The latest agenda is available on www.coolconf.com

The event is being organised by R3 events and tickets are available at a cost of £295 for one day or £450 for two. Online registration is available via www.coolconf.com

The event is sponsored by Business Week, Visit London and Visit Britain. 

Event partners are:

• Venue Partner: indigO2
• Catering Partner: Create
• AV Partner: Purple Audio
• PR Partner: Soaring PR
• Luxury transport provider: Club Class Bus   
• Ethical Water Provider: Life Pure Water
• Webcast Partner: Groovy Gecko
• Quiz Partners: QuizQuizQuiz

Supporting associations:

• MPI 
• TESA 
• NOEA
• ESSA
• ISES

 Exhibitors Include:

• Nimlock
• BAF graphics ltd
• KINET-X
• Limeblue
• CompeteFor
• Create (food and party design)
• Purple Audio
• Kaotic Event Productions

The events, conference and banqueting team from Delaware North at Wembley Stadium are on an award nomination roll, securing places as finalists in both the AEO Excellence Awards 2009 and The Official Football Hospitality Awards 2009.

* * * * *

AEO Excellence Awards 2009

Wembley Stadium has been nominated as finalists in the Venue of the Year category – the winner of which will be announced at the London Hilton, Park Lane on the 19 June, 2009.

The Official Football Hospitality Awards 2009

Wembley Stadium has been nominated as finalists in the C&B Sales & Marketing category – the winner of which will be announced at the Chelsea Football Club on the 21 May, 2009.

* * * * *

Conference and banqueting sales and delivery at Wembley Stadium are run by Delaware North Companies, a leading hospitality and food service company working in key stadiums across the world.  The team looking after the sales for conferences and banqueting at Wembley Stadium is headed up by Jackie Boughton:  “Achieving nomination in not one but two sets of high profile awards is great news for the whole team.  We know we have a superb product and regularly receive great feedback from clients – having that knowledge endorsed by third party judges really is the icing on the cake – next stop the finals!”

(ends)

Nearly 3.8 million children in the UK are growing up in poverty, with many of them missing a good breakfast.

etc.venues, the UK’s leading independent provider of training venues is supporting Magic Breakfast, a charity providing children with “the most important meal of the day” – a healthy breakfast.  etc.venues has chosen to support St. Michael’s School in Camden, sponsoring breakfast for the next year.

etc.venues kicked off their work at the school with a day promoting the benefits of a healthy breakfast.  Six members of the etc.venues team, including four head chefs demonstrated smoothie making whilst discussing the benefits of a healthy breakfast and the importance of “5 a day”.  The children then had a chance to make smoothies themselves, working in teams to create the “smoothie of the day”.  Every member of each team was involved in the process, which also included maths skills, such as weighing and measuring. 

Over 200 children took part in the activities, ranging from pre-school to year 6.  The older children were also given a chance to talk to the etc.venues team about working in hospitality.

etc.venues will continue to support the school throughout the course of the next year through a sponsored run and additional class activities such as fun, children-friendly workshops on marketing, hospitality and business.

Alan Palmer, head chef at Dexter House:  “One moment that stuck out in my mind was when I got down on my knees while surrounded by the children, scored a pomegranate and asked the children if they would like to see some great tasting little gems… it was like a feeding frenzy, there were hands everywhere, all trying to get in on the action.  They thought they were great and one little girl asked to see the fruit again so she could ask her mum to buy it! To me this is an education they will remember for a long while. A fantastic day and an honour to be a part of.”

Kirstie McKevitt, Learning Mentor at St Michael’s School provided the following thanks:  “Friday was a huge success, thank you for all your organisation and hard work.  The feedback from staff and children is great – the day covered many elements of the curriculum in a fun and inspiring way.”

Elaine Jackson, etc.venues’ project manager for Magic Breakfast commented:  “As a business we want to give back to the communities around as and ensure we are working in harmony with local people.  We considered a whole variety of alternative charities before settling on magic breakfast.  Their focus on nutritious food so closely mirrors our brain food philosophy that it seemed a match made in heaven.  The whole team is thoroughly looking forward to the next event.”

What a month April was – our project work for various clients increased and we started working with Paul Bridle from Bridle International.  He is a leadership methodologist and expert in management.  Our initial brainstorming was fascinating and I can’t wait to start working on some features and comment pieces.

On top of all that we have also just agreed to be the official PR partner for Coolconf, a conference focused on the commercial opportunites offered by the 2012 Olympics.  It takes place on 2nd and 3rd June, 2009 – if you are free the high profile speakers should ensure a superb event.

http://www.conference-news.co.uk/Pages/News/moreNews.jsp?newsID=202