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6 Bright Ideas for Amazing Events Pretty lights, flashing lights, neon lights. They’re all in high demand by events management companies right now. It seems that children and adults alike, our audiences just love anything that glows. If you want to spark the excitement of your event-goers, consider these 6 bright ideas that add a special touch: 1.  Illu minated fairy floss  – once upon a time, food that glowed would have been considered a threat to humankind. Now we can’t get enough of it, as judged by our popular  facebook post from a community event we recently managed in Moranbah (central Queensland, Australia).  An event winner that we’ll definitely include in future. 2.   Xylobands TM – this amazing wristband has been used by Coldplay to bring the audience into their show, and light up the crowd.  It’s all any Coldplay concert-goer talked about for weeks! A Xyloband TM was given to every audience member and as the band played through their set...

Not for profit organisations are well aware that events can be a highly successful vehicle for raising m oney and awareness for their causes. The fundamentals for any fundraising event, however, are that 1 ) people will participate and 2 ) the event will generate revenue. At j2 ideas & events we have event managed some of Brisbane’s most successful fundraising events, helping to raise over $8 million in funds since 2005.   These successful events incl ude the Enerflex MS Brissie to the Bay bike ride, the SU QLD Frontline Chaplaincy Appeal Dinner , the Gladstone Botanic to Bridge fun run , the 20th Anniversary World Expo 88 Celebrations Charity Dinner and Stockland Caloundra Foreshore Fun Run . The key, we believe, to successful fundraising is for event managers to adopt a collaborative approach to the project, working with their not for profit client to: Identify a need Research and establish motivations for participation Market to the right channels and Work togethe...

Get them at "Hello":  2 Things You Need for a Winning Presentation The movie Jerry Maguire cemented the notion that ‘less is more’ in any communication medium. Remember the magic line “...you had me at hello”? Delivering a presentation is no different, and no one (especially me) wants to lose their audience after introductory greetings. Still with me?   Dear Reader? YOU NEED A GREAT STORY The j2 team delivered an important business presentation on event management recently. It went well. But it took a lot of preparation! Going back to basics, we heeded the advice of organisational storytelling experts, Yamini Naidu and Gabrielle Dolan of one thousand & one . Realistic and refreshing, Naidu and Dolan’s e-book “ Eliminate Death by PowerPoint ” is exactly the wake-up call you need if you’re regularly delivering presentations. Download it right now! No hesitation, my hand’s up. I’m guilty of crimes-against-audiences from past content-heavy presentations. Great tips from “...