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We’re taking j2’s event management blog narratives to a live audience! On November 2nd, Joanna Jordan will address the Annual TEQ Regional Events Conference in Townsville tackling a plenary session about knowing just what event managers are responsible for according to current Australian legislation and today’s event industry best practice. With a session title “Logistics & Risk: How BIG the little things really are”, you might be excused for thinking this is a heavy topic for a Saturday afternoon in the tropics. However, Joanna will share entertaining personal accounts from her 25 years of planning and delivering events. Delivering highly practical tips and peppering her presentation with colourful examples of hair-raising learning curves told from a seasoned event manager’s perspective, Joanna is sure to keep this topic far from dry. Visit Tourism and Events Queensland for the 5th Regional Events Conference program. Registrations remain open for the conference, hosted by Rydg...

Sheer excitement inspires today’s post on our event planning blog, because we are bursting with pride here at j2 ideas & events! We’ve just been named among the most innovative and outstanding in the Australian events industry as a finalist for the prestigious annual Australian Event Awards. Competing in the award category for Event Manager of the Year, j2 has been selected from hundreds of entries from across Australia to make the list of just four finalists in this category. Even more special is that j2 is the only Brisbane events management company – and only Queensland company for that matter – to be nominated in this category. Just take a look at the calibre of finalists, wow! We’re up there with Event Planet, Focal Attractions and Humm Pty Ltd. http://www.eventplanet.com.au/  http://www.focalattractions.com.au/ http://www.humm.net.au/ We’re incredibly honoured to reach this stage and it feels like a ‘win’ already. Guess that means we should relax, reflect and keep nerves...