Helen Brewer | May 5, 2014
Except in the rarest of circumstances can any type of group gathering take place without a venue. And let’s face it – the venue can make or break whatever the MICE undertaking is focussed on achieving. All the facility’s bells and whistles can be...
Helen Brewer | Apr 29, 2014
Every level and type of event practitioner must know the safety rules with all group gatherings – there are no exceptions. Corporate procurement in particular require within an RFP that independent meeting practitioners detail their safety rule...
Helen Brewer | Apr 22, 2014
The commencement of the online CPD(Continuing Professional Development) MICE Programme has drawn much interest from the corporate/association event managers. With the tag-line ‘Supporting Higher Standard Initiatives within the southern African MICE...
Helen Brewer | Apr 22, 2014
Associating a brand with the Academy’s tagline of ‘Supporting Higher Standard Initiatives within the South African MICE industry’ is one of the benefits for ZD Marketing in renewing their strategic partnership. ZD Marketing is an exclusive...
Helen Brewer | Apr 14, 2014
The resistance to the collective word known as ‘MICE’ for the meetings.incentives, conferences and exhibitions industry is being rapidly whittled away. The reason for acceptance is quite simply that MICE – as a descriptive word – is...
Helen Brewer | Apr 8, 2014
Hackle Brooke Conference Centre on Conrad in Craighall Johannesburg has become the latest strategic partner in support of higher standard initiatives within the southern African MICE industry. Commented the Academy’s Helen Brewer: “We are...
Helen Brewer | Apr 1, 2014
We’ve all nodded off or experienced severe mind-drifting moments at a conference that went on-and-on in either monotone or mind-numbing subject matter. Hence when I learnt with interest from UK’s Meetpie enewsletter of The Boring Conference which...
Helen Brewer | Apr 1, 2014
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is not a fad. It is proving to have tremendous advantages for retaining new or updated information, allowing experienced event practitioners to be tested as well as ensuring these knowledgeable individuals...
Helen Brewer | Mar 25, 2014
Plans continue for the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Programme’s first awards & rewards during MARKEX 2014. Experienced MICE individuals from the association and corporate sectors in particular have taken-up Academy subscription for...
Helen Brewer | Mar 17, 2014
When a prominent sovereign president was asked what was the state of the nation – he succinctly replied: ‘It’s in a helluva state’. The same could be said for the supplier/services sector of the South African MICE industry. It took a conference...
Helen Brewer | Mar 17, 2014
We in the MICE industry are very aware that in our world of information overload – getting the message across at a MICE gathering is paramount. High message retention both during and following any event especially in the business world is...
Helen Brewer | Mar 17, 2014
Welcome ! registrants & subscribers to the online CPD MICE Programme this week 17March… Online CPD Scheduler: Update loaded to Academy’s home page. Additional pre-reading materials on further NQF domains can be viewed and anticipated for...
