Helen Brewer | Mar 11, 2014
There are over 3 500 conference venues in South Africa with and without accommodation. There are over 2 500 conference venues in Gauteng alone. Some are top-drawer, others are function venues dressed-up with a conference venue title. Others spoil...
Helen Brewer | Mar 10, 2014
Welcome registrants andsubscribers to the online CPD MICE Programme Latest Pre-Test Reading Material – loaded to Academy website and available for credit accumulation Code 104/14 –‘Bigger, Better, Brighter’ (Code 104/14) -3 credits A technical...
Helen Brewer | Mar 3, 2014
Double if not treble benefits await the smart event managers on Thursday 13 March at Hacklebrooke Conference Centre in Jan Smuts Avenue. On-line CPD Presentation by the MICE Academy At 10am spend an hour or so finding out about how event managers...
Helen Brewer | Mar 3, 2014
With the Events Industry Summit (EIS) less than two weeks away together with Michael Jackson as MC facilitating the panel discussions – it begs the question as to whether this is another talk show. The organisers have put together an interesting...
Helen Brewer | Mar 3, 2014
Pre-Test Reading Material – Trends 2014 – (3 credits) Drafted for Meetings magazine in October 2013 with many emulating the Academy’s predictions – this article details the swing to more specific MICE programmes, the challenges facing independent...
Helen Brewer | Feb 24, 2014
The MICE industry has evolved with more event management departments being created within the corporate and association markets than ever before. The reasons are clear. With unsubstantiated charge structures, double-dipping (fee andcommissions),...
Helen Brewer | Feb 24, 2014
Weekly update highlighting the progress of the online CPD MICE Programme of interest and follow-up by subscribers/registrants and experienced individuals in all sectors of the MICE industry who strive to progress their knowledge towards a higher...
Helen Brewer | Feb 18, 2014
‘Not another talk shop’ is the plaintive cry of many an attendee who has had to endure hours of listening with no meaningful outcome from their specific perspective. It’s time and money spent for all the questionable reasons of being there in the...
Helen Brewer | Feb 18, 2014
All Pre-Test Reading in Effective PDF Format Digi-mag works for some yet with the amount of subscriber requests, all reading is in colourful type-set pictorial pdf format. Better to read….better to absorb for the CPD tests. Academy Website...
Helen Brewer | Feb 18, 2014
A further online CPD MICE programme presentation is proving very popular with event management practitioners within the corporate, association and public sectors. For those that have some questions to ask and want to see how the CPD programme...
Helen Brewer | Feb 10, 2014
The Event Greening Forum (EGF) has lined-up some top drawer green experts. With the keynote address being Les Carlisle –Group Conservation Manager of &Beyond. This dedicated individual will give us a real wake-up call by posing the question...
Helen Brewer | Feb 4, 2014
‘Those that fail to plan well-forward – find themselves a plan or more behind’. The time not understood in the effective planning of a MICE gathering continues unabated. The narrow thinking from a single perspective which implies it is so easy to...