Louis Nel | May 28, 2018
This is the last article in the series on social media and defamation. You can read the previous articles here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. So far I’ve dealt with the following requirements in order to prove defamation: (1) reference to the...
Louis Nel | May 21, 2018
Before you read this article, make sure you have read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Having established intention, what is the next requirement? The following has to be established in order to determine whether or not we are dealing with...
Louis Nel | May 14, 2018
Before you read this article, make sure you have read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. This is a challenging requirement and much debated. It would seem that the courts will sometimes go beyond intention and find that negligence or at least...
Louis Nel | May 7, 2018
Before I deal with the Terms & conditions (‘T&C’) e.g. Facebook, etc, I think we need to get to grips with defamation and to do so we need to ‘unpack’ (1) the definition I used in the first article, (2) potential damages (claims) and then...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 4, 2018
Reward programmes are still an effective way to motivate and retain staff. However, the incentives need to be right to provide the best kind of motivation. Interestingly, non-cash rewards – such as incentive travel – often deliver greater returns...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 2, 2018
In South Africa, we should all know about the importance of creating diverse events – in this respect we are a little ahead of the international market who only now seem to be waking up to this idea. However, knowing we should and doing are...
Louis Nel | Apr 29, 2018
As we are all no doubt quite aware, social media has to a large extent become the medium of choice not only to publicize and disseminate information but also to glean information. Due to the ubiquitous nature of the social media and the fact that...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 24, 2018
The Planner spoke to Andre Botha, a safety manager and consultant to Medguys (www.medguys.co.za), to find out what he finds are the biggest misconceptions event planners have around event safety. These are the five that he most commonly...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 23, 2018
South Africa’s recent listeriosis outbreak – the largest known outbreak of this foodborne illness in the world – was a blunt reminder that we cannot be complacent about food safety. Listeriosis is caused by a common bacteria that lives in soil,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 17, 2018
Health and wellness is a massive ongoing trend. So much so that the Global Wellness Institute’s research valued the international wellness industry at $3.7 trillion, of which wellness tourism was over $560 billion. Oh, and that was in 2015, so it’s...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 17, 2018
Investing in an exhibition stand costs a lot of money, from booking the space, to building and staffing the stand. Strangely this third cost is also one of the biggest assets that an exhibitor is likely to overlook and underprepare. And yet priming...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 3, 2018
Typically, event planners create tiered sponsorship packages in order to appeal to potential sponsors. This approach means you give them a mix of attractive options (such as platinum, gold or silver) so they can find one to perfectly suit their...
