Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 4, 2020
Design Indaba 2020 was held at the Artscape Theatre, Cape Town, from 26 – 28 February. Four key themes ran through all of the speaker presentations, which are: Sustainability, simplicity, innovation and utilising our humanity to affect...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 4, 2020
This article was supplied by Gerrit Davids, a Lead Consultant at TaranisCo Advisory. The public has until 31 May 2020 to submit their input and comments on the Draft Procurement Bill, which has recently been published. (You can downloaded a copy of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 4, 2020
Smartbuild teamed with designer Farrah Benfield, a Senior Designer at Brilliant Branding, to create the Caesarstone exhibition stand for Decorex 2019. The stand was awarded the coveted title of ‘Best Overall Design Stand of 2019’ by EXSA. Here...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 25, 2020
“If there is one thing that event planners from all over the world love, it’s current trends in event planning. It’s fun to speculate on what the future may look like. But if you have a business or an event to run, you don’t have time for chit...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 25, 2020
Spier has developed Conference for Good packages, which means event planners who choose to host their events at Spier are also contributing to positive social and environmental projects. Here they share some of their favourite ones. Creating...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 25, 2020
A few years ago, the notion of serving CBD infused coffee at a corporate event would have been laughable. But suddenly, it isn’t. With the legislation around cannabis relaxing in SA and many other parts of the world, a host of related products have...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 19, 2020
Most event planners want to promote engagement at their events in all its many forms, such as engagement between attendees (networking), with the event content (learning) or with their brand (for customer retention). And this is where collaborative...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 18, 2020
If you are studying hospitality management, more career opportunities are now available to you than ever before, says Susina Jooste, the Director of The Private Hotel School. This is because corporates are increasingly recruiting hospitality...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 11, 2020
Aside from its group chat feature – a godsend for teams needing to communicate quickly and easily, on the go – WhatsApp isn’t an obvious tool for event planners. But don’t write it off just yet, as some of its features could help you to communicate...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 11, 2020
Unincorporated joint ventures (JV) that want to tender for government contracts need to be aware of the recent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) changes that came into effect on 1 December 2019, and which will significantly impact...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 8, 2020
“Do you want to prevent ‘presenteeism’ – being present, but lacking energy, focus, memory and productivity – in your meeting and conference attendees?” asks Mari Pronk, a registered dietitian and ADSA ( Association for Dietetics in South Africa)...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 4, 2020
Technology has had a huge role in shaping the modern business event, from apps to facial recognition scanners, beacons, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and more… It’s probably fair to say that most event planners feel like they need a degree to stay...
