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COVID-19 and your clients

Post Author:Catherine Egan
Post published:March 19, 2020
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IAPI have written a guide and checklist on how we can all help our clients during this time. Available here and focusing on 3 main points - Crisis management, recovery…

The challenge of managing vendors at festivals

Post Author:Thays Marques
Post published:May 27, 2015
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Whenever I work with an event team, and someone asks me what I do, their eyes glaze over when they recall their own experiences of having to deal with event…

What makes for a sustainable event?

Post Author:Thays Marques
Post published:May 11, 2015
Post Category:Sustainability
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Lessons from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games David Stubbs, Independent Sustainability Expert The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were an enormous success on numerous fronts and that is…

Event Safety: It all starts on the top!

Post Author:Thays Marques
Post published:April 29, 2015
Post Category:Health & Safety
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Creating a safe event involves many factors and many competences. Often the safety is based on the risk of fights, theft, fire or the focus on treating the audience in…

Engaging event volunteers – sure it can’t be that hard … can it?

Post Author:Thays Marques
Post published:April 20, 2015
Post Category:Volunteers
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Over the last number of years I’ve been fortunate enough to be part of the volunteer management team both working and volunteering at a number of large scale public events in Ireland,…

Crowd Risk Analysis and Crowd Safety

Post Author:Thays Marques
Post published:April 8, 2015
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We have all experienced crowds, some good, some bad and some very frightening. If you have ever been swept off your feet in a crowd crush you will know how…

Insurance for Event Organisers – What do I need to know?

Post Author:Thays Marques
Post published:March 16, 2015
Post Category:Event Licence / Permits
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Public Liability cover is always needed - The main insurance you will need is public liability insurance. There may be a requirement placed on you by a county/town council to…

Process for applying for an Event Licence

Post Author:Elaine O'Connor
Post published:September 2, 2014
Post Category:Event Licence / Permits
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The Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 require Event Organisers (Promoters) who intend on staging a 'large' event to follow the following steps when applying for…