The Stage 1 Diploma of Event Management students had the amazing opportunity to attend a lecture by Liliana Sanelli for the Guest Speaker Series on Tuesday the 12thof May 2020. The team from Encore Creative Events are Stage 1 Event Management Students consisting of Kara Harris (Administrator), Matilda (Front of House) and Laura (Stylist) hosted this virtual event through Zoom.
The guest speaker series involves industry experts like Liliana who brings insight, shares her experiences and knowledge with Stage 1 Diploma of Event Management students. Liliana Sanelli is the CEO of Perfect Events. Perfect Events used to specialize in events in the associations and not-for-profit sector. However, in recent years they have worked with many different companies from different industries and have organized many different kinds of events. For over 20 years, she has worked with some of the world’s largest brands to create large unforgettable events. Some worth mentioning include the Sydney Olympics, the World’s Greatest Shave for a Cure and Melbourne International Film Festival. In addition to that, she is also a consultant that provides advice on creative management to organisations on how to increase engagement and experiences with their clients and key stakeholders to create positive change.
Liliana presented an amazing lecture. She gave a bit of background about her experience and journey to starting her own business, some background on her company and her leadership styles. An ex-student of William Angliss, Michael, also attended this event as he now works for Liliana. He was able to give the students some advice on how he broke into the events industry.
Matilda created a beautiful poster to welcome Liliana to our Zoom event and Liliana did comment on how much she loved it. Laura created a delectable morning tea selection for this event, which included a variety of finger sandwiches, savoury light bites, mini slices as well as coffee, a selection of teas and mixed fruit juices.
Overall, the event was a huge success. All students not only learnt a great deal but also was left feeling inspired from Liliana’s lecture, her energy and passion was infectious.
The guest speaker series involves industry experts like Liliana who brings insight, shares her experiences and knowledge with Stage 1 Diploma of Event Management students. Liliana Sanelli is the CEO of Perfect Events. Perfect Events used to specialize in events in the associations and not-for-profit sector.