Our functions team Exclusively Unique Events hosted the guest speaker series for our  guest speaker Sandra Grima. The series was conducted over Zoom on the 20th of October 2020. The team at Exclusively Unique Events from the stage 1 Diploma of Event Management consists of Tyler Burton (Admin), Maddie Davies (Front of House), Julia Coates (Beverage), Mary Saad (Stylist) and Kana Sakurai (Protocols).

Our guest speaker Sandra started her career in the tourism industry managing corporate and retail events having many dealings with large corporate clients within a travel agency. Sandra has moved industries multiple times over the past 15 years and has now brought her skills to the education sector, where she shares her life skills and teaches students leadership skills. Being an event management teacher her role is to provide a “hands-on” experience which directly and indirectly supports learning through the delivery of educational programs.

Her presentation was about world leaders and how they have inspired others to be leaders. Sandra discussed the qualities of a leader and the 5 keys to being an effective leader; face challenges, winning trust, be authentic, earn respect and stay curious. Sandra provided the students with a very engaging presentation and all attendees enjoyed the advice and leadership knowledge that she shared. 

Overall, our team worked really well together to plan a successful virtual event that provided all students with leadership knowledge. The students really enjoyed our beverage and food options that were provided for the morning tea which included savory and sweet options for food. This also included beverage options as coffee, juice, water and a ranges of tea.

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 12^thof 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.

We are currently in stage one for our diploma of event management course. As part of an assessment for a functions class, we were placed into groups where we each had our job roles and together, we formed the team, Moments in Time (MIT) EVENTS.

MIT EVENTS had the privilege of hosting the Guest speaker series, with our allocated guest speaker, Tony Francis. Tony managed sales teams across various industries. He worked in corporate training specialising in building high performing teams and then crossed into the events industry where he has since worked for the past 15 years managing multiple sales teams for large industry trade events. He is now sales manager with Prime Creative Media.

The guest speaker series was held via Zoom video conference on the Tuesday the 25^th of May at 9:30 am.

The main focus is to share knowledge, motivate and inspire the students working towards getting into the events industry. This then formed apart of our assessment for functions. This assignment was beneficial to us as students as it taught us the ability to confidently organise a virtual event with an industry expert.

The team MIT EVENTS believe it was really interactive session. Tony showed the significance of two-way communication and how effective it is in comparison to one-way communication. The person who delegates tasks should provide the opportunity for participants to ask questions.

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Polar Events, an event group formed from the Diploma of Event Management students studying functions. This group included the following students: Aneliese Tannourji, Jordyn Parmesan, Sarah Searle, Jasmine Peak, Yu-Ting Huang. We organised the first guest speaker series, featuring Sandra Grima.The guest speaker series was held through an online zoom meeting on Tuesday the 28th of April. Continue reading →