This week on Beers, Blokes and Business; We’ve all been to events where we arrived with high hopes only to depart underwhelmed. In this episode Steve Vallas leads us through what makes a great event and how you can run one that will leave your punters raving.

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If you’re intending on running a launch, networking event or a workshop – Listen and learn:

• Why you should talk to the venue manager, after all they’ve ran more events than you’ve had Sunday roasts.
• When to have your event: which day of the week, breakfasts vs evening drinks.
• Why Josh Rowe is the Tottie Goldsmith of Melbourne events & suffers from FOMO.
• Not to rely on Facebook rsvp’s & what % will likely show up on the night.
• Why Steve says you need to hustle as the event nears to fill the room or you’ll be disappointed with numbers.
• The difference in expectations of a paying crowd compared to those at a free event.
• Why you should break up the event into two halves & why that will keep the venue happy.
• How Sean bought Twitter to Australia, recruited celebs to a panel & ran two large successful events.
• Why Scott partnered with Shopify on the Online Store Guys launch.
• How your follow up comms post event will define it’s success.
• Know the crowd & make sure your presenters do to.
• How sponsors can diminish the financial risk and add credibility to your event.

Links and resources from this episode

• Eventbrite great built in tools and tips.
• MeetUp
• Resources & checklists for running a successful networking event.
• Sean’s Sports Geek ODE he ran earlier today but discussed in podcast the day before.

Events the blokes like: Business Chicks,  Churchill Club – Melbourne.

On this BBB podcast were:

• @seancallanan from Sports Geek
• @scottkilmartin from Online Store Guys
• @thehoneybar from The Honey Bar or follow @SteveVallas
• @joshrowe man about town JoshRowe.com

The beer downed by the blokes in this podcast was Monkey’s Fist Pale Ale

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