Ok so i went to my first exhibition last week, or rather the first that i can remember. I have been to various events like the London Motor Show and the London Boat Show, both at Earls Court, however, i was a wee nipper when i went to both, and therefore didn't really know what was going on. All i cared about back then was chasing my sister around and pissing off my parents, which would promptly incarcerate me back into the pushchair.
The exhibition i attended last week was not the typical one you would expect a man in the catering industry to be at, nevertheless it opened my eyes and i learnt alot about a subject i previously knew diddly about. Internet World it was called, and i know what your are thinking, a geeks paradise...and you wouldn't be wrong in thinking such a stereotypical thing. But it also gave people like me an opportunity to learn about stuff like Google, the future of the Internet and most importantly the skills to setup this blog.
Even so, this is not what i wish to write this post about. I am now at an age that if i misbehaved my Dad wouldn't dare whip me round the ass or have Mum chain me into the pushchair; and therefore i have enough intellect to realise that there is more to an exhibition than it being an opportunity to chase my sister around or subsequently piss of my parents.
The thing that was most clear to me at Internet World was that i could only imagine how much time, effort and coordination it must have taken for the event to take place. I think the organisers are the last people that visitors to such events think of when they attend, and it is now clear to me that they are the unsung heros in the world of events. Much like all those programmers at Microsoft, who endlessly develop computers while Mr Gates (the man who actually stole windows, not invent it) gets all the recognition and probably the cash.
Anyhow, this is a big "thumbs up" and thankyou to all you event managers/organisers out there, on behalf of all visitors to your events (apart from the kids running around pissing off their parents). Keep up the great work!
2 comments:
Well about time somebody noticed our efforts! Im an events manager in the city and organise things like Christmas parties and functions etc. These are hard enough to coordinate, particularly when the number of guests changes every day, but organising an exhibition would be a near impossible task. They are the holy grails of the events organisation industry, so if you can head the coordination of one of these events then you'll be set for life.
Anyway thanks for your appreciation, its really nice to know that at least one in a million visitors think of our efforts, you are obviously more intelligent than most, and i agree that we are the unsung heros! hehe
Its definitely time someone recognised the contributions of the exhibitors and the hard work that goes into organising such events.
I attended the Ad-tech exhibition over at Olympia last year and I have to say I was hugely impressed. The whole exhibition was visually stimulating and the layout I thought really lent itself to the requirements of the exhibitors.
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