There’s not a lot of event people talking, sharing, helping other event planners. Julius Solaris is the main man at EventManagersBlog and whenever I spend time on his site I feel he’s making a big effort to lend a helping hand. What I particularly like about the blog is that he’s got a team of contributors that also jump in (here they are, twitter links and all): Julius Solaris, Anne Thornley-Brown, Kena Siu, Jeff Hurt, Greg Ruby, and Brett Petersel. There’s a good cross-section of perspectives, interests, and experience represented by this group of collaborators and their posts compliment one another.

My 3 favourite posts on their site are:

1. Event Management Toolkit v.2
2. 15 Free Ebooks about Event Planning
3. 10 Alternative Business Models for Events

My bias here might just be because Julius calls himself an Event Geek and based on my propensity to preach about techy things (online event registration, e-mail/sms marketing, authentic viral marketing, and such) I figure we must be cut from the same cloth.

Now, let’s not leave it at that. If you know of a great event industry blog, one that is helpful to vocational event planners and managers, please let us know by leaving a comment below (or tweetit) – I’m @corwinhiebert.

Posted by: Corwin Hiebert

If this describes you then you already know that you’re not travelling in the same direction as so many other event planners out there. There seems to be a common practice of simply helping making events “happen” instead of creating a memorable experience for attendees and remarkableresults for the client. It’s not that making sense of the typical event chaos isn’t rewarding, but I want to make sure that my efforts are as valuable as possible. I want to connect, collaborate, and support those who share this passion. The competition zigs and you zag. You’re a zagger. That means we’re on the same team. Cheers to you!

That’s the direction I’m focused on. The zag. I like to think that I’m a creative person (when I’m not being a geek) and I’m convinced my clients deserve the best event possible, not just a well planned activity. I am an event producer… so there. I’ve been producing events for 12 years and now 18 months into running my own management company I’ve settled into the idea that my clients deserve the zag. That’s what I want to do with my time.

My hope for the EVENT PRODUCER blog is to provide zaggers with advice from industry leaders, the best resources from the most successful producers, and of course my own thoughts and feelings about this wonderfully challenging industry we’re in. Go ahead and bookmark this page and visit regularly, comment often, and even feel free to submit an article for posting (my blog is your blog). You can reach me through my profile.

Hail the Zaggers!