Founder and director of Autumn Live, Jan has comprehensive background in event management, marketing and social media developed over the past 20 years, working across public, private and third sector organisations. Working agency side, Jan has previously been the Operations Manager for the National Institute of Clinical Excellence’s national exhibitions at all the major UK exhibition centres with hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of delegates. She has also managed events in Munich, Paris, Lisbon and Milan and has completed the Complete Sustainable Events Course delivered by The Meetings Show and ISLA.

How WhatsApp has revolutionised event comms

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“Make sure you sign your radio in and out each day” used to be a phrase I would use all the time in my event briefings.  There has been the occasional last minute panic when we thought we’d forgotten to order radios – just to clarify though – it never happened. But that just highlights how critical event comms are! Let’s explore how WhatsApp has revolutionised event comms. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. You can read more about other apps here.

Can you imagine not being able to communicate quickly and discreetly with the whole event team?

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Binary Festival T minus 1 and counting…

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The best part of the event is build up. This is the day before the event. Christmas Eve Eve if you like. Everything starts to happen tomorrow, the tech guys will turn up at Hinterlands and will build the stage, install the lighting and make everything sound amazing.  There will be final badge making, setting up registration and the inevitable requests of “Can I change my gathering?”.  I will take all this in my stride, because we are onsite. …

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Why Autumn? A season of mellow fruitfulness

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One of the questions we often get asked is “Why is your company called Autumn Live?” along with and “Why Autumn and Events?” and “What do you actually do?”

The season of Autumn is all about the natural beauty in the northern hemisphere between September and November. Of what the Summer has achieved and what is being prepared for the following year.

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What do we actually do at Autumn Live?

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I’ll begin with a story. Before I started Autumn Live I once worked for Picturehouses as the Marketing and Business Development Manager. One day, one of my children came home from school saying they had to tell everyone at school what their parents did for a job. “Oh that’s interesting sweetie, what did you say mummy does?” I waited with baited breath…

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Top 6 reasons you should host a Live Engagement event

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Autumn Live specialises in live engagement events.  It sounds like someone is ‘popping the question’ doesn’t it? (I have actually had a visitor do this at an event, on stage, in front of 2000 people, but it’s not a proposal of marriage!) Hosting a Live Engagement event is an opportunity for people to connect together in really life and share something incredible. …

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