The Events Insight

Send us Fan Mail Jack and Ellan return for their third season, kicking things off with Neil Thompson, founder of The Delegate Wranglers. Neil’s enthusiasm is infectious and, in 2019, his contribution to the industry was recognised when he was named Events Personality of the Year. When you listen to him talking, you can understand why.

Send us Fan Mail As Season Two comes to an end, Jack and Ellan are joined by listeners Clemy and Katie for the slightly longer than usual wrap session (lots to talk about!). They review this Season’s guests, put the hosts in the spotlight with some questions of there own, and discuss why this really is the best industry in the world!

Send us Fan Mail Ending Season Two with a bang, Jack and Ellan chat to the award-winning keynote speaker, virtual MC, TEDx talker, Women in Events Board member and much, much more, Rachel Sheerin. Hear how she took the spirit of events from catering to motivational speaking and why she believes that this is “the best industry in the entire world!”

Send us Fan Mail Kicking off 2021, Jack and Ellan chat to Richard Goulding, owner of Exhibition Vision Event Services and Stadium Announcer for Birmingham City FC. Hear about the twists and turns of his journey into events after starting out as a professional DJ, why embracing rejection is so important, and why he believes people management is the most valuable skill in this industry.

Send us Fan Mail Jack and Ellan celebrate the festive season with Canadian-born Mike O’Connor, former professional ice-hockey player and now the Commercial Manager for the Sheffield Steelers. Hear him explain why he feels he has “the best job in the world!”

Send us Fan Mail Another international guest chats to Jack and Ellan this week when crowd and events safety specialist Mark Breen of Cuckoo Events and Safe Events joins them from Dublin. Hear how Mark stumbled into this industry and why he believes self-awareness and doing things differently are so important.

Send us Fan Mail Demonstrating the diversity of our wonderful events industry this week is the lovely Emma Holling, MD of Pure Records and Director of Underneath The Stars. Hear how Emma went from being a Maths teacher to running a record label and music festival, and why, when you’re not sure what to do, “just make tea”!

Send us Fan Mail Jack and Ellan follow a very different journey into events this week with Martin Fullard, Editor of Conference News and Editorial Director with Mash Media. From motorsport to media, Martin would encourage anyone thinking of working in this exciting industry to throw themselves into it!

Send us Fan Mail Concluding the inaugural Season, this wrap-up episode features a Season Review and Jack and Ellan are joined by two lucky listeners to chat about their interests in events, what they’ve learned from listening and what they’ve liked best about Season One. Look out for Season Two - COMING VERY SOON!

Send us Fan Mail Sharing his unique and colourful upbringing and possibly one of the most interesting journeys into events, Rupert Bassadone, joins Jack and Ellan in the penultimate episode of the season. Rupert was born into events and, after running away from the circus, he soon returned.  Hear him share his stories of Russian vodka, how to gain an unfair advantage and why a bad decision can be...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to the multi-tasking, award-winning events planner, leadership influencer, blogger, public speaker, mentor and campaigner, Carrie Abernathy, who joins Jack and Ellan from across the pond to share her story and explain why she feels so lucky to have her “rock star job”.

Send us Fan Mail This week we are joined by an old football team mate of Jacks, Rugby League World Cup 2021’s Commercial Director, Jonathan Neill, who shares his journey from writing for a weekly football magazine through a range of sports PR & marketing roles and into commercial sponsorship of some of the largest major international sporting events.

Send us Fan Mail This week we are joined by Brazilian Architect and Urban Planner, Ariel Fertinani, founding partner of Daale. He talks to us about his career so far, his love of the industry, how travel has been such an important part of his development and why he believes that softer skills are so most important.  

Send us Fan Mail This week Jack and Ellan chat with Ben Keast, the UK Managing Director of Neptunus, provider of event structures and temporary buildings. With a career spanning just over twenty years, Ben has gained vast experience working on a wide variety of projects. His colleagues and peers speak very highly of him - listen for yourself why.......

Send us Fan Mail In the first episode Ellan and Jack speak with Judith Patten MBE. Judith has been working in conferences and exhibitions since 1975. Here she shares her story of how she got to where she is today, still very much involved in the industry and with no plans to stop anytime soon, why she loves it so much and what she chatted to Her Majesty about when receiving her MBE.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Events Insight official trailer! Here we reveal what our brand new podcast series is all about; where it all started, what we’ll be talking about, who we’ll be chatting with, and, of course, who should be listening (you!) and why. We’ll also attempt to explain what we hope to achieve by undertaking such a thing!