Contextual Factors Affecting Events Management

In 1969 in Greenwich Village, New York, a 6 day riot took place that would launch the first Pride March and launch the Gay Rights movement as a national movement. The conflict was started when police raided the Stonewall bar, a bar that was a safe place for homosexuals to visit, and violence erupted between the two groups. In the end, homosexuals were granted more rights and gained more acceptance in American culture.

Corporate hospitality is a private event held by corporations and businesses to entertain and build good relationships with their staff and clients and to encourage new businesses. For example a company hires a venue such as the Hinitze Hall in the Natural History Museum which offers galleries for a range of evening events with catering facilities and staff which will be used only by the business team.

1. When organising a business event, describe the range of support activities that may be required.

Social Aid and Pleasure clubs played a key role in the community organizing a counterpart to Mardi Gras. Groups with their own long and distinct histories such as the Black Indians, now called Mardi Gras Indians, skull and bone gangs, baby dolls, and brass bands would all parade for the African American version of Mardi Gras. This practice spanned the turn of the century through the birth of the civil rights era in the 1950’s. Even though Mardi Gras is no longer segregated, these practices remain an integral part of Mardi Gras in African American communities in New Orleans because they have been cemented as crucial aspects of community pride and cultural identity ( ). These Mardi Gras practices, the second line parades that occur year round, social aid and pleasure clubs, and of course jazz music are still an extremely significant part of many black communities in New Orleans today but there are numerous societal pressures being exercised on these communities that are putting their cultural practices in

When being professional you aim to give the best you can and that means to commit beyond your own expectations, by looking into the long term and seeing what could go wrong, and make sure different approaches are in place to prevent these. Being professional will always be advantageous and will create a positive repute for either yourself or the business you are supporting. Sometimes your professional behaviour can have an impact on your own work, eg, promotions. It will also increase pride. Therefore professionalism is an all-round beneficial factor.

"By 1973, there were almost eight hundred gay and lesbian organizations in the United States; by 1990, the number was several thousand. By 1970, 5,000 gay men and lesbians marched in New York City to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots; in October 1987, over 600,000 marched in Washington, to demand equality" (Milestones)

Individuals behavior during Mardi Gras is more focused on informal social control theory than formal social control. Informal social control basically referred “to our conformity to the normals and values of the society and adoption of a particular belief system, which we learn through the process of socialization”. In other words, it norms and values learn from the people around us like our parents, community, and society. People during the Mardi Gras conduct lewd behavior in which is sexual behavior that is not appropriate. As mentioned in “ Testing informal social control theory: examining lewd behavior during mardi gras” by David Redmon, “Lewd conduct at Mardi Gras is defined as the exposure of one’s genitals, anus,vulva, or female breast

A very skilled event organiser can recognise not only the good things of their event but can also see those things that went wrong or didn’t come out as expected. In order to become a successful event organiser the organiser should be able to make fair judgements about the event and make improvements for the next time. The organiser should be objective about their judgements they should see the mistakes with his or her mind not with his or her feelings.

|Booking rooms and accommodation |Offering information – such as where to find |Contributing to a review of the event – what |

With Queensland’s antiquated anti-gay laws repealed and a sense of freedom pervading the gay community, LGBT+ Cairns, still reeling from the tragedy of AIDS, though reassured by the success of safe sex campaigns, felt in the mood for a coming out party and what better way to come out than a float in the now renowned Sydney Mardi Gras. Buff, tanned men in pink skimpy shorts; what's not to love? So they set their sights on the 1994 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

On October 24th 2015 Arizona State Universities PRM 486 Special Events Management class hosted a day of service event at the Maricopa County Human Services Campus. The PRM class spent the first few weeks of class up till the 24th planning this event. The Day of Service students were split into two groups that had about fifteen students each in them. Those two groups were then split into 5 different sub-committees that consisted of a marketing team, a volunteer team, a sponsorship/hospitality team, a budget team, and a logistics team. Each team has specific duties that would contribute to the completion of this event each week. The marketing team duties consisted of getting t-shirts printed for the PRM students as well as all of the volunteers that were going to attend, and to help spread the word around about the event and what it entailed. The volunteer teams duties consisted of handling everything that had to with the volunteers the day of the event most of these students on this team were in a different group sharing what they could up until the day of the event when they actually had to help the large amount of volunteers. The team I was on was the sponsorship/hospitality team. Our duties consisted of getting various amounts of supplies for the day of service. These supplies were all kinds of things that would make the day of service run smoothly such as getting the breakfast for everyone volunteering, getting all of the gloves people were wearing during the

Types of events and main features (formal meetings including board meetings and annual general meetings, semiinformal including team meetings or sales meetings, exhibitions and trade fairs, receptions, conferences); agreeing role and responsibilities to provide support activities required (clarifying purpose, type and size of event, identifying target audience and confirming numbers, planning tasks and resources); confirming venue with others

Research of social impact of events is one of the emerging topics in event management literature and has a great degree of importance for a variety of different reasons considering their short term, high profile and a relatively profound effect on everyday life of local communities. (Ritchie

Tactical planning cover many aspects from technical and management aspects, which play a significant role in developing and marketing NAWMBA. For instance, a better network planning can let more audience get connected with NAWMBA and familiar with NAWMBA.

A46 Organization has been one of the pioneer companies in Turkish event management for the past few years, and its franchises have spread out through the Middle East almost as quickly as the company expanded through Turkey.