Festival and Event Management Master Class

by gmist on April 12, 2013

THIS PROGRAM IS NOW FULL – PLEASE CONTACT GMIST TO PUT YOUR NAME ON A WAITING LIST – (709) 458-3610

GMIST is proud to announce that it will be hosting Mr. Paul Gudgin, one of the

leading Festival and Event Management Experts in the World,  to deliver his internationally renowned Festival and Event Management Master Class May 27 & 28 in Rocky Harbour, NL!

The Festival and Event Management Masterclass is an intensive 2 day programme designed to inform and inspire anyone involved in the business of creating, managing and developing festivals and events. It is a highly practical course full of ideas and examples to increase participants knowledge and improve their events. It includes sessions on key tasks and challenges for festival organisers such as Marketing, Press, Programming, Evaluation, Sponsorship and Fundraising.

Paul Gudgin has over 20 years experience in the management of festivals and events and was for 8 years the Director of the world’s largest arts festival, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This was an exciting period that saw the event double in scale hosting an incredible 12,000 performances and selling over 8 million tickets. Paul was appointed visiting Professor of Festivals and Events by Leeds Metropolitan University and is currently the Senior Consultant at the Edinburgh Institute for Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier University. Paul has hosted festival management workshops in seventeen countries and been a key-note speaker at leading event conferences in Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the US and China.

Dates: May 27 & 28
Location: Oceanview Hotel, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cost: $350 plus HST

Learn more by visiting http://www.gmist.ca/courses/ or email info@gmist.ca or by calling (709) 458-3610.

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