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Greenbelt 2008

Working for Event & Management Services at Cheltenham Racecourse I have once again spent  three weeks at Greenbelt Festival.  The August Bank Holiday Weekend event sees up to 22,500 people enjoying various outdoor stages, seminar venues, cafes, workshops and music venues across the 350 acre site.

rob haworth | August 29th, 2008 | Continued

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Subway Picnic Rocks

With just 13 weeks from date of appointment to the date of the event, Subway® Picnic Rocks for Action Against Hunger (on behalf of Affinity) is probably one quickest I have ever pulled together an event – and what an event!

rob haworth | July 7th, 2008 | Continued

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KCM Conference - Bournemouth

Since mid 2007 I’ve been working with Affinity Events on the planning for the two part KCM European Conferences. The first stage was attended by 2,800 delegates and was held at the Bournemouth International Centre on the south Coast.

rob haworth | April 22nd, 2008 | Continued

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Christian Aid - Cut the Carbon Leeds

Following on from the event in Edinburgh, I find myself back in Leeds (where I went to University) for the second leg of the Cut the Carbon tour for Christian Aid on behalf of Affinity Events.
As with all of these events, we started with a campaign march, which took in some of the busy shopping […]

rob haworth | August 9th, 2007 | Continued

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So, what is it that I do?
Well I’m a freelance / contract / temporary event manager working for a number of different event management companies and end user clients. I manage all kinds of events - from conferences and seminars to outdoor concerts and festivals.
I have a great deal of experience, working on events on […]

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End of the Road 2008

My final outdoor festival event of the year was the End of the Road Festival at the Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset.  In its third year, the event sold out at 7,000 people on site and played host to a number of American and English bands on the Garden Stage and the Big Top Stage.  […]

17Sep2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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Microsoft Annual Conference 2008

Working with BBL Events I’ve just spent a couple of days in Brighton for the annual Microsoft staff conference and party.  The event (which took place at the Brighton Dome) saw over 1,000 of the Microsoft staff team come together for a full day of conference, followed by an evening party.
I was given the role […]

9Sep2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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Lambeth Conference 2008

For the last year Affinity Events have been working with the Lambeth Conference team to plan the 2008 event, which brought together Bishops from around the world. The event (which takes place every ten years) saw 1,600 Bishops, Spouses and members of the Anglican Church come together for a three week conference at the […]

7Aug2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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Lambeth Conference - London Day

As part of my work on the Lambeth Conference (for Affinity Events), today I’ve been in London helping to manage the ‘Lambeth Walk’ which saw about 1,500 bishops, spouses and church members take to the streets of London to walk for the end of poverty.

I played a support role today, making sure that the event […]

24Jul2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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MAYC Breakout

MAYC hold their Breakout event every two years, but for the first time in 2008 took their event to the rolling Derbyshire hills to create a mini-festival for the 1.500 or so young people who came to the event.
Working with their event agency Affinity Events I was responsible for working with and managing the MAYC […]

15Jul2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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IFSH Conference

Working once again with Affinity Events on behalf of the University of Cardiff I have spent the last week working on the IFSH/TAS international conference. I have been working on the pre-production of this event for some months and it was good to final meet the American clients who I had only spoken […]

27Jun2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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Microsoft Technical Roadshow 2008

This is the third time that I have worked on the Microsoft Technical Roadshow for BBL Events (see 2007 event). This year the events took place in cinemas across the UK with audience numbers between 250 and 600.
The tour took in London, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle. Again, I had an overall responsibility […]

18May2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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KCM Conference - Basel Switzerland

Following on from the success of the first stage of the European conference, I’ve just come back from Basel in Switzerland which was the venue for the second stage of the KCM European Victory Campaign.
The event took over most of the Congress Centre, Basel conference halls and saw a similar set up as the UK […]

30Apr2008 | rob haworth | 1 comment | Continued
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Christian Aid - Cut the Carbon Cardiff

September sees the final Christian Aid ‘Cut the Carbon’ event for Affinity Events. This however isn’t the only event I managed this weekend – I also started the rig for a conference – luckily they were both in Cardiff.
My rig at Cardiff City Hall meant that I had to leave the management of my […]

15Sep2007 | rob haworth | 1 comment | Continued
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