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Microsoft Annual Conference 2009
Working again with BBL Events I’ve just spent three days at the new Wembley Stadium for the 2009 Microsoft Annual conference. I held a variety of roles, managing the exhibition space, production managing the evening entertainment and providing support to whatever was happening.
12Oct2009 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft Children’s Christmas Party
Each year Microsoft invite the employees and their (young) families to their UK Headquarters for the Microsoft Childrens Christmas Party. The event takes over all five of the buildings that Microsoft own, with a wide range of activities, entertainment and food options. I was there to support the management of the event, working with the [...]
24Dec2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft NHS Roadshow
Microsoft produce a number of hardware and software solutions for the medical industries, so to showcase the latest advances in medical technology approached their long-standing Event Management agency BBL Events. BBL in turn came to me to provide full logistical planning, budget management, venue sourcing (and briefing) as well as onsite delivery and partner management [...]
17Nov2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
9Sep2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
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 for [...]
18May2008 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft Technical Roadshow 2007
Working with Microsoft’s event agency BBL Events, I’ve recently completed a five week roadshow tour of the UK. The Technical Roadshow has been running for several years and this time took in Nottingham, Glasgow, Bristol, Harrogate and London. Each of the two day conferences accommodated approximately 300 people, with my responsibilities including all venue, logistics, [...]
30Mar2007 | rob haworth | 1 comment | Continued
Microsoft Developer Launch
As part of the launch activity surrounding Vista and Office 2007 I’ve been at Microsoft’s Reading offices this week working for BBL Events on the UK Developer Launch. The two day conference took place in the conference rooms at Microsoft’s office and as well as being attended by 240 people each day, was streamed live [...]
21Jan2007 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
Microsoft EMEA Partners in Education
It’s proving to be a busy month for my work with Microsoft. Working with BBL Events, this time I’ve been working with the education team at Microsoft EMEA for their executive briefing event at the Institute of Directors. The daylong event showcased the latest advances for the classroom during a conference led day-time event, followed [...]
13Jan2007 | rob haworth | 0 comments | Continued
