PP019 | Bespoke Events London | Discover How A World Class Event Design Company Creates The Best Experiences

Bespoke Events London is one of the leading events production and design companies in the UK based— as you might expect, in London. They’ve created spectacular designs installed with precision that boasts over 25 years of experience designing and producing spectacular corporate, private and wedding events.This week we go on location to Bespoke HQ’s creative suite with Creative Director Daniel Morris-Gibbons. From creating a tropical beach in the middle of winter, to hosting E!’s new drama series “The Royals”, Daniel gives us a first hand behind-the-scenes look at how some of their spectacular events come to life.

PP018 | Medicinema | Discover the Healing Power of Cinema

A movie experience like no other. MediCinema opened its first ever facility at St. Thomas’ Hospital 14 years ago and it has grown into something of an institution, much-loved by patients, staff and volunteers alike. This year they've screened to over 20,000 patients, their relatives and members of staff, giving them the chance to enjoy an uplifting social experience without having to leave the hospital.This week, Toby goes on location at Guy's Hospital in a fun multicolored cinema theater right in the heart of London. Patients get quality care and VIP treatment while they watch the latest blockbuster with their families, carers and nurses. Toby is joined by Kat and Nicks who tell their first hand experience in delivering this unique entertainment to patients throughout the UK.

Event Planning PodcastJames EagerNovember 29, 2015charity, charity events, cinema, event planning, hospital, medicinema

3 Ways Bizzabo Software Can Reduce Your Event Planning Stress

Metropolis BlogJames EagerNovember 23, 2015bizzabo, corporate event, event, meeting, planning, software

Discover why this top event professional chose Metropolis for his (and his fiance's) most important event...

Andy & Vicki NurseMicklefield HallJuly 2015Andy: It was the first time I've worked with you guys. I actually came to site and you were actually doing the full production of someone's wedding. And it was just from the start to the end, how you dealt with it, your client, and the actual wedding itself and how... you were very caring about it and were making sure everything was on key. And it was one of those ones where you just thought, "It's a no-brainer. Those guys definitely have to be at my wedding."

PP017 | Dreamflight - Part 2 of 2 | Discover how a yearly event has changed over 5000 lives. Dreamflight has given a plane full of deserving children, a life-changing holiday, every year since 1987!

Continuing on from PP016, in this episode we discover what happens during the dream flight holiday. It all starts by organizing coaches from all parts of the UK to arrive at The Hilton T5 hotel at Heathrow Airport in London. In this mini episode Patricia and Sally give us a mind-blowing blow-by-blow account of what happens during the Dreamflight trip.

Event Planning PodcastJames EagerOctober 27, 2015charity, charity balls, disney land, dreamflight, fundraiser, orlando

PP016 | Dreamflight Part 1 of 2 | Discover how a yearly event has changed over 5000 lives. Dreamflight has given a plane full of deserving children, a life-changing holiday, every year since 1987!

In 1987 there was no Internet… But that didn’t stop full time British Airways, Airhostess, Patricia Pearce from using her typewriter, and unstoppable entrepreneurial spirit, to raise money for a life-changing holiday. Taking deserving children from across the UK, hiring an airplane, finding specialist doctors and medical staff, recruiting volunteers, booking hotels and activities…. Not to mention finding and preparing the 280 (yes 280) children to take the trip… to Orlando, USA! Since then, Dreamflight has taken off every year, ‘Changing Lives’ of over 5000 deserving children so far...

Event Planning PodcastJames EagerOctober 16, 2015charity, charity balls, disney land, dreamflight, fundraiser, orlando

Full marks to them and yourselves, with honours, for having done as well and above what we thought would be achieved.

TestimonialsJames EagerOctober 12, 2015

PP015 | Pippa Crossman | Berkeley Castle | How to Design Bespoke Events at Venues of Historical Importance

Pippa Crossman is the Weddings and Events Planner at Berkeley Castle. Together with her team, she produces various events each year at a venue that has been family home to the Berkeley’s for 900 years! The most remarkable thing about the Castle is that for nine centuries, the building, the Berkeley family, the archives (which go back to the 12th Century), the contents, the estate and the town have all survived together. Its place in history is significant, not just because it is still intact, but because the Berkeley family and their home have played an important part in the power struggles of so many centuries. In this episode Pippa talks to Toby about the challenges she faces putting on an event in one of the most beautifully preserved, living pieces of history in the world.

PP014 | Victoria Penrose | Discover What It Takes To Be A Professional Make-Up Artist

Victoria Penrose is a professional make-up artist and graduate of the London College of Fashion. She has worked in a wide variety of jobs from TV to Commercial but mainly focuses on editorial and fashion. A confident, dedicated and respected makeup artist and hair stylist with a clean and inventive approach. She has a broad knowledge of the history of fashion and takes influences from the past and is dedicated to following current trends. In this interview she talks about what happens behind the scenes and how she got to be trusted with some of the most well known faces around.

Event Planning PodcastJames EagerSeptember 24, 2015artist, bbc, make-up, makeup, news, Victoria Penrose

PP013 | Bizzabo Event Success Software | How To Save Time & Increase Revenue

Rachel Ruggieri came from a corporate event background and now works as the Customer Success Director at Bizzabo... In this episode she explains to James how Bizzabo event software can and has changed the lives of event professionals. Bizzabo brings together cutting edge technology, innovative spirit and events background to lead the meetings industry to new frontiers. It’s an intuitive piece of software that will run on pretty much anything with an internet connection. A serious tool, for serious professionals. Check it out!

You certainly were a HIT with everyone...

TestimonialsJames EagerJuly 24, 2015band, band booking, lincolnshire, party, testimonial

Tips from the Fashion Industry

Metropolis BlogJames LumsdenJuly 1, 2015event, event management, event planning, metropolis, tips

Tips for Corporate Event Planning

Metropolis BlogJames LumsdenJune 21, 2015corporate, event, event planning, Live, metropolis, planning, tips

How To Plan A Business Event

Metropolis BlogJames LumsdenJune 4, 2015business event, james schramko, live event, podcast, superfastbusiness

How to plan event catering

Metropolis BlogJames LumsdenMay 30, 2015catering, event, local sauce, plannerspod, podcast, sheba anvari

PP012 | James Schramko | How To Plan A Business Event

James Schramko gave up a $300,000 at year job a Mercedes Benz to start his own business! He now earns millions. He does this by helping people everyday, who listen to his podcasts and are members of his Super Fast Business online community. He has events running globally and once a year he puts on an event in Australia.

Mini Documentary: 'One Year On...' Part 2

Priority Testimonials, Video TestimonialsJames EagerMay 21, 2015Band Rental, Events, function band, Huppa, jewish wedding, live band, Live Band Music, music, Reception, Weddings

PP011 | Sheba Anvari | Local Sauce | Event Catering

Sheba’s company is Local Sauce. They provide catering for a range of needs, from fresh, seasonal home cooking fridge filling, to a full waited service for the bigger events in life.Founded by eternal foodie and Leiths graduate Sheba prides herself on using the freshest ingredients to create dishes from the classic to the innovative.

Event Planning PodcastarturMay 19, 2015caterer, catering, event catering, food, Leiths

PP010 | Steve Butcher | Chilfest | Music Festival Event Planning

When Steve Butcher isn’t busy looking after Universal Event Production, delivering audio and visual hire to blue chip companies such as Nike, he is the promoter & event director for Chillfest. Chilfest 2015 will take place on Friday 10 & Saturday 11 July bringing two days of the very best sounds from the 1980s to the leafy rural setting of Tring. The story of Chilfest so far will give you a deep, no holds barred, insight into what it really takes to put on a festival of scale.

Event Planning PodcastarturMay 4, 2015chilfest, event planning, music festival, Steve Butcher, Tring

PP009 | Steff Easom | Avalon Corporate Entertainment | Comedy Booker

Steff Easom is a corporate booker at Avalon Corporate Entertainment, a specialist division of Avalon Management and ARG Talent Agency. Avalon provides extraordinary creative talent for all types of corporate, private, media and commercial events. Avalon exclusively manage both high profile names and emerging stars from the worlds of comedy, film and television.