Events in a Globalising World

You can find the mindmaps for the second weekend posted up – you’ll find them further down this page.

Douglas

Hi everyone,

it was lovely to see you all on Friday and I hope that you had fun with Matt and David on Saturday!?

Just a quick note to let you know that I have posted the case study questions up on the page for ‘Assignment Two’.  As always, if you have any questions or arean’t sure about anything please just let us know and feel free to use the blog to discuss the submission amongst yourselves as well!

Speak to you all soon!

Jenny

Hi everyone,

just a quick note to say that me and Douglas are very much looking forward to seeing you on Friday. We will be based in room 04 of the CPD centre so I suggest we all meet from 9 onwards in the cafe on the ground floor.  I have posted the Berlin case study which your assignment will be based on under the page for Conference Weekend Two and would be grateful if you could take the time to read it before Friday if possible.

See you soon

Jenny

Postscript:

Here are the mindmaps that we used in pdf format during the second weekend. Hope they’re useful

Douglas

Mindmap 1 – Homogenisation – Berlin

Mindmap 2 -City Branding – Berlin

Mindmap 3 – Events and Niche Marketing Berlin

Hello everyone,

just a quick note to let you know that the first part of the discussion board assignments have now been posted up under  the Assignment One page.  I’m still waiting for a couple to come in but I think there is plenty there for you to get your teeth into.

Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks time

Jenny

Hi everyone,

just wanted to say that me and Douglas very much enjoyed our day with you on Saturday – hopefully you enjoyed it too!  I have posted the details of the first assignment in the ‘Assignment One’ page, if you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to ask – either on the blog or via email.

As we discussed at the weekend, let’s try to use the blog a bit more to support each other!

Looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks time!

Jenny

ps I’m going to set up a delicious account in the next few days so I’ll send you details when I have

We have a recorded a short video for you to watch explaining how to use the blogs. We hope it’s useful. You can look at it by clicking on the download link  
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Hello everyone,

welcome to the Events in a Globalising World module!  In this module we will be exploring the phenomnon of globalisation and its impact upon events at a local, national and international level.  We will look at the economic, political, social and cultural ramifications of globalisation and the implications of this on your professional practice as managers within the global events industry.

As you will see from the menu on the right hand side of the screen, the first four weeks of lecture materials are ready and waiting for you. We recommend that you complete these on a weekly basis if possible and ask that you have completed the first four lectures by the time we see you at the first teaching weekend on 26th and 27th Feb.  Each week we will pose a topic for discussion and would encourage you to make the most of this opportunity to explore these issues with both module staff and your fellow students.  As you will see, we provide readings each week, in addition to these you may wish to purchase a copy of Manfred Steger’s (2009) Globalization (A Very Short Introduction) which can be purchased on Amazon for less than £5!  This is a very short book which provides an excellent introduction to the topic of Globalisation.

The module will be taught by Jenny Flinn and Douglas Chalmers.  As you will hear from the lectures, this module was previously taught by Douglas and Professor David Litteljohn – David has now retired so Jenny will be taking over from him.

If you have any questions about the module please feel free to post them here on the blog or email Jenny.Flinn@gcal.ac.uk or D.Chalmers@gcal.ac.uk.

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome a number of ‘new’ students onto the programme who will be joining us this semester.  We have no doubt that everyone will make them feel welcome!  By way of introduction perhaps everyone could leave a comment on this post to introduce themselves.  Those of you who have already completed Semester A modules may even like to offer our new students some advice and tips!

We will, of course, be meeting for our case study weekend in only 4 weeks. This will provide an opportunity to discuss, clarify and embed learning in a more intensive and collective manner.

In the meantime, welcome to the module and we hope you enjoy the course.

Jenny & Douglas