Megan Stenhouse

Banks Sadler deliver global meeting management services. Operating out of London, York, Dusseldorf, Paris and New York every year they handle over 15,000 venue find bookings and 400 event management projects for a range of corporations, SMEs, government departments and associations. • Manage everything for events from shipping, booking flights, transfers, hotels, catering, and evening activities • Design proposals and invitations, design and build websites and registration forms and delegate communications with inbox management • Work on event operations such as health and safety and crisis management and as onsite support for events • Work directly with clients on my own events developing relationships as well as working with senior staff on their events and maintaining key client relationships in their absence • Managed small budgets and assisted senior management on larger budgets.

Banks Sadler deliver global meeting management services. Operating out of London, York, Dusseldorf, Paris and New York every year they handle over 15,000 venue find bookings and 400 event management projects for a range of corporations, SMEs, government departments and associations. • Managed and designed a process for a new event, by streamlining the process to the most efficient & successful format for both Banks Sadler & Client. • Manage everything for events from shipping, booking flights, transfers, hotels, catering, and evening activities • Design proposals and invitations, design and build websites and registration forms and delegate communications with inbox management • Work on event operations such as health and safety and crisis management and as onsite support for events • Work directly with clients on my own events developing relationships as well as working with senior staff on their events and maintaining key client relationships in their absence • Managed small budgets and assisted senior management on larger budgets.

Industry Link is a student run organisation allowing events students to gain access to training and volunteer work giving them the opportunities to learn and gain experiences from the Events Industry. The role in Industry Link requires the following: - Sourcing volunteer opportunities from local councils, businesses, charities. - Constant communication with employers regarding forthcoming opportunities. - Assigning volunteer opportunities to specific students dependant on the skills and interests they have stated. - Collating feedback from both employer and student. Industry link works with Events companies within the industry that require support on events, as an industry link member I source these opportunities to provide for my course.

Leeds Beckett University (formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University) is known for being the UK Centre for Events Management. Modules covered: -Public Relations -Finance -Law -Marketing -Marketing Strategy -Managing a Workforce -HR -Future Development of Events These modules have covered some key skills in the Business sector. Compiling and proposing a formal pitch working to a brief, presenting and logistical planning are a number of skills the course focuses on. Event Company Finance has enhanced my previous business knowledge on companies finance and has also given me solid foundations on budgets and finance. Public Relations and Marketing have expanded my business knowledge in other directions.