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Due to popular demand, Event Training Australia has extended its one and two day event management courses across Australia. Event Training Australia has begun delivering short customised event management courses on a demand basis. To date, programs have been delivered for Sanitarium Health Foods, Bank of China and Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia’s Reserve Bank). 2021…
Making events eco-friendly. Much discussion has occurred of late regarding the ‘evils’ of plastic waste. Various events have sought to draw attention to, and to directly address, this issue through their own practices. Events leading the way in this area include the Wave Rock Weekender in Western Australia and the Volvo Ocean Race. Playing a…
Event Training Australia offers short courses in event management for practising festival managers. These events courses are held in several locations around Australia in partnership with Paul Gudgin, past Director of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the City of London Festival. Paul has an extensive background in the event management field internationally, and in recent…
Events can play a significant role in building and maintaining a sense of community and shared experience in regional areas. As many small towns struggle with the effects of drought and bushfires, events are serving a valuable role in bringing people together and generating much needed economic stimulus. To find out more about how events…
Sustainable, “green” events. Event Training Australia’s (ETA) event management courses incorporate processes and practices designed to minimise, or eliminate, negative environmental outcomes that might result from the conduct of business and public events. In doing so we draw on the expertise of various organisations and researchers in the area. The Sustainable Event Alliance (SEA), in…
EVENT MANAGEMENT BOOKS Event Training Australia is proud to announce the launch of the 6th edition of the text Festival and Special Event Management, 6th edition (2020). This new edition comes at a pivotal time, as the event industry faces its biggest challenge to date. The COVID-19 pandemic in the short term has shut down…
Event Training Australia (ETA) has extended its early bird rate registration rate for its Executive Certificate in Event Management in Sydney (10 – 13th March) and Melbourne (24 – 27th March). Participants from bushfire affected communities are eligible for an additional discount (For details on how to access reduced course rates please contact ETA directly…
Discounted event training course for bushfire affected regions. Event Training Australia has extended its early bird rate registration rate for its Executive Certificate in Event Management in Sydney (10 – 13th March) and Melbourne (24 – 27th March). Participants from bushfire affected communities are eligible for an additional discount (please contact ETA directly for details).…
Gold Coast event management courses. After an absence of several years, ETA will be returning to the Gold Coast and Perth with its Executive Certificate program. For ETA staff member, Jade Whitely, this will be the first time she will be presenting the program in Perth, her home city, and on the Gold Coast, where…
ETA was acknowledged as a Centre of Training Excellence in the event’s field in a ceremony at the Asia Pacific Institute for Events Management’s (APIEM) Asia Pacific State of The Art Events Research Conference, in Bali in September 2019. Additionally, ETA’s founder, Dr Robert Harris, was appointed a Professional Fellow of the Institute at this…