Unfulfilled Ambitions

As a young girl, I was an ardent film fan.  I went to the cinema at least twice a week.  I loved all the musicals, the westerns, the dramas and the comedies.  I grew up thinking it must be the best job in the world to be a film projectionist.  Dad told me to forget it, it was  mans work!

As a teenager, during the sixties, there were countless new pop groups discovered, and some wonderful solo pop stars.  I travelled miles to see my favourite stars and groups.  Their world seemed like magic to me, and I decided maybe I could become a groupie.  Once again Dad put the dampeners on it.

As I grew up, my tastes became  more sophisticated, and I couldn’t get enough of the marvellous shows the big theatres put on.  Some were so popular, I remember having to wait for months to get a ticket.  I would watch them in amazement – that’s when I decided that as I was always good at art, (I spent two years at Art College) I missed my vocation, I really would like to be a scene designer.  By then, I was married, and my husband thought I was crazy.  Who would look after the children when I went away to work?  There were only two small theatres in our district.

My ambitions would have to go on hold.  I continued visiting the theatres, watching all the changes and improvements taking place.  On a holiday in Las Vegas, we went to see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
“Starlight Express”.  The audio visual effects made it absolutely breathtaking.  We had never seen anything like it in this country, and planned to see as many shows as we could on our holiday.

Oddly enough, I have only seen one outside pop festival.  The noise and the crowds, not to mention the mud, was not my scene, and had it not been for the audio visuals, I would not have recognised my favourite groups – without the visuals they would have looked like dots on a stage.

Recently, my daughter and I went to see the tribute to Queen, “We will rock you”.  It was brilliant – very cleverly written by Ben Elton, and the music was great.  What pleased me most of all, was that I realised we had caught up with Las Vegas, because the computerised audio visual effects made the whole show one of the most memorable I have seen for a long while.

Things have certainly moved on, I realise now my true vocation is in audio visuals – the only problem is, am I too old at 65?

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carolyn
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February 26th, 2010 | Posted in Hotel jobs | No Comments

Trade Conventions Manager Jobs

Trade show manager jobs retty challenging and difficult task to carry on. This work needs a proper planning and effective teamwork to be a hit. Trade show, generally, means a show where several commercial products and services of several business establishments are showcasing for promotion and sales. In this section, we have mentioned certain essential and helpful factors which will help you to organize a trade event successfully.

Your hope

Before conducting any Trade Expo manager jobs you need to consider what your expectations are, behind organizing such shows, in terms of income, targeted consumers and markets, etc. You need to consider whether you want to organize the event on a global or national or limited level. If your expectation is quite high then you will, obviously, have to shell out a large amount of cash to meet your needs.

Budget

After you have determined your expectation, you will have to see the money that you can afford for the event. Based on an expected budget, you could make other necessary arrangements that are required for the trade event management.

Venue

The place for the event also requires to be given a think. For best results, it is always wise that you select such a place which will be within the easy reach of your targeted people.

Hiring enough staff

The other thing which you should remember is that you have to hire more staff personnel for the trade event so that your show isn’t under staffed.

Only reading the above tips and not putting then into practice will do you no good in any way. You will only waste your precious time by that doing it. If you are really serious then you have to remember all these important factors each time you think of getting into the trade show management.

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E-Commerce Boom Leaves Small Business In Its Wake

Canadian small businesses (1 – 20 employees) have been slow to adopt e-commerce as a sales distribution channel, and they’re not alone, with their OECD counterparts showing similar patterns. In spite of the widespread availability of fast internet connections and cheap or free website builder tools, small business owners’ reticence to open their stores to online shopping is isolating them from an ever-increasing share of retailing revenues.

Although 85% of Canadian small businesses have high-speed internet access, just 36% have chosen to make a business website of their own. And while 45% purchase goods online, only 6% have developed an e-commerce strategy by building an online store1.

Though they have one of the highest rates of high-speed internet penetration in the world2, Canadian small businesses are as slow as their overseas cousins when it comes to adapting to the shift in revenues online. In 2007, Canadian retailing revenues totaled C$413.1 billion3, with online sales taking 3.1% – C$12.8 billion – of the total4. To put the figure in perspective, that represents a revenue stream of $C4740 per small-business employee5 that is being almost entirely ignored.

Though some small businesses are poorly adapted to the e-commerce sales and distribution model, most are simply poorly prepared for a 21st century phenomenon that is rapidly leaving them in its wake. Larger businesses have been much quicker to embrace e-commerce, and an exponentially increasing number of online stores, together with widespread penetration of rapid internet connections and connected devices, have encouraged consumers to spend less time in traffic jams around crowded shopping malls and more time – and money – shopping in the comfort of their own home. The explosion in the use of other connected devices, such as smart phones, has only accelerated the pace of transition of discretionary spending from physical stores to virtual ones.

In parallel with the rise in the prominence of e-commerce, has been the availability and affordability of solutions enabling small businesses to make a website themselves, without engaging external contractors, and allowing them to build a website with an online store quickly and with little to no cost. Yet too many small businesses continue to ignore the significance of e-commerce for their business, and – rather than developing an in-house solution – continue to see revenues dwindle.

1 Statistics Canada, How many small businesses use e-business? 2009

2 OECD, OECD Broadband Portal (various data series), 2009

3 Statistics Canada, Retailers Competing for Market Share: 2007 Retail Sales in Review, 2008

4 Statistics Canada, Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology (SECT), 2008.

3 Statistics Canada, Key Small Business Statistics – July 2007, 2007

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