the true worth of events
Sally Porteous
Sally has spent a lifetime creating magic by bringing humans together through live events, from intimate dinners to global sporting extravaganzas.
In this conversation we talk about the value of creating human connections through live events, how covid has changed the way we engage and how events can help us to embrace our own True Worth.
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Sally has unwittingly and unknowingly been involved in the planning and coordinating of events since she was a teenager. Coordinating local fairs, school fetes, real estate roadshows, sales conferences, and community engagement activities. But it wasn’t until Sally was well through the first act of her career journey that she realised that the activity she had always managed to incorporate into every job, was actually a career she could pursue. So in 2011 Sally embarked on a journey of curiosity to see if this thing people called event management, was indeed something that could hold her attention for act two of her career. Volunteering for a year then securing community festival production gigs, Sally discovered that this was in fact something she could do forever and had in fact already been doing it most all her life.
Sally is a passionate advocate for creating remarkable audience experiences, experiences that are worth remarking on. And so has created three pillars of support for her event community. Red Lanyard is the production company supporting people and organisations to create their best work. Event Planner’s Workshop creating space for people to learn, play and test their work, and the Event Managers Network that encourages connection, collaboration, belonging and support. Still a work in progress, Sally continues to create meaningful event experience, give others the confidence to do the same, and connect a vibrant community to make magic in the world.
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