This is the fifth episode of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated for the Elevate community by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training.

In this episode, we tackle the very tricky subject of overwhelm in the events industry. Something we all experience but rarely talk about!

Our host, Zoe Tuffs of Times Ten Coaching, chats to exec producer Jess Charles, people and culture expert Nicola Neal and Pete Kerwood from Elevate. 

Together, we talk openly about:

• Our struggles to juggle multiple projects, clients and expectations
• Our tendency to say yes to everything
• Our desire to be perfect
• Our fear of not being good enough or smart enough
• Our never-ending to-do lists
• Our tears and meltdowns (mainly mine) 

Zoe expertly coaches her guests to bring out some brilliant insights and some seriously helpful tips – ways of getting better at dealing with the bullshit narrative that goes on in our heads to feed our overwhelming emotions.

So, if you want to hear some honest reflections and take positive steps to feel more in control, then this is for you. 

About Elevate: Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.

Elevate, and this podcast, is powered by the generosity of our partners and supporters:

We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, The Venue Group, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10,  TRO and PSP. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.

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This is the fourth of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training.

Our guest speaker is Samme Allen, CEO and Founder of ConferenceEmcees.com, the first global network of professional conference emcees, moderators and facilitators. This elite team deliver in person, virtual, or hybrid professional hosts anywhere in the world, from San Francisco to Sydney for meetings, conferences and events from 6 to 60,000. 

This conversation with Samme is a masterclass in confident communications. If you hate networking, feel sick before pitches and the thought of public speaking fills you with dread this is for you. 

Samme herself is an award-winning emcee, speaker and presenter who has been working with global audiences for over 25 years, she is also one of our mentors here at Elevate. These are all reasons why Samme is the perfect person to give this talk. 

About Elevate: Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.

Elevate, and this podcast, is powered by the generosity of our partners and supporters:

We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, The Venue Group, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10,  TRO and PSP. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.

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This is the third in a series of monthly inspirational talks hosted and curated for Elevate by our learning partner Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training.

In this session Matt explores psychological safety and busts a few myths around this subject. 

He shares practical tips on how you can build more psychological safety into the teams you're in. 

It doesn't matter what level you're at – it's not just about leadership – anyone in the team can help build upon it because when you do, and you're in a great high performing team, people feel like they can self-express and bring their whole self to work. Who doesn't want more of that?!

Matt’s prompts for this session can be downloaded here 

About Matt Bolton-Alarcón: Matt has worked for the last two decades in learning and development. He has trained thousands of people all over the world from companies like Google, L'Oreal and Innocent. 

About our host venue: This podcast was recorded at Goods Way which is owned by The Venue Group who create hospitality concepts across the world that are built on the power of experience. Their spaces in London, Washington DC, Alabama and Texas celebrate the boundary-pushing, genre-defying and one-of-a-kind by bringing culture and community together.

Goods Way is their Kings Cross venue with three unique spaces, Sweetwater, an underground saloon, Lafayette

a state-of-the-art 600 capacity music venue and Nola’s, a hidden speakeasy bar with a secret entrance which is where this podcast was recorded with a live audience.

About Elevate: Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.

Elevate, and this podcast, is powered by the generosity of our partners and supporters:

We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, The Venue Group, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10 and TRO. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.

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This is the second of a series of monthly inspirational talks curated by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training.

Our guest speaker is Evie Manuel, Managing Director of London based immersive agency The Department. Evie started her career at the creative events agency Full Circle, joining the business as an events assistant. Seven years later she was appointed the managing director where she remained for a further four years helping to steer the business to great success.

Evie is going to talk about the history and impact of Imposter Syndrome. She will be looking at how reframing and leaning into the feelings of self-doubt can actually help you. Evie has had her own share of self-doubt during her meteoric career journey which is why she is the perfect person to give this talk.

Evie’s prompts for this session can be downloaded here.

About our host venue: This podcast was recorded at Goods Way which is owned by The Venue Group who create hospitality concepts across the world that are built on the power of experience. Their spaces in London, Washington DC, Alabama and Texas celebrate the boundary-pushing, genre-defying and one-of-a-kind by bringing culture and community together.

Goods Way is their Kings Cross venue with three unique spaces, Sweetwater, an underground saloon, Lafayette

a state-of-the-art 600 capacity music venue and Nola’s, a hidden speakeasy bar with a secret entrance which is where this podcast was recorded with a live audience.

About Elevate: Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.

Elevate, and this podcast, is powered by the generosity of our partners and supporters:

We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, The Venue Group, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10 and TRO. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first of a series of monthly inspirational talks hosted and curated by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training. 

Matt's topic for this sessions is 'Managing Your State (of Mind)’. Matt believes that 'how you are' is more important than 'what you know' or 'what you do', especially in those high-stakes stressful moments - and in the events industry, there are many! He shares some tips and tricks on how to manage overwhelm, and how you can get in the best possible state for those big, high-pressure situations.

Matt’s prompts for this session can be downloaded here.

About Matt Bolton-Alarcón - After a number of years working in creative and marketing roles Matt has worked for the last two decades in learning and development. He has trained over 30,000 people in 40 countries around the world with companies like Google, L'Oreal and Innocent. 

About our host venue - This podcast was recorded at Goods Way which is owned by The Venue Group who create hospitality concepts across the world that are built on the power of experience. Their spaces in London, Washington DC, Alabama and Texas celebrate the boundary-pushing, genre-defying and one-of-a-kind by bringing culture and community together. 

Goods Way is their Kings Cross venue with three unique spaces, Sweetwater, an underground saloon, Lafayette, a state-of-the-art 600 capacity music venue and Nola’s, a hidden speakeasy bar with a secret entrance which is where this podcast was recorded with a live audience. 

About Elevate - Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry. 

Elevate, and this podcast, is powered by the generosity of our partners and supporters: We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, The Venue Group, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10 and TRO.

Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.