#GMID2024
A day to celebrate our industry while reminding elected officials that we bring in the economy's high-value tax dollars and revenue? We’re there!
Next Thursday, April 11 is Global Meetings Industry Day, by Meetings Mean Business Canada, and you can join #GMID2024 by attending the event in your area. You can also take the same jump we did and become a Meetings Mean Business Canada member, partnering up for the long haul to keep our industry moving onward and upward. Check it out 👇
https://meetingsmeanbusiness.ca/gmid-2024-industry-events/
We’re shining a spotlight on the #LitGala2023. 💡 In one unforgettable night, our city raised over $600,000 in support of free children's resources, writing a bright chapter in the story of Calgary Public Library Foundation. See how we lit up the Calgary Central Library with bold design and experiences that warped guests into the pages of a graphic novel. Until we light up the night again next year, you can support the Foundation with their 50/50 Raffle happening right now! 📸 Ambedo Agency https://onewestevents.com/project/lit-gala-2023/
We did it–together! We saw over 20,000 guests walk through the doors of our events this holiday season, which means over 20,000 most needed items have been donated to Calgary Drop-In Centre. A massive THANK YOU to our phenomenal clients for making this a reality. Our hearts are so full. ❤️
We welcomed our 20,000th guest through the doors last week, and you know what that means…we’ve hit our goal! We can’t say thank you enough times to express our appreciation for our amazing clients who make something like this possible. Here’s a peek at our clients from the past week who helped make this happen. Brb, we have 20,000 items to pack up for Calgary Drop-In Centre. We’ll check in on the other side of this mountain of boxes. 📦❤️
Week 5, and we’re hurtling towards 20,000 donations for Calgary Drop-In Centre. We chose Calgary Drop-In Centre because they are an incredible local organization that sees the people behind the circumstances, such as homelessness and extreme poverty, and helps them find their way home. They make sure their clients have the supplies they need and the services they deserve. With these donations, we’re helping keep those supplies available this winter. Here’s a peek at the amazing events and guests from the past week who are making this all possible. ❤️https://onewestevents.com/one-for-one-one-for-all/
The ten-thousands have entered the chat. 🥰 HUGE thank you to our clients and the incredible guests we welcomed at our events last week. We have donated one item to Calgary Drop-In Centre for each of you fantastic folks. https://onewestevents.com/one-for-one-one-for-all/
We saw 1,340 guests come through the doors at our events last week—you know what that means. We’re 1,340 items closer to our goal of 20,000 most-needed items donated to Calgary Drop-In Centre!Thank you to all of our clients from last week for making this a reality. ❤️ https://onewestevents.com/one-for-one-one-for-all/
We’re one week into our holiday giving goal, and thanks to our phenomenal clients, we have already purchased 3,930 items to be donated! For every guest we welcome at our events, we are donating one item to our friends at Calgary Drop-In Centre, and we’re excited to watch that number soar toward our goal of 20,000 items.
Here’s a look at the fantastic events from last week making this humongous goal possible. ☝️❤️
We’re still picking up our jaws from the floor. This weekend was Contemporary Calgary’s night of the year, L23K and with the help of our incredible partners, it was mesmerizing. Jump over to our blog to revel in the magic of a night at the iconic brutalist gallery: https://onewestevents.com/blog/heres-what-you-missed-at-l23k/
We’re spending Valentine’s Day focusing on the thing we love best: ourselves. ❤️ Today is our One Love employee summit, where our team will be handing the reins over to Leadership Coach and Ops Strategist Angela Nicole Coaching for a self and team growth session.
See you on the other side, though you may hardly recognize us after our glow-up.
Happy New Year! 🍾 We are kicking off 2023 refreshed, and eager for another year of creating unforgettable experiences.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - time to put our feet up and let Netflix take us away. We asked our team what they’ll be unwinding with over the holidays, and as expected, everyone has phenomenal taste.
🍿🎬 Curtains, please. Here is our team’s inspo for your holiday Netflix binge.
You can never have too many guilty pleasures. Why not indulge in one more:
Mannequin: On The Move
Ted Lasso
Sex/Life
Never Have I Ever
The Circle
Love Is Blind
Drag Race
Need to get your creative juices flowing? Pop this in the VCR and let your imagination fire up:
The “Untold” Series
Skin Wars
Drinkmaster
Brojects
Abstract - The Art Of Design
Connected
Metal Shop Masters
Animal
Could use a little cheering? These old friends are just waiting for the invitation:
Grace and Frankie
Benny and June
Schitt's Creek
The Office
Arrested Development
Soul
Parks and Rec
Iliza Shlesinger
Big Mouth
(Lee Daniel's) Star
Whether you throw it on in the background of an otherwise awkward family dinner, or treat yourself to a night in with a carton of nog, we wish you a very merry marathon.
As we wind down 2022 and look toward the new year, there are two questions on our mind:
1. How will we as #EventProfs continue to *WOW*?
2. What does it look like to create activations that immerse and delight guests in new ways?
Brightside Beer Fest was a creative challenge in just that – marrying each aspect of the event with the brand story to create something unexpected and exciting. From the tasty beer to each interaction as they made their way through the space, guests spent the evening with their five senses fully engaged in the brand experience.
May the new year bring even more challenges that sharpen our imaginations and push us to new heights. 🥂
As #EventProfs should we be employing and certifying in HR core competencies? 💭 On this week's episode of Event Brew, the Brew Crew breaks it down: what does it look like for event profs to employ HR core competencies? What impact could these competencies have on your career and events?
Grab a drink and join the conversation at audio.eventbrew.com!
Cut! 🎬 That's a wrap on another brilliant Calgary International Film Festival. There was a spin on the classic red carpet this year, with the first ever Rainbow Carpet in celebration of the prominence of LGBTQ+ film selections, and a car-pet so even the smallest and fluffiest film goers could make their grand entrance.
Working alongside Our PARK Online and on behalf of connectfirst Credit Union, we brought the colour to Calgary. We saw the Eau Claire Market taken over by bold and bright installations to keep guests immersed in the festival experience while between silver screens, and threw a wicked Pride Party to celebrate the premiere of FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN.
What a blast! We’re already counting down to CIFF 2023.
#CIFF2022
What do you look forward to #WhenWeMeetAgain?
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