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Do you also feel the asthenic vibe of the approaching winter??❄️

With capital city traffic, quite a lot of fog in the morning and two or three seasons during the day, cold nose when you get to the office and full coffee or tea. It’s clear, winter is coming.

Word is circulating around the Universum office about this winter’s trends, that we have them, that we don’t have them, that we seem to be a bit tired of them and that we prefer to be unique… so a little jotting down of ideas surely helps.

It is not difficult to see how events support the development of the company. ?️‍♀️?

Claaaaar events strengthen relationships between people. They can relax the atmosphere in the team and turn it into a cool one, they strengthen the relationship between colleagues, the relationship with partners and/or customers and give us reasons to continue development. Regardless of the field in which we work, end-of-year events are the best opportunity to celebrate results and set plans for the future.

Whether we’re talking about awarding people or talking about events between companies, activating a brand or changing the thinking of a team, all opportunities to generate networking must be fruitful. By the way, have you read the article about brand activations in big festivals? It’s full of vibes à la Universum.

When all trends lead to digitization and all-around technology, then we invest more in face-to-face networking opportunities. ?? ??‍♀️

We tend to lose contact with those around us when we are assaulted by technology, at home or in the office, on the road or at events… we feel the disconnectionstep by step. That is precisely why we emphasize, in every event, the experience of the participants. With the help of impeccable implementations, we encourage the full involvement of those present, during the entire event. And we are no exception when we make the most of technology in our events. And yes, we do use it. 🙂

In the event industry, trends come and go, especially winter trends. ?☃️

Because we’re talking about networking events here, and because we’re saying Winter is coming more and more often, we’re blogging the most important ideas for this winter. Winter events are best thought out in the spring. And no, it’s not early at all! Because the availability of some locations is not an element to be neglected. So we suggest you follow this “trend” every year.

Namely: reserve your location in advance. ⏰

Also, consider the days of the week. Why? They bring super flexibility for you at the location, you have lower costs and the guarantee that no one puts pressure on you with other events held in parallel. Pluuuuus, you have every chance to have a lot more people come to your party than on the weekend (because in the winter we tend to go out more and more often…:P).

The event coordinator is like the wedding planner. ??‍?⚖️??‍?

You clearly want a stress-free event! You have time to drink, have fun, socialize with all the colleagues you don’t see very often. Beyond that… the dedicated project manager probably has more experience managing the event than anyone in-house. Trust and hire a company specialized in events to take care of every detail for your party. And contrary to what the world says in the market, the investment in the event is guaranteed to be much more cost-effective because… well… the experience in events brings advantages of its own. 😀

If you want to give for Christmas, do it! But don’t forget to help the rest of the year too! ?

Or whenever you have the chance? When we talk about humanitarian campaigns in winter, the world tends to activate instantly. Go for gift drives, fundraisers, landscaping and the list goes on. There are a multitude of ways in which companies can increase humanitarian efforts, contributing to local, national or global sustainable development.

Events that include CSR components are extremely important because companies generally have a lot of resources to make real changes. In addition, consumers sense when a company is doing something that makes a real difference and is fair to everyone, regardless the cause.

So don’t be afraid to propose social responsibility components in the events you create. What’s more, see the article that I wrote some time ago about the benefits of CSR in organizations and let us know when you want to help! 🙂

Inspiration is right in front of us. ?

We don’t shy away from staging themed parties inspired by movies, important events or events that have an impact, either nationally or internationally. This winter we come up with more and more original ideas, obviously customized for the location, the number of people and the budget we have. And as an idea, in addition to the various themes, this year we also believe a lot in the simple Christmas theme. When was the last time you went to a Christmas themed… Christmas event?

A theme is not just a name! ?

We are convinced that we can get all the butter out of a concept regardless of the work palette. There are all kinds of effective (and sometimes not very expensive) solutions through which you can use a party theme head-to-head: the well-known props (or props), the decoration and background from photobooths, the presentation and elements from the candy bar, visuals, decorations and lights that help you completely transform the atmosphere of a location. We have some concepts presented here, but clearly the palette is much bigger.

The conclusion is clear! What we can do this winter for you and your team is just a form away:

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       It’s September, Monday….

Universum headquarters, 10:12 a.m., a transport knocks on the door. The new super high tech team building concept has arrived on our tables.

After weeks of assembly and preparation, we have the complete portfolio with the most WOW high tech concepts. If you feel the need to add value to your team that excels with hard skills, we propose five high tech concepts dedicated to teams that want to improve essential soft skills.

1. Red Alert!

It is an engaging experiential learning activity that improves teamwork and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging environment. The exciting theme and limited time frame ensure that everyone is engaged throughout the activity.

    2. The Infinite Loop

What is the difference between look and see?

By combining VR technology with game challenges, teams gradually develop the ability to identify puzzles and apply innovative thinking to solve them. Real-time communication is key to generating effective solutions during the game.

         3. Robots Revolution

Building the robot is a unique and engaging learning process. Team members have fun collaborating in this creative process, where each member’s involvement is crucial. Applying consistent attention to detail to assigned tasks is super important, keeping focus on the overall project goals and avoiding “the silo mentality.”

4. Peak Performance

Does Mount Everest seem like an unattainable dream? We offer you an interactive teambuilding activity that can dismantle this myth. With us, you can start your digital mountain expedition. An expedition day lasts 2 minutes, during which participants must complete a series of virtual tasks. Each team assumes the role of explorers for 20 days in which they must conquer Mount Everest.

5. Quickfire

Quick Fire involves delegation, leadership, team spirit and a flair for problem solving….so it’s an energetic activity that keeps everyone on the team engaged and motivated! It’s a fun and very challenging team activity that uses an interactive team interface. It has over 100 tasks spread over 5 increasingly difficult levels, a bonus round and an all or nothing round

What do you choose? Contact us!

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If your impression was that you are opening another article about how you can revolutionize the world in three seconds by purchasing our product, then you will be pleased to know that no, this is not the case (so you can continue reading in peace :D).

The fact is that we cannot change the evolution of your world, but we can guarantee to influence it by making your event more efficient. From the very beginning, our goal has been to save you from wasted time, worry and hassle. And we say this because we tested them all and went through multiple situations until we found an effective solution that integrates the entire end-to-end management process of an event.

When you work in the events industry you run into mammoth situations that turn into mutants that need to be resolved quickly. We’re honest… and anyone who’s organized a B2B or B2C event at least once knows what we’re talking about here. Even though the two sectors do not appear to be related, various similar situations still occur.

You certainly resonate with us when we talk about the efficient management of attendees who have already registered online, those who register last minute or those who have not purchased tickets to the event at all, unregistered or missing invoices, or efficient lead recovery sales and networking.

We thought of nine simple reasons that led to the creation of the event management platform. Don’t rush, we don’t sell anything, we just present the premises from which we started the platform. Check them out and tell us how many you find yourself in. But please be honest! ?

1. First and most important: I wanted the customization of the entire registration process!

In a world where all services are recommended to be “the best”, we present you the solution folded exactly to your needs. “Most”.

How does creating custom fields for your registration page, customizing tickets for attendees, or managing payments and invoices directly through the platform sound to you? If we are still in the century of speed, at least let’s save time checking multiple lists by having all the information about the participants in one place.

2. Simplifying communication with participants?

Do we have multiple databases? It’s ok, don’t panic. We do one for the event, we filter the participants and send them e-mails, sms or automatic push-notifications, all compliant with GDPR regulations. There is no need to export and clean data as the format will remain consistent for all participants.

3. Do we need an event mini-site?

Well, we liked that too. A lot. The fact that we can make the event website very easily using the website template platform in the app. We just need to upload the content, customize it with a concept and it’s ready to go! Cool, right?

4. How about an efficient participant registration?

Easy as you say EVENT. We enable messaging, contact sharing and calendar sharing between participants so they can connect with each other and take advantage of networking opportunities. All this provided by the platform.

5. Access and registration to the event sessions is a MUST HAVE.

Among the essentials of a good management system (almost all of them are, but no…) is allowing visitors to book sessions before the event. The fact that they have access to scheduled panels and can upload videos or presentations after the event makes the app even spicier. Not to mention that visitors can interact with the speaker(s) during the session, directly through the mobile app.

6. LIVE! We are going live!

Among the most useful elements we find the use of statistics in real time, directly from the application. We track event visitors and thus identify live areas that need improvement. And so we also know which areas and sessions will be the most popular and we can also be prepared for traffic?.

7. It’s all about the time! We don’t want to stand in line at the entrance to the event!

Participants receive their unique access codes via text or email. As I wish. Our advice: have it handy when they arrive at the event so they can quickly access the event.

8. Customize in less than 3 seconds?

With the single code at hand, printers at registration offices can automatically print personalized badges once the codes are entered on the tablets. In less than 3 seconds we have a badge with your name on it. With a little efficiency, in 5 seconds you have it on the carrier.

9. Easy follow-up for participants? DIVINE!

One of the best ways to ensure event success is by scanning attendees to track where they are, so we allocate resources efficiently and improve each event.

When you get to know us you will notice that we don’t like artifices, pompous words or ideas hidden behind subtleties, because in our field no one wins with subtleties. You want a system with certain specifications, then be as specific as possible.

We are MyConnector. Part of Universum Events. We have developed an integrated system for the management of participants, from online registration to the check-in process and the actual entry into the premises of the organized event. As you can tell, we have an event platform with a number of extremely useful options and features. Because we rely 70% on networking in any event, the innovative design of the application makes it easy for anyone to use, facilitating registrations and the exchange of information for networking.

Do you have ideas that can improve event management? Come to our booth at GoTech World on October 2-3, 2019 near the Martech stage and let’s get to know each other . We are friendly.

It’s probably not often that you can say that you have unlimited possibilities to achieve something. But we are ambitious every time we talk about events.

I was talking last summer on the blog about how important brand activations are for the company’s image and which are the most interesting directions experienced by us within the events created under the #theUNIVERSUMexperience brand.

We return to the small screens and talk about the importance of brand activations at a festival. ?

Regardless of the season, there are constantly events that attract thousands, tens or hundreds of thousands of participants from the general public. Depending on the target audience of your business, whether you are HR or Marketing, festivals with a large number of participants can bring a huge return to the company. And sometimes it can be a much better idea to invest more in activations. 🙂

The festivalgoers, who are hundreds of thousands at this festival, crossing the boundaries of the event have one goal: to have fun. Make the most of it has become a slogan used more and more often among the festival audience, and we prove them right :D.

Probably the first and most obvious lesson in brand activations at a festival is not to sell the customer your raw product. He doesn’t want to sit around and hear about injectors, personal loans, hops and malt, or what percentage of the population consumes gluten. He wants to have a lot of fun, interaction, and if he experiences something at the same time, so much the better.

Recently I was in the heart of Cluj, at the Untold.

festival
We brought the park to life and energized the participants in a story context (as the festival promises with each edition). We took the stake as such, and relied on interaction and lots of fun. MUCH FUN. Said and done. Less than two months before the event, our colleagues, Cătălina (Business Development Manager) and Eliza (Project Manager) got to work. And together with our client they started the action plan for the festival.

It was clearly about one activation, maybe even two or three. And there were four in the end. Our basic idea was Feel the human energy at UNTOLD! With ENGIE you have renewable energy sources. Both at the festival and at home, appealing to the responsibility we have towards the environment.

Starting from the premise of using renewable energy, we launched the challenge to the participants to generate their energy in the most natural ways: through sports, dancing and especially through relaxation. A month and a bit of sketching and production, plus a day and night of editing, resulted in:

It is clear that we could not prevent the major causes, but action had to be taken against them. And especially in the context of a summer rain that cooled the Central Park in Cluj. It was probably the biggest impediment I encountered in the 4 days. It was clear that we had to prepare for any type of weather but we were clearly hoping that it wouldn’t rain constantly during the activation. Because the capricious weather was taken into account, the team prepared with super branded capes waiting to be used. Although two to three weeks of implementation was quite a tight time, I went through all the actions one at a time, leisurely. Again, the most important lesson for me was, the team. Proactivity, presence of mind, flexibility, availability, involvement, care, attention to details. How beautifully Eliza tells us :).

As I wrote at the beginning, the focus on the interaction between the finished product and people seems to be the most important aspect.

This and in the context where the activation must be perfectly combined with the theme of the festival and especially with the venue. We combined the park and the relaxation area with hammocks and poufs. We combined the fun of the interactive stage with the production of energy. And we combined cycling with lighting. Thus, during the four days of the event, 2,673,332 Joules (over 31,000 watts) were produced from the three prosumer activation zones.

For both the customer and us, the tens of thousands of attendees interacting with the stand are probably the best feedback.

Company and product promotion (activation stakes) aside, it’s critical to keep the customer’s needs in mind when implementing them. No matter what industry the product or service we’re promoting comes from, whether the activation nurtures, relaxes, energizes, tests your general culture, introduces you to new technologies or helps social causes, when we talk about brand activations at festivals it’s all about what’s at stake be on networking.

Sometimes pictures are not enough.

They convey the thousands of words that we can’t cover, but when we talk about the emotions of the festival goers… well, we can’t reproduce them. We try our luck with the following images but it all boils down to the clarion callyou have to be there!

If you want us to create memorable experiences together for your company or product, and especially during a festival, don’t hesitate to contact us contact!

We are super friendly!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… that’s why, in addition to the smell of cinnamon and oranges, we also bring the spirit of Christmas to team building activities for your team. Maybe you’re sick of Secret Santa. Maybe you want something to complement it or feel the need for a warm energy boost for the team. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back!

Therefore, we propose 11 ideas to end the year with fresh strength and a lot of energy in the team:

1. Winter Olympics

Energy, ambition and lots of fun – words that perfectly describe the Mini Olympics, where you can also give it the perfect twist to turn everything into the Winter Olympics: hockey, zorb, archery or a one-team on the snow!

2. Flat Out Sleigh Ride

If Santa was left without a sleigh, wouldn’t you give him a helping hand to complete his mission again this year? Together with your team, we create an entire showroom for him.

3. Puppet Masters

How would it be to create a super marionette decorated with all kinds of winter or Christmas themed props? And the final show should be supported by your team, but through the lens of giant dolls that almost come to life?

4. Quickfire – Christmas Edition

If you thought Santa Claus could only bring you presents, well, this time he comes with a series of challenges of varying complexity that give all teammates the opportunity to put their talents to use and create the best strategies together!

5. Haute Couture

The Winter 2017 collection created by your team and a super Christmasy show sounds like the perfect plan to celebrate Christmas in the Team.

6. Toy Factory

Create toys, paint and decorate them as you like and then… donate them to a cause. A Teambuilding for the team and a good deed.

7. Big Picture

The gift for your team can be created by her. How? Brushes, paints and canvases are taken and a giant work is created that can be exhibited in the company headquarters. With the theme, with your own brand, values or the desired impact, it will definitely be a pleasant memory that you will pass by every day.

8. City Build

We challenge your team to create, through the City Build activity, Rovaniemi – Santa’s Village. We create the atmosphere, but we need enthusiastic architects!

9. Essence of Excellence

What does it remind you of Christmas? Let’s reproduce it!
The activity challenges the teams involved to take on the role of these alchemists, creating their own perfume. Whether it’s the most famous Christmas essences or an experimental blend, be prepared for a super experience!

10. Beat the Box – rescue Santa!

The chances of us canceling Christmas due to Santa being gone are slim to none. We do not envisage such a scenario. That’s why we challenge you to push your limits! Together with your team you have to solve puzzles, uncover mysteries and decipher the secret code before time runs out. Otherwise… no more ho, ho ho.

11. Twelve teams of Christmas

Each team member plays the role of Santa’s elf. It is a fun and smart activity, where the teams through the best strategy, negotiate and exchange vital information with the other Elf teams.

If you want to surprise your team with something more than a Secret Santa, our teams can help you with a thematic teambuilding or a Christmas party.

It means that out of a desire to provide clients with the best and most appropriate team building activities, five years ago we made the decision to engage in a global team building network. And not just any network, but the largest and most developed globally. wink wink 🙂

It means that we became the partners exclusively from Romania, and together with the more than 40 partners from more than 60 countries, we constantly work globally to develop and implement concepts that bring people closer and grow them.

It means that if until five years ago we were doing it as well as we could, with all the resources on the table, for five years we have been doing it at another level, with an international validation that what we deliver cannot yes wrong And we are constantly improving, because the shared experiences we have and globally tested methods help us evolve in any event implementation.

It means that in the business environment, which is increasingly dynamic, we place more and more value on values such as team cohesion, employee motivation and the most efficient use of internal resources. Organizational culture is one of the key factors that matter in the success of a company, and team building activities are gaining more and more ground in its consolidation.

Itmeans that through the values we promote and implement further, we have become among the most important event organizers in the CEE area, and among the 25 European partners, we welcomed with open arms the proposal to organize the European meeting in Bucharest.

Thus, between July 8-12, we started the CATALYST EUROZONE 2019 European conference.

For four days, 60 international members of the Catalyst Global Team Building network from over 25 countries both in the CEE area and around the world they shared good practices and relevant experiences in organizing corporate team cohesion programs. It can be overwhelming when so many global partners gather at a European conference, among other things, to discover the secrets of Romania and our team. We are talking about South Africa, the United States of America, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Australia, Dubai, Israel.

We divided the whole experience into five intense days, full of experiences and specific know-how related to the implementation of the programs, from a logistics, marketing, sales or deployment point of view, combined with the discovery of Bucharest and the promotion of our Romanian values and culture.

From conference days at the Hillton Garden Inn, to a Go Team through which we discovered places unknown to us in the heart of Bucharest (a few of us being from Bucharest getbegét) , from summer evenings spent with the whole gang of participants on the terraces that offer some of the most beautiful views of the city, to kayaking on Lake Snagov and receptions with the procession to Romanian rhythms.

Because we don’t often get this opportunity and we wanted it to be memorable, we ended the conference week with a quartet concert, staged on the terrace of Lagoo. This collaboration was realized with our partners with whom we organize every time, with love, the concepts of team building Orchestrate and Crescendo.

Have you arrived here?

You would certainly like to see more of what we can do from a week-long European conference, so we invite you to click here and enjoy!

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In Bucharest, on August 8, 2019, Internet & Mobile World, the largest business event in the region is reinventing itself, becoming GoTech World, a manifesto of digitization addressed to the entire business ecosystem.

The event that sets the tone for digitization in the business environment in Romania and in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, consolidated its identity in an extensive rebranding process that exactly reflects the digital solutions and innovative trends presented.

GoTech World is “the home of the digital economy in Central and Eastern Europe”, the place where professionals from Romania and the region can find the perfect digital mix for their business needs. The event offers access to hundreds of B2B tech solutions, relevant and applicable insights from experts in various digital areas and a significant opportunity for networking and making connections.

”For several editions, IMWorld is no longer just about “internet” and “mobile”, as it was originally built. Technology has evolved exponentially since 2012 and the event has grown with it. With the new identity we pursue two important objectives. The first is the expansion of the event’s sphere of influence to Central and Eastern Europe. In this regard, we have already made important steps by attracting visitors and exhibiting companies from countries such as Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Moldova, Greece and so on. The second objective represents the renewal of an older promise, that of contributing to the strategic acceleration of the digitalization of the business environment through the relevant resources that we bring to the event.” said Alexandru Măxineanu – Project Manager, GoTech World.

Since 2012, Internet & Mobile World met decision-making people from Romanian companies with high-tech solutions and relevant information supporting digitalization in business.

The 8th edition of the event, which takes place this autumn (October 2-3) at Romexpo, includes an exhibition area of 7194 m² where B2B digital solutions will be presented and 7 dedicated stages where international and local experts will climb: Main Stage, IT Ops Stage, Digital & E-commerce Stage as well as the PRO stages: MarTech Stage, Security Stage, Java Stage and .NET Stage. This fall, the event is expecting more than 10,000 professionals.

The exhibition area is divided according to specific areas of interest for various needs of companies, such as: Digital & E-Commerce, Developers, Business Software & Cloud, Infrastructure & Information Security, Devices & Internet of Things or Tech Startups.

With the new identity of the event, GoTech World brings to the attention of the participants:

• A line-up of exceptional SPEAKERS, carefully selected, to bring added value to the participants through perspectives and useful insights.
• Relevant and actionable content – giving visitors the concrete information they need in the digital transformation process.
• A networking and new business platform – where professionals, both visitors and exhibitors and partners, can have a first contact in order to establish an effective collaboration.
• go>startech – the program dedicated to start-ups, which offers entrepreneurs at the beginning of their journey the opportunity to present their product or digital solution to the business community.

Among the first invited speakers this year at GoTech World are:

Main Stage: Jason Yim – Trigger, Manju Annie Oommen – Fujitsu;
• MarTech Stage: Tyler Lindell – Tesla’s AR/VR group founder, Gareth Morlais – ex-BBC;
• Security Stage: Steven Rymell – Airbus CyberSecurity, Jarno Limnéll -TOSIBOX;
• Java Stage: George Adams – jClarity, Peter Pilgrim – Java Champion;
• .NET Stage: Maarten Balliauw – JetBrains, Ibon Landa – General Manager and Head of Industry 4.0 projects at Plain Concepts.

Access to GoTech World is through online registration at www.gotech.world, where interested professionals can purchase tickets to the event.

For more information, follow the official communication platform:

www.gotech.world

GoTech World Partners:

Stage Partners:

NTT DATA – Security Stage Partner

Trencadis – IT Ops Stage Partner

Cognizant Softvision – Java Stage Partner

UiPath – .NET Stage Partner

Waze – Martech Stage Partner

GoTech World Sponsors:

Engie, certSIGN, ENEL X, SYSWIN Solutions, Konica Minolta, SoftOne, Lidl Digital, E.ON Romania

VIVA Telecom – Internet Partner

Renault – Car Partner

KITE – Digital Partner

L’OR – Networking & Coffee Partner

IQOS – Experience Partner

Media partners:

KISS FM, Business Review

About Universum Events

For over 10 years in the events industry, UNIVERSUM Events has corporate event architecture as its foundation.

Under the UNIVERSUM umbrella, own concepts and a personalized events division took shape: M.I.C.E. (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions) and a Team Building division that offers a portfolio of over 140 activities and concepts, both divisions focused on large-scale events for clients.

The company is the only representative in Romania of the largest team building license in the world, Catalyst Global Team Building, offering solutions for customers’ needs and ensuring unique experiences with each event.

Own concepts:

GoTech World (formerly Internet & Mobile World), the home of the digital economy in Central and Eastern Europe, the largest B2B expo-conference dedicated to IT solutions and digital from the region;

The Bucharest Tech Week Festival, now in its fourth edition, mobilizes the capital’s tech community to encourage innovation and the adoption of new technologies.

Târgul Imobiliarium, started in 2017 as an alternative to classic real estate events, aims to facilitate the process of searching for and purchasing a property, with the help of VR technology. Dedicated to the residential sector, the project brings together the largest number of new complexes, taking into account their experience and their history.

MyConnector, an online platform dedicated to events, which operates access to events, from online registration to access to the event.

Lagoo Snagov, our own location for organizing both corporate and private events, which covers an area of 60,000 square meters, in the middle of nature.

From marketer and finance specialist, to a successful Project Manager within Universum, Sabina’s career embraces the position of M.I.C.E Division Manager starting in April 2019.

The collaboration between Sabina and Universum started about three years ago. Three years in which the foundations of amazingly beautiful projects were laid and friendships were made that ensure the cool and united atmosphere within the division. I caught her right at the threshold of the project but because such an opportunity could not be missed, I took Sabina for a coffee and told a little about how the last few years have been as a Project Manager and how she maintains her energy and passion at maximum odds.

We started with what M.I.C.E. means. really and what is so special about this field.

Well, by definition M.I.C.E. means Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Expo…but beyond that, M.I.C.E. it’s about people. About the experiences you create for the participants who are in the event, about the experience you create for the client throughout the duration of the event (from implementation to follow-up). M.I.C.E. it means creativity, lots of creativity and maybe even more attention to detail.

We know that the life of a Project Manager is not exactly simple, that’s why we want to know what it’s like to organize projects? From the smallest to the largest.

It’s a kind of love-hate relationship:)). There are many moments when you feel that you have reached your limit and that you can’t go any further, moments when you say “I’m done, I’m giving up!” After that you overcome another difficult situation, you implement another extraordinary project and you want more and more. It may sound extreme, but it’s an addiction that builds. The life of a Project Manager brings you an adrenaline rush that you are constantly looking for and that you miss during the quieter times of the year.

Not infrequently, projects are real challenges, especially because we like to invent new concepts, with even more novel ideas… which are the biggest challenges that you have met since coordinating projects within Universum Events?

Generally, in events, I think the biggest challenges are perfectionists. It is true that… those who want to be in absolute control and know absolutely every detail do not necessarily have an easy life :). #viata_la_Universum taught me above all that not everything is about me, that not everything can be controlled and that trust in the people around you is the best thing you can bring to a project. I think that’s the biggest challenge I had (and still have sometimes) – to relax and trust the team.

Sabina, how do you get along with the whirlwind of daily activity? ?

Hard :))) Multi-tasking is one of the essential qualities that a Project Manager must have. There are days when I manage to stick exclusively to the to do list that I make every morning and days when I can’t get through it anymore. But prioritization is important, and I never abandon a to-do, even if it’s not a priority or it’s been a few days since I put it on the list. I learned that you can leave for tomorrow what you can’t do today, but do it!

What are three professional/personal ingredients that have helped you evolve as a professional in organizing large-scale events?

Curiosity, ambition and listening. I have always been curious to understand what happens in events and, above all, why. And that helped me to get involved in a lot of projects, ask a lot of questions, sit next to colleagues with more experience and see how they do things and get involved in all areas of the events, without thinking if I can. And I learned that I can 🙂 I also listened a lot – how those around me are doing, the recommendations and advice I received, the answers to the questions I asked them. We listened to customers and participants so that each new experience we create is better and better.

We know that in the life of M.I.C.E. there are dozens of projects per month and hundreds per year. Tell us about the dearest projects you have coordinated and which have remained close to your heart.

There are many 🙂 Very many. There are projects that are dear to me due to the complexity and challenges they present to me, or in which the clients are extremely dear to me. But I remember best the projects at the end of which I feel that I have grown a little more, that make me say “I didn’t know I could do this!”

We have been significantly increasing our team for a few months now and the M.I.C.E. projects division. no exception? . Because it is a dynamic and extremely challenging environment, what are three recommendations you would give to those who want to enter the events industry?

To understand that beyond the glamor and fun that is seen on the outside behind is a titanic work. It is a sustained effort every day, because the most dangerous is relaxation. That moment when you think you know it all, that you have thought of every aspect and that nothing can surprise you is exactly the moment when this industry comes and gives you a shot and shows you that you could have done better. And it’s important to understand that there is always room for improvement and that learning is continuous. And let them be open 🙂 The events are not for those who are looking for “the easy way”. But I dare say this field builds some of the strongest people. So all this effort is worth it!

We have implemented the idea of constantly growing and never stopping learning, always improving the services we offer and how we act in any circumstance. We know that you love to read a lot, and surely some readings have influenced you to develop personally and professionally. What do you recommend?

Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

Event Management: A blooming Industry and and Eventful Career – Ganga Sagar and Devesh Kishore

Thank you Sabina – our M.I.C.E. Division Manager for the great interview :)!

You girl rock! We are preparing great projects together and invite you to follow them on Instagram – @universumevents

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