Message #50660

[queenbean]

I've been organising company-wide events as part of my job for 5 years now, and I think I've finally got the hang of it!  I do get a real buzz out of it, and I much prefer to be busy behind the scenes doing all the trouble shooting, but it's true that you just can't please everyone.  We have an annual event which is a combination of a quarter brief, a training event, a bit of hands on fun, and a belated Christmas party all rolled into one.  We always ask for feedback afterwards, and I used to take some of the nit picky comments really personally.  I don't any more - people will always complain for the sake of it - and I'm always very touched when people take the time to compliment the organisation of the event.

I've just started work on my favourite event of the year - I get to take a group of about 20 people to a coffee conference in the USA (Seattle this year, can't wait), stay in great hotels, put together a tour of the funkiest coffee bars in town, and eat and drink till we're sick.  Brilliant!

QB