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The Audition: Live

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
ANSD at the Audition:Live

ANSD at the Audition:Live

On an unusual Saturday, the Marketing Team from Fawthrop McLanders were busy taking on the role of Simon, Amanda and Piers at this year’s The Audition: Live.

As part of the Class Awards, Fawthrop McLanders were on the annual hunt to find the best talent the North East has to offer. We were once again amazed by the talent in the region, seeing everything from solo singers, bands and dance troupes to a man playing on junk!

After a very long but successful day, we have selected some top class, high impact acts that the audience is sure to love as much as we do. This year’s Class Awards are shaping up to be the best yet!

Visit www.theclassawards.co.uk for more information, or view all the photos from the day at www.flickr.com/photos/fawthropmclanders

boom!

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

boom! The North East Engineering show

We’ve been appointed by One North East as the event management company for boom! The North East Engineering Show. We’re already hard at work organising the venue – The Metro Radio Arena; the date – 14-16 July 2010; and the format of the show. We’ve got confirmation from Honda that their humanoid robot ASIMO will be the headline act and we are working on securing more amazing exhibits and speakers to make the show a must-see event. It will be free to attend and is aimed at young people aged 11-17. With a target audience of 7,000 people over the three show days, we’ve got plenty of work to do to promote the show.

A splash page, the precursor of the full website, is already up at www.boomnortheast.co.uk so any potential visitors, sponsors or exhibitors can register their interest.

Top of the class

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Our events, PR, creative and digital experts are joining forces for The Celebration of Learning and Skills Success (Class) Awards. The combined expertise of our team enables us to deliver a high impact, integrated campaign which will culminate in the region’s biggest awards ceremony.

Following four successful years working on The CoLaS Awards, delivered on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council, we knew that there was a demand an awards ceremony dedicated to learning and skills in the region and we knew it had to continue.

Armed with a proposal, we approached One North East, Business Link North East and NEFEA (North East Federation of Enterprise Agencies) who saw merit in our plan and showed their support with all important sponsorship to turn the idea into reality.

And so, the 2010 ceremony will see over 1400 guests enjoy a spectacular ceremony at the Sage Gateshead on 23 April 2009. The region’s business leaders will join key employers, politicians, journalists, representatives from education and the families and friends of the nominees for an evening of entertainment and recognition of achievement.

Our Studio created the logo and web design and passed it to our Digital Team for build. The results are www.theclassawards.co.uk

Nominations are now open to employers, organisations and individuals over the age of 16 apart from Young Learner of the Year which is for ages 14 and over. All you need is to have reached the very pinnacle of innovative, progressive learning excellence and success in skills development. The Class Awards isn’t just about academic or professional achievements, it’s about recognising improvements in learning and skills, many against the odds, and award winners are expected to span all sectors.

Award categories include:

  • Young Learner of the Year
  • Apprentice of the Year
  • Skills for Work Award
  • Personal Achiever
  • Lifetime Achiever
  • Outstanding Achiever of the Year
  • New/Enterprising Employer of the Year
  • Small/Medium Employer of the Year
  • Large Employer of the Year
  • Outstanding Employer of the Year
  • Employer Apprentice of the Year
  • Creating Futures Award
  • Collaboration of Higher Skills

There’s just five days left to get your nominations in. Make sure you take a look at the entry criteria and spare some time to submit your application. The benefits of winning are immeasurable!

You can also follow our updates on Twitter @theclassawards and on Facebook.

The Summit 2010

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Rt. Hon. Nick Brown MP at the Summit 2010

Rt. Hon. Nick Brown MP at the Summit 2010

Monday’s here again and the FMA Event Team is glad to have had a weekend to recover from a very long but successful day on Friday.

We were out of the office to deliver The Summit 2010, just over the River Tyne at The Sage Gateshead.

Despite the weather, road closures, flight cancellations and train disruptions, 350 North East officials, councillors and politicians gathered for the first ever Association of North East Councils (ANEC) Summit.

The smooth running of the event was ensured by an 4.30am start for us and, fuelled by bacon sandwiches, coffee and adrenalin, FMA delivered a stress free, high impact and engaging event.

Communicating with, registering and directing the delegates, organising an exhibition and exhibitors, briefing speakers, facilitating panel debates, checking AV requirements, organising workshops and feeding this number of people required expert communication, attention to detail, bucket loads of negotiation and liaising, stamina and supreme coordination and budget management by Event Manager Andy. All in a very long day’s work.

And before the day, FMA planned the schedule, managed the venue, created the brand, manned a dedicated help line for delegate enquiries and filmed a showcase DVD on location with all 12 Council Leaders in 12 locations throughout the region including HMS Trincomalee to The Custom’s House. This was shown at the start of The Summit 2010 and can be viewed here:

12 North East Council Leaders at the Summit 2010.

If you weren’t there you can visit the website our Studio and Digital Team created at www.thesummit2010.co.uk to find out more and if you were there, do let us know what you thought