Distinct Destinations, Metropolis and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Eshet Incoming, Karma House and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Northstar Meetings Group, in partnership with Destinations International, presents "The New CVB" as part of its Interact Digital summer series.

Interact The New CVB is a chance for suppliers to meet face-to-face with leading buyers and planners to discuss and book future business, while supporting each other through these challenging times.

All planner/buyer attendees will be pre-qualified by the Northstar Meetings Group team, and all attendees will be looking to book their programs in the next 12 to 18 months.

The event will be conducted on Northstar’s custom designed, interactive digital platform that provides one-to-many and one-to-one video-casting, networking chat-rooms, education, instant polling and more.

Participate in Interact The New CVB as a premium sponsor, supplier or hosted-buyer. Generate new partnerships and secure business for the months and years ahead. Register now to join us for this August 4, 2020, virtual event.

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We are delighted to bring you our Health & Safety #livetutorial

Helen McCabe from Harrier UK will be chatting to us about Health & Safety; what is Health & Safety, why it is important, how COVID-19 has affected all aspects of event planning, what we can be doing to get ourselves ready to go back to 'live' events.

With over 14 years’ experience in the events industry specialising in event management and health and safety in a wide range of events including festival and stadium tours. Helen has been working as a Business Manager and Health and Safety Advisor for the last 6 years for Harrier providing personal and practical health and safety support and advice covering all areas of health and safety including documentation and training for small businesses and for national and international live events.

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You don’t need more qualifications and experience to get more confidence in your career.

Forget endless cv-rewrites, psychometric tests and new portrait photos.

Forget traditional career advice and fruitless emails to recruitment agencies.

If you feel like you’ve tried everything to change your job, build a new career, launch a new freelance business or switch to something else then this is the workshop to try a different approach. If you’re feeling short of time, overwhelmed or just plain stuck, then this is the workshop to get some fresh thinking. If you love your job but feel like you should be getting more recognition, feel more valued, speak up more or build yourself a profile, this may be where to start.

At this workshop I will draw on 25+ years of profile-building, interviews and transformational coaching to offer a confidence-building strategy that starts with discovering who you really are and what you’d really like to achieve. A simple, 3-step process to give you clarity, consistency and confidence in showing up in your career as your authentic self.

Have you ever felt that you don’t get the recognition and profile you deserve? Have you wondered what you could do if you had the courage to make a change or do something differently? To speak up more? To present more effectively?

This workshop will point you towards the things you need to do for yourself to start the journey towards a more visible and confident you.

Getting more Career Confident is entirely possible. And you don’t need too much more than a shift in the way you think.

This unforgettable workshop could just be the start of your journey to an inspired, confident and authentic you.

You will also receive a bonus for attending this workshop - a free 30 minute coaching session at a time of your choosing.

WHO AM I AND WHY AM I DETERMINED TO SERVE YOU POWERFULLY?

I’m an award-winning PR and events veteran, who spent decades helping companies and their leaders to raise their profile. My career involved working with everyone from CEOs and Board Members to politicians and celebrities.

But as an “extrovert trapped in an introvert’s body” I also had to overcome many challenges to make a successful career – including hundreds of media interviews, public presentations, panel appearances, published articles and chairing important meetings.

I know what it’s like to push through fears, blocks and uncertainties as well as honing personal tips and tricks to effective communication and personal presentation.

I’ve been a certified Coach and Mentor for 6 years as well (ICF ACC Associate Coach) so I can help you develop a powerful mindset in addition to the hard communication skills and knowledge to accelerate your own personal belief, confidence and profile.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The workshop will be interactive and intimate.

Please bring a positive mindset and an open mind!

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EC Meetings Malta, ITB Spain and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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SPOTLIGHT SINGAPORE is the weekly MICEboard Stream TV live broadcast from and via the destination in Asia.

ALWAYS on Wednesdays and always at 05:00 p.m. (MESZ - German time zone) and in German language.

Starting on August 5th, every Wednesday at 05:00 pm, "Spotlight Singapore" will bring the latest news, information and inspiring reports to the computers, laptops, pads and smartphones of the event planners as a LIVE broadcast.

"Spotlight Singapore" is a new MICEboard Stream TV format that provides event professionals with first-hand information about the popular MICE destination in Asia. Each broadcast will feature daily news and information from the destination, providing event planners and event managers with orientation and help for future event and incentive planning in Singapore.

"Even though Singapore is currently not yet fully available for event planning, this is set to change again and we would like to use the regular live streaming to show what incentive, congress and event opportunities the destination has to offer. And of course our office in Frankfurt is open and available for enquiries at any time - even beyond 2021," says Karin Thönes, Senior Manager, Central & Southern Europe at Singapore Tourism Board in Frankfurt am Main.

"Spotlight Singapore" is dedicated to one topic in each programme and shows corresponding exciting and inspiring reports and film clips. Viewers can act and participate live and interactively, such as asking questions, giving feedback or commenting on topic surveys. This makes "Spotlight Singapore" an interactive virtual format with lots of information and interesting facts about Singapore.

Best of all, "Spotlight Singapore" can be viewed easily by anyone and completely free of charge via social media. It is not a virtual event where participants have to apply for registrations and passwords to be allowed to attend! MICEboard Stream TV broadcasts "Spotlight Singapore" interactively and LIVE via facebook.com/MICEboard and in the three Facebook groups: "MICEboard Community", "MICE Branche" and "MICEboard". Viewers can interact and participate. "Spotlight Singapore" also runs on Instagram (IGTV), YouTube and in all MICE relevant communities in the social media.

Save the date: from 05 August 2020 at 05:00 pm on facebook.com/MICEboard. Don't miss it!

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A focus on Exhibitions, and a chance for you to understand more about the virtual world of exhibitions. The event will focus on:

- How the Exhibition Industry has been affected by Covid-19

- What the future looks like for the Exhibition Industry

- How Virtual and Hybrid options can deliver a successful Exhibition

- How to get the best out of your virtual or hybrid Exhibition, What are the secrets to maximum customer engagement?

- How the people behind Exhibitions have been affected by this catastrophic change to the industry (mental health, resilience)

Our speakers include:

• Neil Thompson, The Delegate Wranglers
• Martin Fullard, Mash Media
• Jack Saward, Saward ME
• Stephan Murtagh, The Exhibition Guy
• Emily Hume, Make Events
• Helen Moon, Event Well

You will be able to listen to industry experts, participate in live discussions, network and meet our exhibitors.

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Weichlein Tours + Incentives, Atlantik DMC and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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RUSMICE, Accent and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Talas M, Talas S and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Northstar Meetings Group's Interact Beach Destinations & Resorts will bring highly-qualified meeting planners virtually together with top suppliers of destinations, venues, hotels/resorts and local activities of exciting coastal and beach locales for one-to-many and one-to-one virtual appointments, video-casting, networking, chatrooms, instant polling and more.

The virtual event is meant to propel the meetings industry forward as we shift our focus to recovery, and will be conducted on Northstar Meetings Group’s interactive, digital platform.

Participate in Interact Beach Destinations & Resorts as a premium sponsor, supplier or hosted-buyer. Generate new partnerships and secure business for the months and years ahead. Register now to join us for this August 11, 2020, virtual event.

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DW Live #25 - Event design for virtual conferences – Masterclass
with Sasha Frieze
Tuesday 11 August - 1.30pm (UK Time)

Register here for FREE:
https://thedelegatewranglers.eventscase.com/attendance/event/index/37757/EN

For our latest Delegate Wranglers Live show, Dom & I will be joined by Sasha Frieze of The Business Narrative with a fantastic up-skilling / learning session for you guys where we'll be discussing event design for virtual events.

As well as lots of other things, we'll be discussing:

• What are the practical strategies to ensure your virtual event delivers on its objectives?
• How do participants consume virtual events and how can you design for that?
• How do you deliver great content in a livestreaming production environment?
• Engagement, gamification, immersive branding – how to create and measure your success ?

This really is going to be an interesting & informative show!!!! Don't miss it!

Register here for FREE:
https://thedelegatewranglers.eventscase.com/attendance/event/index/37757/EN

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#WeMakeEvents has reached RED ALERT. Thank you for all of your fantastic support so far. Hearing your stories and sharing your experiences is having an incredibly positive impact on the campaign.

We now need to step the campaign up a level. We are preparing a day of planned outdoor activations on Tuesday 11 August.

IN LONDON: Join us at London’s Southbank and Bankside to play your part in saving our industry. To ensure the safety of the event pre-registration will be mandatory. More details to be announced soon.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY: We hope to replicate the London event at major cities across the county, please follow our social media for updates. If you can help organise an event near you please contact wemakeevents@plasa.org

LIGHT IT IN RED: The #LightItInRed campaign will once again be lighting hundreds of iconic building in red across the country. Get involved at www.lightitinred.co.uk

H O W Y O U C A N G E T I N V O L V E D

- Register your participation in the Day of Action (registration available from 4th August): www.plasa.org/we-make-events/
- Recruit your colleagues and industry friends
- Share event posts and videos on social media
- Wear red on the day

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Arinex and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Designed for sales and marketing professionals working in the event industry, this is a great opportunity to hear from a group of specialist experts, upskill and network with like-minded industry colleagues.

Agenda

9.00 – Emma Gaymer - Bamboo Sales & Marketing Consultancy: Why copy-paste doesn't work

9.25 – Femke Millership & Amanda Baker - Selling Savvy: Overcoming current obstacles during face to face showrounds

9.55 – Networking

10.10 – Refreshment break

10.20 – Pete Holder - Kalm Kitchen: An open conversation about LGBTQ+ within the events industry

10.40 – Networking

10.55 – Wrap up

11.00 – End

What will be covered?

Emma Gaymer - Bamboo Sales & Marketing Consultancy

Why copy-paste doesn't work

Emma will talk about the importance of knowing your audience and the needs of your customer, and how to respond to those effectively across different channels. This critical sales and marketing theory is key to conversion and can be applicable to those promoting themselves in the jobs market as well as professionally, when handling lead generation and client enquiry response.

Femke Millership & Amanda Baker - Selling Savvy

Overcoming current obstacles during face to face showrounds

There are many virtual showrounds happening right now, however some clients still want to come in and see space in person and meet sales people face to face however these showrounds have social distancing obstacles now. Femke and Amanda will be discussing the best ways to overcome these obstacles during this interactive and lively workshop.

Pete Holder - Kalm Kitchen

An open conversation about LGBTQ+ within the event industry

Pete has 5 years experience within the event industry and now works as Head of Events at Kalm Kitchen, a creative wedding and event caterer based in Guildford, Surrey. Pete will be chatting openly to Kate Plowright about his experience within the LGBTQ+ industry within wedding and event.

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Connect DMC, Barefoot, and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Join us for an exciting hour of entertainment, rock & roll trivia, and original songwriting. All you need is a positive attitude, a decent internet connection, and your favorite drink. No musical experience required!

Reminders and FAQs

Speak up and share your thoughts. No idea, question, or comment is too small or too large.

Turn your webcam on. Though this isn't requred, it is strongly encouraged for the best face-to-face networking in our virtual setting.

Your privacy is serious business. We will take precautions to ensure virtual safety practices are in place.

Virtual Happy Hours are about coming together. Save any account-specific converstaions for your Cvent Account Team. We'll gladly help.

Have fun and make new connections!

Agenda Overview

• Welcome and Introductions
• Energizer & Warm-up
• Cover song from feature artist
• Music and lyrics for our original song with SongDivision
• Rock & Roll Game Show
• Performance of original song by SongDivision
• Networking Breakouts

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CPO Hanser and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Structure & Content

Selling Hybrid Events

17.08.2020 at 10-11.30am

Selling Savvy and EventMind Collaboration

- What Hybrid events are and how they work

- The benefits of Hybrid events

- What bookers want to know before they book

- Multiple location Hybrid event - working with other venues

- What questions to ask during initial enquiry stage, with questionnaire

- How they can be lucrative for venues

- How to sell Hybrid events

- What upselling tools are relevant

Virtual Showround: The best of the best

18.08.2020 at 10-11.30am

- How virtual showrounds are being done in the industry at the moment

- What is working well and what isn’t working so well

- What clients want from a virtual showround

- Upselling and closing virtually

- Personalising virtual showrounds

- Creating a virtual showround checklist

Successful Virtual Appointments

19.08.2020 at 10-11.30am

Including 1 networking session at the end- Presenting yourself professionally

- How to ensure you are on brand virtually

- Building rapport virtually

- Selling through Zoom (or equivalent)

- Effectively following up

Who is this course for?

- Reactive sales teams and managers within venues and hotels

- Proactive sales team members and managers within venues and hotels

- Sales Managers and Directors who want to learn about the 'new normal' or virtual selling

Meet your Trainers

Kate Plowright

Founder & Director

Kate has hands on experience of proactive and reactive sales along with event organisation and people management. She launched Selling Savvy in 2018 because she is passionate about delivering effective workshops and mentoring that gives teams the opportunity to be empowered to make the right strategic decisions, whilst having strong backing from their management.

Becky Whitaker

Associate

Becky has over 25 years’ experience working in the tourism and hospitality sector including time spent with Visit Britain and 11 years with Marriott Hotels. She set up and managed the Marriott Yorkshire Cluster Event Sales office as well as helping write the SOP’s nationwide. Becky loves the industry be- cause it is built on making people smile!

Femke Millership

Associate

Femke has been in the event and hospitality industry since 2002 and has set up MICE cluster offices, worked to implement new yield management systems and managed large reactive sales teams. Femke is extremely passionate about the event industry and absolutely loves passing her enthusiasm, experience and conversion ideas onto sales teams!

Amanda Baker

Associate

Amanda has over 25 years’ experience within the hos- pitality, leisure and tourism industry. She has a proven record of implementing strategies that has increased company’s profitability. Amanda understands that in- dependent businesses have to work a lot harder to win business and stand out from the crowd. She has a passion and clear focus to achieve those new sales.

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Wallace Travel, Mazurkas DMC, and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Interact International, part of Northstar Meetings Group's
Interact Summer Series Digital Events, brings together top meetings and incentive buyers and suppliers interested in international business.

The digital event is all about helping the industry get back to business again! It’s a chance for suppliers to meet face-to-face with leading buyers and planners, discuss future business and support each other.

Suppliers: highlight your international destination, venue, resort or service to pre-qualified planner and buyer attendees.

Buyers: Attend one-to-many and one-to-one meetings with leading suppliers from the destinations your most interested in.

Discuss future business and support the global meetings, events and incentive industries.Contact us today to discuss how Northstar’s Interact Series can benefit your organization, as we join together to propel the industry forward.

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Free Business Growth Webinar

If you believe that you or your business aren’t fulfilling your potential, you want to reignite your passion for your business or just want more out of your life and business then this is the workshop for YOU !

Who is this event for?

The ‘Six Steps to a Better Business’ webinar workshop is for Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, CEOs, Directors and Managers who are ready to make exhilarating changes in their business and personal lives.

The CPD accredited workshop is specifically designed for business owners and specially invited guests of the Northern Automotive Alliance and will deliver tried and tested strategies for re-igniting your business potential.

Paul Limb, ActionCOACH Bolton Managing Director, works with local business owners to help them create massive breakthroughs and growth in their business, so don’t miss out on this opportunity see him present at this complimentary business growth workshop.

What you will get by attending:

• Discover the proven formula for success
• Reignite your vision, energy and enthusiasm
• Discover new marketing strategies to attract more of the right kind of clients
• Learn how to accelerate your business profitability
• Share thoughts and experience with like-minded business owners

What you’ll walk away with:

Energy, vision, focus and some real strategies to help build your profits right away … PLUS the skills and tools to get more done in less time.

Investment:

Nothing – this one is on us! Just bring a great attitude, an open mind and a willingness to learn something new

Availability:

Places are going quickly – so take action now and reserve your seat.

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XPTO Events, Gulf Circle Tours, and destinations UNLIMITED join forces to show you everything you need to know about travelling to these wonderful destinations. We cover the practicalities of the new way events will work, hotels and activities, wellness and CSR options, as well as new additions to the destination you may not have come across yet.

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Whether you are in the MICE industry booking events or whether you are dreaming about a trip of a lifetime where a bespoke itinerary would be required, we would be delighted if you could join us.

Joining us on this journey through Rajasthan, is Kr. Avijit Singh, scion of The House of Rohet. He has unparalleled local knowledge and manages some fantastic properties and experiences ranging from Rohet Garh, The Rohet Wildnerness Camp, The Rohet House Jodhpur and the acclaimed Mihir Garh, a Relais and Chateaux certified hotel.

Discover India and STAR Your World invites you to join us and experience India, albeit, on your screen. Discover India are a 31-year-old, family owned destination management company (DMC) that specialises in bespoke and customised experiential travel to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Incentives, conferences, business travel & meetings and leisure trips are all hand crafted with equal precision and care. We promise, we deliver.

We hope you will register to join us for 1 hour.

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DW Live #26 Words that sell - Copywriting masterclass with Stephanie Arnold (Stephanie Arnold Copywriting)
Tuesday 18 August - 1.30pm (UK Time)

FREE Registration here:
https://thedelegatewranglers.eventscase.com/attendance/event/index/37810/EN

For our latest Delegate Wranglers Live show, Dom & I will be joined by Stephanie Arnold who will be giving us a copywriting masterclass specifically geared for our industry including some tips for writing great copy in the DW 'Hours' each week - including:

• Why an email list is the number 1 thing every event-based business needs right now
• The art of nurturing relationships, increasing repeat custom and enhancing brand visibility via email - in less than 1hr per week!
• How to craft event web copy to encourage ticket sales (and what to ditch!)
• Creating web content people actually want to read - and share
• Tying all of the above together with social media
• DW Bonus for DW Live Hive subscribers: Stand out from the DW crowd during Supplier / Event / Freelancer Hour with ‘DOH’ content.

This really is going to be an interesting & informative show!!!! Don't miss it!

FREE Registration here:
https://thedelegatewranglers.eventscase.com/attendance/event/index/37810/EN

#wemeanbusiness

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Are you looking forward to booking future business in the Midwest? If so, Northstar Meetings Group's Destination Midwest Digital 2020 is the hosted-buyer event for you.

Join your meetings and events industry peers virtually for the must attend hosted-buyer event—bringing together the most highly-qualified meeting and incentive buyers with top destinations, hotels/resorts, attractions, DMCs, DMOs and tourism offices from the Midwest U.S.

Meet one-on-one with top suppliers who are ready to book business throughout: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Join together with your peers and colleagues for unmatched industry education, networking, invaluable connections and a few surprises along the way!

Follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook: #DestinationMidwest

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Please contact Katey McDonald at GP Associates to register your interest in the event

Drop us a line to: katey@gp-associates.co.uk

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DW Live #27 - Everything you need to know about The Delegate Wranglers
Q&A with Diane Thompson & Neil Thompson
Friday 28 August - 1.30pm (UK Time)
FREE Registration here:
https://thedelegatewranglers.eventscase.com/attendance/event/index/37862/EN

This is a Delegate Wranglers Live show with a difference! To celebrate reaching the fantastic milestone of 20,000 members recently, for this show Dom is going to be joined by the people behind the DW group - Diane & Neil Thompson to discuss all things Delegate Wranglers!

So this is your opportunity to learn about the thinking behind the group's inception and the story so far. It will be your chance to ask the team anything you might need to know about the group:

- What's the journey so far
- What are the challenges
- What's next?
- What's it like to work with Dom!!!!! :)

This is your opportunity to speak to the team and ask us anything related to the group!!

FREE Registration here:
https://thedelegatewranglers.eventscase.com/attendance/event/index/37862/EN

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PopUp Dance brings the club to you when DJ Tom Morley plays dance classics live from London into your living room!

HOW TO JOIN:
The FREE code for Delegate Wranglers is WELCOME.

- Do reserve your spot! PopUp Dance takes place in Zoom.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

- The access links will be emailed to you from Eventbrite 24-hours before the start of the event, with a reminder sent to you10-minutes before we begin.

- Check your inbox before the event for an email from Eventbrite. If you don't see it, check your spam/junk folders.

- Download the free Zoom application on your device in advance. No account is needed.

- You'll access PopUp Dance using the link in the email from Eventbrite.

- Please test your camera and speakers in advance. Laptops are better than phones because you'll see everyone more easily.

- Switch your camera on in the Zoom session for an interactive experience!

- Hook your laptop up to your speakers or headphones so the music sounds great.

- For a more stable connection, disconnect other devices from your WiFi and switch off apps/tasks running in the background.

- This event will be recorded. Footage from the event may be used for promotional purposes.

- Your image may appear on screen during the event.

- Any person deemed to be behaving inappropriately during will be removed without warning by the event moderators.

What is PopUp Dance?

DJ Tom Morley will bring you an hour of 20 dance classics live from London into your home for this debut PopUp Dance event. Tom, aka the Rockstar Activator, has been DJ-ing global online Zoom parties since lockdown began. PopUp Chorus® has partnered with him to bring the groove to you!

There’s no lining up, no coat check, no taxis home, no hassles. It’s time to hook up your favorite speakers, grab your headphones, dress up (or dress down), and get dancing with your housemates, or on your own. We'll spotlight those of you who are getting creative and really performing!

What kind of music? Like PopUp Chorus®, PopUp Dance is all about loving the BIG choruses, so expect a heady mix of songs from Tom like “Dance To The Music,” “Groove Is In The Heart,” “You Can Call Me Al,” “Walk Like An Egyptian,” “Stuck In The Middle With You,” and even some songs from the 21st century like “Uptown Funk” and “Happy.”

Are children welcome? Yes! This is an opportunity for the whole family to let their hair down and go crazy. It’s a “stand up and move” party, not a “sit down and watch until it gets good” affair. It’s good and kickin’ from the very first minute.

To see Tom in action and get an idea of what PopUp Dance feels like, check out the video below. Don't let this love train leave the station without you...

The party happens in Zoom and we'll send the link and password 24 hours before the event starts.

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