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Super Bowl volunteers to get paid
Indianapolis Business Journal
Indianapolis utilized 8,500 volunteers to host the 2012 Super Bowl. Not one of them got a penny for their time and effort. That might not be the case if Indianapolis wins its bid to host the Super Bowl in 2018 or any other year. Since the inception of the Super Bowl, there's been a history of the host committee providing a wide range of volunteers to handle a variety of tasks — all at no charge to the host committee or the league.
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Festival organizers should stand their ground on supplier costs
Event Magazine
Festival organizers should not be forced to pay suppliers high deposits ahead of a festival, according to an expert panel at an Association of Independent Festivals' seminar. As part of the AIF's Seminars event on festival financials, which took place Nov. 12 at London's Minster Exchange, the industry discussed how festival organizers can manage cash flow before and after events.
Catch up on your festival & event education over the holidays with IFEA Webinars on Demand
IFEA
Would you have liked to attend one of the IFEA Webinars, but weren't able to at the time it was being offered? Well, now you can by purchasing the recorded versions of the actual webinars. It's just like being there, but now you can press pause. To check out the webinars that are currently available "on demand" (Don't forget about our Buy Three Get One Free Webinar Special.)
In charge of the Macy's Parade, but not the Thanksgiving dinner
The New York Times
Amy Kule spent a couple of afternoons with Maureen O'Hara in the late 1990s. O'Hara, originally of County Dublin in Ireland, is a celebrated film actress of an earlier era. Odds are strong — no, overwhelming — that you have seen her in one of her best-known roles, that of Doris Walker, the woman who runs the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the classic 1947 version of "Miracle on 34th Street."
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2014 IFEA Webinar Series released — plan your education for next year today
IFEA
The 2014 IFEA Webinar Series lineup is now available. Check it out today and start planning what festival and event education you'd like to take advantage of next year. There are many valuable topics on the lineup — so check them out now and register today.
Music festival seeking home may carry baggage
The Journal
Sparks flew and tempers flared during a Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, as plans for possibly bringing a large-scale music festival into Jefferson County, W.Va., were presented. The All Good Festival is a five-day music festival and campout, which was formerly held in Preston County, W.Va. and later moved to a location in Ohio. The event's organizers want to bring the festival to the Stiles family farm, located in Kabletown near Ward Clipp Road, in July or August 2014.
2014 IFEA Award program brochures now available — start planning your entries today
IFEA
Looking to get a head start on your IFEA Award entries for 2014? Well now you can as all of the 2014 IFEA Award Program brochures are updated and available to be downloaded. So take a moment to download them now and start planning what you may enter in 2014 . . . before the rush of the New Year hits.
Bournemouth will keep aiming big — but events have got to work for benefit of the town
Bournemouth Daily Echo
Bournemouth, U.K., will keep aiming big when it comes to events — but won't spread itself too thin. That was the message from Bournemouth's tourism chief when he updated councilors on the borough's plans for entertaining its residents and those from further afield. Addressing the economy and tourism overview and scrutiny panel, Mark Smith said each event had to be safe, entertaining, attractive and profile-raising for the town.
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2014 Event Management School accepting registrations
IFEA
The International Festivals & Events Association is pleased to continue an important partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association and the Oglebay National Training Center in West Virginia. Together these highly respected professional organizations in the industry present the Event Management School with 2014 classes being offered Jan. 19-23.
Aussie music festivals honored as among the greenest in the world
Tone Deaf
Music festivals may bring big headlining bands and even bigger attendance numbers, but all those people gathered in one place can bring another big problem: environmental damage. The tens of thousands of festival-goers that descend on an event can generate huge carbon emissions from travel, never mind the mountains of trash generated by patrons and on-site vendors.
Recruiting writers for the February and May 2014 issues of IFEA's 'ie' Magazine
IFEA
Share an issue, trend or topic with the IFEA Membership and your industry peers — submit an article for "ie" Magazine. We are currently recruiting articles for the February and May 2014 issues of the magazine (Deadline: Jan. 20 and April 14.)
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