In business, the strong survive, but it’s the brave who thrive, and it’s in that vein that we are proud to share the news that Absolute Corporate Events and Absolute Digital Communications have joined forces with Venues and Events International.
New opening that are Aced by ACE!
BY JACQUIE FREER The Mayfair Townhouse This is part of the Iconic luxury hotel collection. The Dandy Bar is a key focus of the hotel offering a relaxing and intimate space for imaginative cocktails. ACE will be attending a live event at the hotel on 19th May so will send a live report back! Nobu Hotel London on Portman Square A …
Chris Parnham launches a brand-new Company 24th August 2020; Absolute Digital Communications (ADC)
Chris Parnham, owner of Absolute Corporate Events (ACE) launches a brand-new company to create digital and virtual communication events in a new normal where live events are expected to be smaller, fewer and more challenging to deliver. Absolute Digital Communications promises to deliver “Digital elegance, crafted with purpose”. The company will trade as a sister company to Absolute Corporate Events. …
What’s your personal ‘R’ value?
by Chris Parnham, Owner & Client Strategies Director We hear so much about the R-value at the moment, or the Reproductive-value of the Covid- 19 virus and how we need to keep it below one in order to deter a further pandemic surge. But what’s your own personal R value, and how has that been affected by Covid-19? Your personal …
Best Coffee shops in Vienna
BY CLAIRE OKRAFO-SMART Coffee. We love it. It smells soo good! It gives you an energy boost. And, according to some research, it can also offer important health benefits, such as a lower risk of liver cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart failure. What’s not to like? As lockdown gently started to lift a few weeks ago, a takeaway coffee …
Charity music video to help our heroes
From Absolute Corporate Events and their industry friends Chris Parnham has united his team from Absolute Corporate Events and their industry friends to remake the classic music video, “Is this the way to Amarillo”, initially resurrected for Comic Relief by Peter Kay back in 2005. A link on the video encourages viewers to donate to the “Clap for our Carers, …
Positive Travel News Stories
BY CLAIRE OKRAFO-SMART Like so many of us, I went on my daily walk this afternoon, making the most of this glorious weather. And as is the new norm, I marvelled at the lack of traffic, the peace is wonderful. But I was also struck by the vivid colours and heady perfumes of the blossom trees and lilac trees and …
Everything will be different after Corona, even at ACE…
Everyone knows that when it comes to events, it’s always best to play your ACE card, and at Absolute Corporate Events we have a winning deck of ACES. But every now and then, even a lucky deck needs a good shuffle, and without change, nothing happens. The Executive Directors at ACE have already begun remodelling the business to be more …
An event might feel like a marathon… But it’s not.
As I was undertaking my own 5K, I wondered why so many event managers treat an event like a Marathon, because it certainly isn’t one…
Don’t just survive. It’s time to THRIVE.
The world is becoming used to working at home, we have learnt that we don’t need our offices anymore. This immediately creates more time for a workforce.
Top 7 Things to do in Japan
By Claire Okrafo-Smart Until this year’s Olympics was postponed, sport’s biggest extravaganza has been called off just three times in modern history, all in wartime, and the last time (in 1940) was the year Tokyo was supposed to be the host city. What a coincidence. As COVID-19 takes hold of the world and the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 …
10 Tips for Working from Home
Here at ACE, we have always been flexible with home and remote working. Therefore, some of our team are experts in all things WFH. Here are a few things you can do to try to effectively work from home without driving yourself (or those around you) round the bend. By Claire Okrafo-Smart Get changed out of your pyjamas every morning. …
How To Achieve Your Goals By Working From The Ground Up
By Chris Parnham. Planning life goals or business objectives can often feel like looking at the pieces of a jigsaw, spread randomly across the table. We may know where we want to go in life, but it’s the journey that often baffles us. Just like with the jigsaw, we can see the outcome by looking at the picture on the …
The Incentive Formula: How To Get The Most Out Of Your Incentive Programme
By Chris Parnham. We all remember from school days one or two key equations. Perhaps the most memorable being e = mc2, Einstein’s theory of relativity, or the Pythagorean Theorem a2 + b2 = c2. This one lays out the special relationship between each side of a right triangle: the squares of two shorter sides of a right triangle add …
How to Avoid Death? Don’t Stop Living
By Chris Parnham. I turned 50 this year – quite a milestone – and even though I try my very best, I simply cannot stop the physical effects of aging… or can I? Science tells us that aging is achieved by a series of diverse biochemical procedures in the body that persuade it, both internally and externally to deteriorate over …
How To Become a Compassionate Leader and Get More From Your Staff
By Chris Parnham. Most of us business owners, leaders or managers expect – or at least hope – that our staff care as much about our business as we do, but why should they? Providing they show up on time, look busy for 8 hours, don’t pull too many sickies, smile in the right places and make the right noises, …
The 15 People You’ll Meet At Your Next Trade Show
By Chris Parnham. The barfly, The blagger, The stuff it in her baggerThe blogger, The nodder, The flush it down the boggerThe nagger, The swagger, The finger waggerThe waster, The racer, The more than two facerThe shirker, The worker, The business converterWe all love a trade show. My blatant rip off of an old McDonald’s TV ad, above, names and …
My First Novel
By Chris Parnham. They say that everyone has a book in them. I know there is one in me, but I’m just not sure what it is. If there is indeed a book in all of us, let’s try to discover it together… And perhaps we’ll learn something about ourselves along the way… So, the first question must be, will …
Absolute Corporate Events Launches Talent Pool
Absolute Corporate Events has launched a new events talent pool in a recruitment drive to find and nurture the next generation of new talent in the industry. Absolute Corporate Events will offer mentoring with a Director and meaningful rewards to motivate growth and development. Motivating, rewarding and keeping the best employees is becoming increasingly important to all employers. With greater demand …
How to grow your turnover by 400% in five years
Our managing director, Chris Parnham gave an interview to C&IT Magazine recently, discussing the current events industry climate and how he grew Absolute Corporate Events by 400% in just five years. The interview is available to watch below:
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