So it has been a while since I updated this blog, organising the event took a lot of my time up. The first Live Sport Talks event was overall a success. Ticket sales were pretty low, I learnt a lot about the importance of marketing properly. I think the hardest bit was starting from scratch and trying to getting the word out there about the series. It took endless emails and phone calls, so it was disappointing to struggle with the ticket sales. I am hopeful, now we have done one event, we can use the photos and videos to really show what Live Sport Talks is all about.
We had 3 time Olympian Joanne Jackson as our guest, so was great to finally meet her and to get the event off to a start. I worked very hard to make sure the content of the event was up to scratch, and put in a lot of research. Joanne was a great talker, and made it pretty easy for me to ask her questions and to really engage the crowd. She shared some fascinating stories about her career as an Olympic swimmer, and gave the audience a real insight into life as a swimmer, The Q & A provided some great questions for Joanne to answer too, she even bought her Olympic medal for guests to try on and take photos!
It had been a hectic evening, one I enjoyed and was happy with my hosting skills. I was even more happy with Joanne's answers and really think it was a successful night. It was exactly what I wanted Live Sport Talks to be, so putting ticket sales to one side, I do think it was a success.
By next event is just 4 weeks away, so not long to really refocus and push the live talk with Paralympian Dan Greaves.
Check out photos of the event at www.livesporttalks.com!
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