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Growing Awards Organisers – the Don’t Panic team is expanding!

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Dont Panic

We have seen some big changes over the last year at Don’t Panic HQ – a nicer, funkier office being one of the big day-today ones! As we stride into the future, we’re doing so with a fantastic team of big hitters behind us!

We have been instrumental in organising some fantastic events so far this year, and we’re winning really exciting projects all the time (more to come on that later!) We love to be busy, but we thought it was time to spread the load with some new rising stars, so read on to get the skinny on the latest members of the clan!

All this big business success has meant that the abacus became a little overwhelmed, so in January of this year, we added an accounts manager to the team. Michelle is in charge of the money, which is just as well, as busy developing events left, right and centre!

Team spirit – awards organisers Don’t Panic are on the up and up!

Our events team has seen huge expansion lately, with the additions of Aimee, Scot and Michael. Supporting our senior Event Managers, together with Events Assistant Becky. These guys have been crucial to our ability to expand, both in terms of the range of events we can provide, and also the quantity! With background experience in teams as diverse as LadBible and the Commonwealth games, these guys have a multitude of talents and experience that have made their contributions so valuable to DP.

As specialists in awards organising, it’s hugely important to our team that we have the best people for the job – which means we’re delighted to have found some brilliant new staff who can bring great experience with them!

That brings us nicely to the Creative team, with new recruits Laura and Addae. Addae is our new Web-developer – a growing client base means a great deal of websites and general coding expertise are needed constantly! Addae has fast become an essential cog in the Don’t Panic wheel, who knows where we’d be without him!

Laura has been taken on as our Marketing Manager, responsible for giving both the company, and our events great exposure. We have big plans at Don’t Panic, and so growth through sustained marketing campaigns is a big part of our plan for the future! Currently Don’t Panic are winning new clients as awards organisers – awards are a specialist event, and Don’t Panic have significant experience in this realm!

What next? You decide! We’re still hiring, both for a full time event manager, as well as events interns and a creative intern with experience in graphic design! If onwards and upwards is your thing, then watch this space! We’re on a huge winning streak, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. If you’re looking to organise an awards ceremony, whether that’s for commercial enterprise or to encourage employee engagement – why would you go anywhere but a specialist awards organiser? Want to find out more about our newest clients? Stay tuned for our next news blog!

What’s been the buzz at Don’t Panic HQ this week? From conferences to awards, where to start?!

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Dont Panic

As one of the leading events companies across the North West, our schedule is full to bursting, and we couldn’t be more enthusiastic about what’s to come!

Toward the end of last week, the office was a hive of activity, taking in last minute Early Bird ticket bookings for SAScon2016. SAScon, which has been organised in association with UK Fast, is set to be a spectacular digital conference, drawing experts in search and analytics from across the globe.

Make sure you check out the schedule! Just because we specialise in awards, it doesn’t mean that we don’t throw a fantastic conference! If you’re all about Social Media, Search and Analytics, you need to save your place at SASCon – tickets are still available!

A platform celebrating training and skills in business – it’s the SfBAwards!

Next up on the horizon? Well, high on our Don’t Panic agenda is the Skills for Business Awards. This is the third year of the SfBAwards, which work to reward and recognise the contributions of both employers, training providers and schools that focus on skills training of their employees and service users.

The SfBAwards are a fantastic opportunity to be celebrated for the training and skills that you or your company plough back into the workforce. With categories ranging from Health and Social care skills, to Creative, Media and Digital tech skills, whatever industry you focus on, there is an accolade waiting with your name on it – all you have to do is enter!

Past winners include Pennine Telecomm in association with Bury College, for manufacturing and engineering skills for business; UK Fast in association with Total People for Creative, Media and Digital, and Middleton Technology School scooped School of the Year!

SfBAwards are committed to rewarding the best, but you can’t be on the shortlist unless you enter! Make 2016 the year you receive recognition – the deadline for entry is 8^th April, so head to the entry form now! Oh, and didn’t we mention? It’s FREE to enter! What are you waiting for? Excited for more? Find them on Twitter for all the latest news and updates!

The latest from Don’t Panic – putting the special into awards specialists!

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Dont Panic

We’re in full swing right now at Don’t Panic! We have a really exciting schedule of events booked in – and with typical Don’t Panic flair, we are delivering exceptional results.

Last week was a busy one – but that’s how we like it. The week kicked off with Thinking Digital. The North East’s beloved creative/digital mashup conference made its London debut! It couldn’t have been a better day, the chic Ham Yard Hotel played host to a who’s who of digital industry leaders, led by the fantastic Herb Kim.

With speakers including Digital Minister Ed Vaizey, comedian James Veitch and founder of Little Riot Joanna Montgomery, the event wasn’t just a hub for digital news and ideas, it was a really enjoyable day! One of our favourite lines of the day: “A flower is a weed with a marketing budget.”

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We followed up Thinking Digital with Tech North – from London to Leeds! The Tech North Talent Summit featured start ups and scale-ups, and was jam-packed with creative initiative! 75% of the digital companies driving the growth of the digital economy exist outside of the capital, so it’s wonderful to be involved in events celebrating digital in the north.

Not only was the conference filled with the best and brightest in tech, but the day was streamed live on Periscope – the future is here, and it’s all about the livestream!

We couldn’t be more proud of our event managers who delivered these fantastic conferences for us. It just gets bigger and better for Don’t Panic. So what’s next up in our events calendar? We’re celebrating the best of Education at the Educate North Awards and Conference. We’ll be helping to shine a light on the best practice and excellence across the Northern education sector.

As awards specialists within event management, we love a good awards ceremony – if you want to be kept updated with all of the latest news and events that we’re involved in, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram!

Growing Awards Organisers – the Don’t Panic team is expanding!

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Growing Awards Organisers – the Don’t Panic team is expanding!

Team spirit – awards organisers Don’t Panic are on the up and up!

The latest from Don’t Panic – putting the special into awards specialists!

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