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A Case Study in Developing a Introductory Course in Meeting and Event Technology for Undergraduate Students
(2012) Goldblatt, Joe J.; Penny, Vasilii; Lin, Kuan-Wen
There has been little evidence of a concentrated effort to transform the emergence of integrated communications technology (ICT) in the meetings and events industry research into a curriculum suitable for undergraduate students studying meeting and event planning. This case study documents the development of a new undergraduate curriculum in meeting and event technology. It includes the appointment of an expert panel and several rounds of consultation to establish norms in best practice. The study demonstrates how a industry partner may be helpful to academics in developing a broader curricular program and how students can enjoy and benefit from this curricular focus.
A Comparative Analysis of the Perceived Effects of Two Economic Recessions on Event Organizations
(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2012) Lee, Seungwon Shawn; Goldblatt, Joe J.; Daniels, Margaret J
Events have emerged as a growing and vibrant segment of tourism economies and there is significant evidence of associated economic, socio-cultural and political impacts on local host communities. While there are numerous studies that have determined the economic impact of individual events, there are few that focus on the influence of a changing economic climate on event organizations. This study compared feedback generated by two studies where event management professionals indicated the perceived effects of the economic recessions that spanned from 2000-2001 and 2007-2010. The results indicated a significant difference in the perceived effects of these two recessionary periods. Event professionals were found to have a more conservative view regarding future organizational performance after the 2007-2010 recession in comparison to forecasts accompanying the 2000-2001 recession. Specific recession impacts and methods event professionals employed to reduce financial exposure are identified.
An exploration of mixed research methods in planned event studies
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-03-30) Sweeney, Majella; Goldblatt, Joe J.
The Fife Council in Scotland facilitated the development of 400 events in 2010. Six different and complementary research methodologies were utilized to evaluate these events. The research required the use of a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to establish the motives, feelings and well-being that impacted these events. Crowd counts, ethnography, semi-structured interviews, ethno-photography, focus panels, and electronic surveys were combined. The research demonstrates the potential for using mixed research methods to evaluate different planned events and depicts innovative methods for measuring the overall effectiveness of planned events from the organizational, as well as an individual, participant perspective.
An exploratory case study of how water, fire and music regenerate capital, culture and community.
(2009) Goldblatt, Joe J.
An Exploratory Study Engaging Ethnic Diaspora Populations Through Homecoming Events to Motivate Tourist Arrivals
(2012) Goldblatt, Joe J.; Hay, Brian; Riddle, P.
Contemplation & Mindfulness in Higher Education
(Springer, 2014-11-09) Oberski, Iddo; Murray, Sue; Goldblatt, Joe J.; DePlacido, Christine
This chapter presents initial observations of a pilot that introduces mindfulness meditation into teaching and university life. Short meditations were offered at the start of Year 1 and 2 lectures, besides weekly drop-in sessions. The purpose was to enhance the student experience through the affective domain, identified by Thomas 2012 as a key factor in improving retention. Contemplative practices (CPs) consist of enhancing awareness of the 'here' and 'now', characterised by the foregrounding of 'being' and 'living', rather than 'doing' or 'knowing'. Thus, it could be argued that CPs have the potential to enhance the affective dimensions of the student experience and thus, indirectly, impact positively on retention. Students and staff perceived benefits that applied to learning and teaching specifically, but also to broader dimensions of their personal life. Overall there was enthusiasm from both students and staff for the innovation and a request to continue and expand current provision.
Convention and event volunteers
(2008) Goldblatt, Joe J.; Matheson, Catherine M.
Creating the Sensual Temporal Marketplace Experience: The Role of Planned Events in Retail Sustainable Development
(Routledge, 2012-02) Goldblatt, Joe J.; McIntyre, C.
This book chapter examines the role planned events play in developing a temporal retail environment for sales and marketing of products and services.
Donald Getz: the symbiotic innovator
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-09) Goldblatt, Joe J.
Eventological theory of decision making.
(2009) Goldblatt, Joe J.; Finkel, Rebecca; Vorob, O.
New investment: an exploratory case study of three mature Edinburgh festivals and their future funding opportunities
(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2011-08) Lin, Kuan-Wen; Stein, P.; Goldblatt, Joe J.
This article examines how festival holding organizations (FHOs) may identify emerging sources of alternative financing from banks, venture capitalists, and venture philanthropic organizations. The research includes both quantitative analysis of 10 years of economic data from festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland and qualitative interviews with a leader in both the banking and cultural community. The research concludes that there is a growing need for FHOs to identify new sources of funding beyond that historically provided by the public sector or earned income such as ticket sales and that a combination of banks, venture capital firms, and venture philanthropic organizations may provide valuable alternative funding sources in the future.
Please don't stop the music-: An alternative approach to public sector evaluation and funding policies for cultural events
(2009-01) Finkel, Rebecca; Goldblatt, Joe J.
The former director of Britain's National Theatre, Sir Richard Eyre (2005), suggests there is a fundamental incompatibility between politics and the arts. He quotes Philip Roth as saying, Politics is the great generaliser and literature the great particulariser, and not only are they in an inverse relationship to each other they are in an antagonistic relationship. How can you be an artist and renounce the nuance? How can you be a politician and allow the nuance?- (Roth, 1999, in Eyre, 2005). The relationship between UK politics and culture has become more complex and more closely connected in recent decades. The New Labour government, especially, has exerted control over the cultural realm through instrumental policies quantifying the worth of each cultural project. Cultural events now need to justify their grants on the basis of their contribution to government goals such as economic regeneration, tourism and social inclusion, rather than their cultural value (Holden, 2004). Contemporary cultural policies that see development instead of art have been criticised as sucking the poetry out of the city and replacing it with pizzazz (Cooper, 2006, 12). The results of pressure by central and local governments to justify the impact of their work have made the cultural contribution of arts festivals less important than their funders' non-cultural priorities. This model of prioritising strategic public funding is spreading to Europe as well. For the most part, cultural subsidies are still higher in many European countries than they are in the UK (Serota, 2006). However, European subsidies are not as secure as they once were, as they also have succumbed to economic restructuring pressures. For example, many IFEA Europe member festivals have also resorted to seeking private funding due to budget cuts or too many 'strings' attached to obtaining public funding (Torch, 2006). Using the city of Edinburgh and the ten major Edinburgh festivals as a case study, this paper provides an assessment of the way in which the public sector evaluates cultural events to determine financial support. It examines the factors included in this evaluation, which are mainly socio-economic targets that correspond to cross-cutting, non-arts agenda items. An alternative model of evaluation is introduced to argue for an events-driven approach to policy, which would provide benefits not only to the communities and places in which the events occur, but also would be advantageous to events and their future financial sustainability. Methods This research is based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with ten Edinburgh Festival Directors from the Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh Science Festival, Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Children's Festival, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Hogmanay and Festivals Edinburgh. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were also conducted with Edinburgh city council officials. The data acquired from this qualitative approach with festival providers and public sector funders shed light on the status of public sector rationales for funding and the impacts these decisions have on the cultural festivals. This, then, informed a model for an alternative evaluation system that is events-driven and does not fall pray to the mainly instrumentalist and managerialist approaches widely employed by the Scottish public sector at this time. Findings It was found that although the Edinburgh city council supports the Edinburgh festivals through funding and other resources, their policies are based on the prevailing instrumentalist argument for public funding of the arts. These socio-economic dimensions seem to provide justification for public spending, as if an exceptional artistic experience or widening education and exposure to the arts were not enough in its own right (Myerscough and Bruce, 1988, 2). In terms of the festivals themselves, the main concern of the directors is future stability and financial sustainability. Indeed, they are finding it increasingly difficult to plan from one year to the next because the council cannot pledge an amount in advance. There are some hard feelings here, as the festivals provide tremendous benefits to the city in terms of tourism, image and profit; therefore, they believe they are entitled to more financial guarantees from the public sector. Application of results It is argued that an events-driven approach to funding policies would be beneficial to both the public sector and the festival sector. Such an approach has the potential to create reliable evaluation tools in order to measure the holistic impacts of the events more effectively and provide more relevant rationales for the use of public money. It also has the potential to help festivals and events plan for the future in a more dependable manner, which would improve the quality of the event infrastructure and the cultural forms presented. This model of festival evaluation encompasses the intrinsic, institutional and even parts of the instrumental arguments (Holden, 2006) for events provision and support in order to mend the fences- between funders, providers and audiences. Conclusions Although arts festivals have the capability to contribute to wider policy objectives (Florida, 2002), it is argued that their main value should not be judged by those considerations. The socio-economic enhancements often brought about by events are valid and especially attractive to policy makers; however, it is important not to have them become the top priority for events provision. In making non-cultural priorities the overriding benchmarks for success, arts festivals on the whole are becoming increasingly unoriginal and culturally mediocre (Finkel, 2006). It is argued that it is imperative that public agencies adopt a more holistic approach to validating their funding decisions and evaluating the impacts that cultural events have on places. Without including more than socio-economic valuations into impact assessments, the cycle of underestimating and undervaluing, and therefore underfunding, cultural events will continue to the possible detriment of communities and places (Sherwood et al, 2005, 12). References Cooper, N. (2006) Edinburgh: expiring capital. The List, 6-20 July, 12. Eyre, R. (2005) Ballot-box blues. The Guardian, 26 March. Finkel, R. (2006) Unicycling at Land's End: Case study of the Lafrwoda Festival of St Just, Cornwall. Leisure Studies Association Journal, 2(92), 129-145. Florida, R. (2002) The rise of the creative class: and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life. New York: Perseus Books Group. Holden, J. (2004) Capturing cultural value: how culture has become a tool of government policy. London: Demos. Holden, J. (2006) Cultural value and the crisis of legitimacy: why culture needs a democratic mandate. London: Demos. Myerscough, J. and Bruce, A. (1988) The economic importance of the arts in Britain. London: Policy Studies Institute. Roth, P. (1999) I married a Communist. New York: Vintage. Serota, N. (2006) A new direction. The Guardian, 5 June. Sherwood, P., Jago, L. and Deery, M. (2005) Triple bottom line evaluation of special events: does the rhetoric reflect reporting?. Paper presented at the Annual Council of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Educators' Conference, Alice Springs, Australia. Torch, C. (2006) Citizen meets city: arts and urban re-invention. Paper presented at the IFEA Annual Conference: Festivals and Identities, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Special Events, A New Generation and the Next Frontier, Sixth Edition
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010-10) Goldblatt, Joe J.
The sixth edition of a text book used for undergraduate students studying events management.
The current and future impacts of the 2007-2009 economic recession on the festival and event industry
(Emerald, 2012-03) Goldblatt, Joe J.; Lee, Seung-won
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze and understand the impact of the global financial crisis during 2007-2009. Furthermore, the paper seeks to identiy critical impacts upon the festival and event industry as a result of this crisis and to identify strategies to help members of the industry positively advance in the future. Design/methodology/approach - Festival and event industry professionals were surveyed electronically about their business performance during the current global recession and about their potential strategies for coping in the short term and long term. Findings - It was found that about the half of respondents' profit margins decreased during the recent financial crisis. The respondents indicated that primary factors that impacted the decrease were reduced available sponsorship funding and the general effects of economic recession on all other revenue sources. The festival and event professionals expected the industry to grow and perform at a very conservative pace over the two years (2011 and 2012) following the recession. The strategies that the festival and event professionals intended to use to build successful businesses following the recession were increase marketing efforts,- work to reduce expenses overall,- and increase the use of technology-. Research limitations/implications - The findings of this study solely reflect the US festival and event industry. Practical implications - The significant contribution of this study is the analysis and understanding of the direct impact of the recent recession on the festival and event industry and also providing additional knowledge of changes being made by the industry in direct response to the economic recession of 2007-2009. Originality/value - The paper describes the first study of its kind to measure the direct impact of the global recession on the festival and event industry. The findings provide a guide to assist festival and event leaders to make better decisions to deal with both the current recession and future downturns. It also serves as a foundation to measure the performance of the festival and event industry in various economic environments.
The International Planned Event as Managed Phenomena: A Case Study of The Gathering, Homecoming Scotland 2009
(CABI, 2013-01) Goldblatt, Joe J.
This article explores the case study of the signature event of Homecoming Scotland 2009, The Gathering as a planned event managed phenomena. The chapter concludes with case questions to assist students with further exploring this major event.
Volunteer recruitment and retention: an Australian-USA comparison.
(CABI, 2009) Goldblatt, Joe J.; Matheson, Catherine M.; Baum, T.; Deery, M.; Hanlon, C.; Lockstone, L.; Smith, K.