Just One Thing with Mel Noakes and Max Fellows Elevate Mentoring

Our guest on this episode is Nic Neal, who is a freelance people and culture strategy consultant but, until very recently, she was head of people and operations at the brand experience agency, Owl Live which is where she has worked for over 16 years. That’s quite a jump for a self-confessed control freak that likes to play it safe! 
She has built her career on her innate people skills, starting as an intern while at Uni and worked her way up the business as it grew from just three people to over 55. She found her flow in the people space, falling in love with thinking about how people work and behave. 
 
Nic says clarity always comes from engagement, not thought. You just need to dive in, take chances and go and grab what the world has to offer. 
Welcome to the podcast Nic Neal.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters; We Are Collider, PSP, Jack Morton, Smyle, Powwow, Special Sauce, TIMES x10, Nic Neal, The Hoxton, tvg hospitality, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TRO and Live Union. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

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Our guest on this episode is Jen Bonassera, Global Events Director at Charlotte Tilbury Beauty where she leads a global team creating aspirational events around the world.
Formerly Global Head of Experiences at Soho House and Global Director of Events for Burberry, Jen has 15 years experience in luxury fashion and lifestyle.
She has honed her skills delivering an enormous variety of events from red carpet parties, world-class runway shows, in-store events and VIP brand experiences on the global stage.
Jen makes her own luck by working hard and having fun and says there is so much beauty and so much learning in all the small moments of life.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters; We Are Collider, PSP, Jack Morton, Smyle, Powwow, Special Sauce, TIMES x10, Nic Neal, The Hoxton, tvg hospitality, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TRO and Live Union. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

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Our guest on this episode has been called the prince of pop ups, tycoon of temporary restaurants and Baron of barbecues, and the Sunday Times called him London's Pop-Up King. 
Jimmy Garcia runs his hugely successful catering business like a creative agency, designing brand experiences with food for clients that include Google, Meta, Netflix, Pinterest, and Spotify. 
He's a zero food waste champion with a passion for seasonality, locality, and provenance that ensures his food not only tastes and looks incredible, but also tells the story. His career journey to date has been a roller coaster ride doing things his unique way making the most of the luck he’s been given. 

This podcast was powered by Wonder, an independent specialist creative events agency reimagining what’s possible across business experiences. They do this by helping businesses think differently about how they connect with the people that matter to them. We hugely appreciate their support in bringing this podcast series to life.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters; We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10, TRO and PSP. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

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From career that almost began as an officer in the Royal Air Force to President of Havas Play UK, Rosie Holden’s journey has been nothing less than spectacular. 
Rosie’s passion to ‘do something creative’ has seen her work with enormous global brands including Adidas and Vans to holding senior leadership roles in some of the creative industries biggest agencies. 
Rosie’s ethos is to say yes to everything, keep learning every day, stay kind and empathetic, be useful – and most of all, remember that ‘The world is run by people that turn up! 

This podcast was powered by Wonder, an independent specialist creative events agency reimagining what’s possible across business experiences. They do this by helping businesses think differently about how they connect with the people that matter to them. We hugely appreciate their support in bringing this podcast series to life.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters; We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10, TRO and PSP. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

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In this episode our guest is Shannie Mears, co-founder and head of talent at London based creative agency The Elephant Room. She’s a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, former government advisor, Adweek Future Female and 2023 Forbes 30 under 30. Formerly at GUAP as brand and talent manager she created The Blacklist, a list of 30 under 30 Black creatives and professionals across the creative industries now in its 6th year, and a former lecturer at Kingston University. 
Shannie is a born entrepreneur. Her ability to build, connect and develop relationships with young people from the wider creative industries drives The Elephant Room’s talent network beyond any traditional agency’s reach. 
Shannie is a window into completely untapped generation and a bridge between opportunity and people. She trys to find those people that are hungry and passionate, from the spaces and places the industry doesn’t usually look. She says that’s where the gems are.  
Shannie says her success story could be so many other people success story if someone just took a chance on them, and that’s why she’s the perfect guest for this podcast. 
This podcast was powered by Wonder, an independent specialist creative events agency reimagining what’s possible across business experiences. They do this by helping businesses think differently about how they connect with the people that matter to them. We hugely appreciate their support in bringing this podcast series to life.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters; We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10, TRO and PSP. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

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In this episode, we have the privilege of talking to Michael Gietzen, the CEO of the independent global live events agency, Identity. He started his career as a chartered accountant and now heads up one of the fastest growing companies in Europe.
Michael leads a growing team delivering live events for global brands that include Google, Netflix and Apple and has worked on public contracts clients that include the Foreign, Commonwealth &
Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. Michael is currently leading the expansion of the business into the Middle East with the opening of offices in the UAE.
His agency is renowned for their meticulous management of big-ticket, high stakes events, most recently they helped deliver the Coronation of King Charles III. With a global audience of 2.5 billion, events don’t get a lot more high-stakes than that!
This podcast was powered by Wonder, an independent specialist creative events agency reimagining what’s possible across business experiences. They do this by helping businesses think differently about how they connect with the people that matter to them. We hugely appreciate their support in bringing this podcast series to life.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
About Elevate
Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our partners and supporters; We Are Collider, Owl Live, Special Sauce, The Hoxton, ABPCO, CastleBell, event:decision, TIMES x10, TRO and PSP. Together, we're changing lives, careers and the events industry for the better.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.