Jayteoh

the journey of self discovery from the road less travelled

10.11.05

Rescue mission ... SUCCESS!!!

I am a conference producer, actually, senior conference producer. If you didn't know what that's about, I basically research market based on projects, then create conference agendas & invite people to speak. That's the main role, the rest is all about driving sales from the created conferences.

ok, formalities over.

Now, the real cruix of the story is ... someone created a faux conference, with 70% of the names plastered on the programme have never heard about our conference, let alone invited to speak under our banner.

Fine. Then, the conference was 3 weeks away & with a 1 week holiday in between. Bascially, 1 to 2 weeks realistically to get people on board. Oh, how many do I need? 25-28 people. Bravo. The usual producer takes 20 working days to do something like that. I have ... 8?

So, kicked into full gear, brought out all my artillery and began hunting ... not easy, disheartening but finally with help ... kicked into gear ... and today, I am 1 more speaker away from completing my miracle. The achievement? A miracle ... crazy but achieved.

Now, just need to pull off a little more to complete the jigsaw ...

Ironically, this project was initially supposed to come to me, but was 'taken' away to give to someone else. In the end, the person screwed up and it came back rolling to me. Hahaha.

Not as the producer, but as the HERO. But there's more ahead. Enjoy this moment, get ready for the next one.