Festival and Special Event Management or Swarm Creativity

Festival and Special Event Management

Author: Johnny Allen

Festival and Special Event Management 3rd edition continues the comprehensive overview of the theory and procedures associated with festivals and special events established in the first edition. The new edition introduces new developments, professional 'tools' and regional impacts of festivals and special events.

The role of information technology and economic analysis, regional development and the role of volunteers in festival and special events are all discussed. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to offer students a current, relevant textbook for their study and professional reference.
* Revised content on the economic impacts of events
* New chapter on event tourism
* New end of chapter case studies
* New chapter on event project management

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Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage Through Collaborative Innovation Networks

Author: Peter A Gloor

Swarm Creativity introduces a powerful new concept-Collaborative Innovation Networks, or COINs. Its aim is to make the concept of COINs as ubiquitous among business managers as any methodology to enhance quality and competitive advantage. The difference though is that COINs are nothing like other methodologies. A COIN is a cyberteam of self-motivated people with a collective vision, enabled by technology to collaborate in achieving a common goal--n innovation-by sharing ideas, information, and work. It is no exaggeration to state that COINs are the most productive engines of innovation ever. COINs have been around for hundreds of years. Many of us have already been a part of one without knowing it. What makes COINs so relevant today, though is that the concept has reached its tipping point-thanks to the Internet and the World Wide Web. This book explores why COINS are so important to business success in the new century. It explains the traits that characterize COIN members and COIN behavior. It makes the case for why businesses ought to be rushing to uncover their COINs and nurture them, and provides tools for building organizations that are more creative, productive and efficient by applying principles of creative collaboration, knowledge sharing and social networking. Through real-life examples in several business sectors, the book shows how to leverage COINs to develop successful products in R & D, grow better customer relationships, establish better project management, and build higher-performing teams. In short, this book answers four key questions: Why are COINs better at innovation? What are the key elements of COINs? Who are the people that participate inCOINs and how do they become members? And how does an organization transform itself into a Collaborative Innovation Network?

Table of Contents:

	Introduction : at the tipping point	3
1	COINs and their benefits	9
2	Collaborative innovation through Swarm creativity	19
3	The DNA of COINS : creativity, collaboration, and communication	49
4	Ethical codes in small worlds	71
5	Real-life examples : lessons learned from COINs	91
6	COINs and communications technology	115
App. A	Collaborative knowledge networks (CKNs)	127
App. B	Temporal communication flow analysis (TeCFlow)	141
App. C	Knowledge flow optimization (KFO)	173