Sophie Holt

Marketer at large & strategy director roving across the events industry

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@punchtownparry Please return your event planner cap and badge

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@chrisskeith @cpdevlin @sfo2406 @Mike_seaman1 @stephselesnick @52eight3 @NicolaMac92 @A_Herberholz @tweeting_fish @Matthias_Tesi @choieddie @adventics @kaihattendorf I guess we’re all a bit more “grapevine” these days

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

1: Groom
2: Night club dancer (Milton Keynes circa 2000)
3: Sign writer
4: Lingerie model dresser
5: The person who put the little peaks on top of lemon meringue pies.
#5jobsivehad @Mike_seaman1 @cpdevlin @stephselesnick @52eight3

[Nick Dugdale-Moore @NickDMUFI]

1) Ecuadorian nightclub owner (El Zoo 1998-9)
2) hair highlighter sales rep (exhibited at cosmoprof)
3) bar back (toughest)
4) English teacher
5) footvolley promoter

Who else? @coynes @mtcochrane @Navarropepe @ChrisMcCuin @AntonReeveCrook @eyechild @tamarbeck1 #5jobsivehad

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@chrisskeith @cpdevlin @sfo2406 @Mike_seaman1 @stephselesnick @52eight3 @NicolaMac92 @A_Herberholz @tweeting_fish @Matthias_Tesi @choieddie @adventics @kaihattendorf Why aren’t you leading some virtual industry fitness classes for us? Truly your time has come

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@sfo2406 @cpdevlin @Mike_seaman1 @stephselesnick @52eight3 @chrisskeith @NicolaMac92 @A_Herberholz @tweeting_fish @Matthias_Tesi @choieddie @adventics @kaihattendorf That does make sense - I guess I was picturing something more, well, swashbuckling...

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@sfo2406 @cpdevlin @Mike_seaman1 @stephselesnick @52eight3 @chrisskeith @NicolaMac92 @A_Herberholz @tweeting_fish @Matthias_Tesi @choieddie @adventics @kaihattendorf Waait - what is a pirate buster and do you have pictures?

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@coynes @NickDMUFI @mtcochrane @Navarropepe @ChrisMcCuin @AntonReeveCrook @tamarbeck1 He used to run a windsurfing club called Whitwell Funboard Association and surely only four people ever did windsurfing??? He’s called Eric and looks like Santa

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@coynes @NickDMUFI @mtcochrane @Navarropepe @ChrisMcCuin @AntonReeveCrook @tamarbeck1 Windsurf club manager? Do you know my dad??

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

A10: I’m going to reach out to my industry buds (hey BookClub) as it’s tough out there for small suppliers #expochat

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

A7 Just imagine when the events for event profs kick back in! AEO Awards, Expo Expo, UFI Global are going to be the biggest parties ever! #expochat

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

This seems to be the summary of the situation in Europe #expochat

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@CazCronin Two weeks of the run? Or for humanity in general?

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@coynes @explori No you rock Matt! Thanks for the help at ETL! And taking one for the team earlier in the year 😜

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@cakekatey Tell me more about bottom right - hammy the taxidermy hamster??

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@GrowYourEvents @emcoutdoor Check out Explori’s Exhibitor Insight report- we demonstrate across 100’s thousands of exhibitor experiences, there’s no relationship between higher visitor numbers and higher satisfaction- small could just well be beautiful!

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

In case you were bored of me wanging on about trade shows...
Great news, I’m now going to be wanging on about corporate events too...

[Explori @explori]

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[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@CazCronin I am the grinch overlord

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@CazCronin Yeah, but you know when I consider “too soon” to be playing the Michael Booblay Christmas album?? DURING MY LIFETIME

[Sophie Holt @eyechild]

@SofieHagen No, not sure I can live my life as Soapy Holt