About Lateral’s Event Management Services

As the event agency of record for blue chip corporations, we have been delivering multiple events for some of our clients for seventeen of our twenty-two-year existence.

Our name, Lateral Event Management, says it all; we have a canny ability to combine informed lateral thinking with pragmatic event management skills to develop events that deliver.

We have delivered some of the largest and most prestigious events in the country and we will continue to do so; but in any given week we can be found quietly delivering highly impactful quality events of all sizes and complexities, on budget, on time and always with the positive attitude that is a core element of Lateral’s culture.

For conferences and meetings, Lateral has specialist expertise across conference management, design, planning and delivery, including exhibitions, social programs, registration, accommodation, marketing, and event technology.

LATERAL EVENT MANAGEMENT CREATES, MANAGES AND DELIVERS CORPORATE EVENTS INCLUDING:

• Summits, forums, meetings and conferences
• National and international road shows
• Money-can’t-buy upscale lifestyle events
• Corporate family days
• Major sporting event hospitality
• Award nights
• For many clients we manage entire event programs end-to-end

LATERAL EVENT MANAGEMENT’S IN-HOUSE SERVICES INCLUDE:

• Lateral is an event creator; developing completely original and unique event experiences from the seed of an idea through to impeccable delivery
• Local and international talent/speaker recruitment and management
• Creation of budgets, profit & loss statements; complete financial management & reporting
• Interface with outsourced services such as audio-visual production & event theme hire
• Event marketing, database marketing, digital marketing, delegate & registration boosting
• Guest registration, registration payments and proactive RSVP management
• Graphic design for all digital and physical event elements
• Development of risk registers, risk mitigation plans and emergency management plans
• Development of timelines, run sheets, guest lists and call sheets
• Full event planning and impeccable onsite event delivery
• Post event reporting

WHY HIRE LATERAL TO MANAGE YOUR EVENTS?

• Lateral is affordable. We are phenomenal value for money. We are adept at running events on very frugal budgets and making them look extraordinary while meeting all the KPIs
• Lateral is a highly professional, creative and pragmatic team of full-time critical thinkers and problem solvers
• Lateral brings an unblemished record of corporate event management stretching back twenty-two years
• Your due diligence has been done by our clients. We have been delivering multiple events for some of our clients for eighteen of our twenty-tree year existence; constantly reinventing, honing and creating new event concepts that are the envy of the events industry
• Lateral brings the creative skills of live theatre and intellectual entertainment to corporate events
• Lateral’s personal network of globally renowned personalities is unsurpassed
• Lateral operates on an open accounting system. All client funds are held in dedicated trust accounts, all commissions are passed the client; all expenses are charged at cost
• Lateral can scale up for major events; we regularly work with an event workforce of 450 or more for major events
• Lateral is adept at event marketing, delegate boosting, digital marketing and data management
• Lateral operates an efficient and user-friendly in-house online registration system
• Lateral brings the operational expertise of challenging major mass participation outdoor events to corporate events
• Lateral is thorough; a safe pair of hands. Ask to see our Event Risk Register/Risk Mitigation Plans and Event Emergency Management Plans

If you are seeking an Event Management Company, we’d be delighted to hear from you.