If Events Could Date, This is

What it Would Look LikeArticle by Autumn Thatcher

via EventTechBrief.com

A New Software…

Installing and dismantling the infrastructure – staging, audio-visual equipment, lighting – of a temporary event can be expensive, time consuming, and wasteful.

So, Damian Oracki, a veteran of large event production (including events around the 2012 London Olympics) decided to do something about it.

He and his partner created software that helps event planners share the costs for back-to-back events. In the budding “collaborative” economy, they could be on to a concept whose time has finally come.

Oracki and co-founder Jon Gunn launched their company,

Showslice, in the UK during the fall of 2014. The concept

for Showslice is what Oracki has coined “collaborative

procurement.” It allows businesses to anonymously share

details about their events so that they can work together to

share expenses.

Like A Dating Service

Oracki compares Showslice to an online dating service.

The web-based platform matches

the event producer’s needs – venue,

stage, marquee, art installation, etc.

– with those of other organizers

through profiles created on

Showslice.

The initial communications are discreet. When both parties

want to take the “relationship” to the next level, Showslice

charges a fee for facilitating the match.

In Other Words…

“Put simply, it saves on

budget, time, and planning.

When you collaborate, you

reduce cost, labor, and waste.

It’s really that simple.”

Damian Oracki

Founder of Showslice

Communicate Safely

Showslice is currently in beta testing, but once that phase has concluded (roughly January or February of 2015), event planners will be able to list as many of their events as they would like on the site for free.

Showslice empowers event planners, Oracki emphasizes. The platform maintains the confidentiality of users until the time is right. That makes it possible for event owners to safely communicate with one another without worrying about sharing information they are not comfortable revealing.

“They Have Nothing to Lose”

Owners and planners have the power on our system. They

can communicate about their events, but they don’t have to

say an exact location. They have nothing to lose,” says

Oracki.

Saving by Collaborating

Oracki estimates that businesses working together through

Showslice can save an average of at least 15% of their total

budget for an event.

This can mean thousands of dollars in

savings just by collaborating. At a time

when planners are under pressure to

produce more for less and when

“sharing” anything is (Uber) cool,

slicing an event could be a viable

alternative for reducing costs when

venue flexibility is an option.

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