Martyn Blunt's Podcasts

Tracy Jacobs of Essential Entertainment was there at the birth of corporate entertainment. @Martyn and Tracy go way back and the latest in his podcast series looks at Tracy’s insight on the importance of research and asking questions so that the right tone is achieved with an event’s personality, vibrancy and engagement. Booking entertainment direct online without doing the due

The event industry – Accessibility – insight from Phab The charity, Phab, inspires and supports disabled and non-disabled children, young people and adults to make more of life together. @Martyn recently caught up with Mik Scarlet – Co-CEO of the charity – to get his thoughts on best practice, whether the event industry does enough to support accessibility, and the importa

Bringing us full circle, episode 4 of our sustainability podcast series is all about how Event Cycle are identifying recycling, repurposing and redistribution routes for leftover event materials with charities, community groups and social enterprises.Working with agencies, suppliers, and clients and engaging at any stage of the event process with a view to repurposing everything fr

We head to the home of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix for episode 3 of our sustainability podcast series. As Silverstone's Head of Business Sustainability & Partnerships, Stephane Bazire talks to us about the home of British motorsport’s Shift to Zero strategy as they work to embed sustainability into every aspect of the supply chain and the business’ diversification

For episode 1 of our short series of podcasts on sustainability in the events industry we talked about the importance of measurement with isla (catch-up here). For episode 2, we caught up with Marc Butterworth who is Director of Operations at Creative Technology here in the UK. From the strategic to the practical, we explore how, as industry pioneers, it’s actually the people ra

We check in again with isla - The organisation that works with event agencies and brands, organisers and suppliers providing practical guidance and support on environmental issues.This time Martyn talks with Ellie Ashton-Melia, Community Lead at isla who explains the progress made since the last podcast two years ago and looks to the future. Ellie explains why measurement is a cruc

I started my broadcast career at Radio Mercury in the south of England in the mid 80's. My former colleagues at Radio Mercury, others working in Radio in the 80’s and 90’s and any listeners from that era and those interested in Independent Local Radio of the 80's may like to listen here to a recording of an April Fool that was broadcast with the help of Richard Brans

Martyn meets Will Kinder, former BBC Radio One Breakfast Producer and TV director. As virtual and hybrid events continue to have an important role to play since the redefinition of our industry in the last two years, we explore how to bring a broadcast edge to virtual events with Will as he talks to Martyn Blunt about dealing with competition for attention and the importance of dec

Martyn asks: "In a virtual or hybrid world does a presenter have to adapt or learn new skills? " The guests invited to discuss this are : Chris Elmitt – Managing director of https://crystalinteractive.net/ whose new platform JAM is proving very successful. Dave Austin - A former BBC presenter, now a freelance presenter, actor, voice artist and presentation coach The di

Martyn continues to consider the implications of Brexit by talking with Michelle Tudor - Senior Associate at Moore Barlow Solicitors who specialises in employment and business immigration matters. Topics include EU citizens working in the UK and UK citizens working in the EU, both freelance and fulltime. Martyn also asks the question: "When traveling to the EU what is consider