Event Design & Organisation

Event Design & Organisation

Sasha Lipman on stage with a headset microphone, holding a tablet with the run of show
Sasha Lipman on stage with a headset microphone, holding a tablet with the run of show

From Blank Page to Full Room

The Reality:

Your team has strong ideas and no clear shape to put them in. Or you have the shape and nobody with the capacity to build it. Or you're stuck in the keynote-panel-networking loop, knowing your audience deserves better. A concept only counts if someone carries it all the way to the day.

What I Bring:

I work at three depths, depending on what you already have.

  • Design. We shape the concept together, or I build it and hand it over.

  • Organisation. I take the event on as a project and run it. Programme, speakers, suppliers, timeline, run of show, and the hundred decisions in the last two weeks. One senior person accountable, not a rotating account team.

  • Delivery. I'm there on the day running it, making sure what we planned is what happens. I can take the stage myself, or brief and support whoever does.

How It Works

Design

  • Purpose Alignment — Define what success really means

  • Audience Journey Mapping — Design from their perspective

  • Format Innovation — Break free from traditional structures

  • Experience Design — Create moments that matter

  • Flow Creation — Build natural narrative and energy arcs

Organisation

  • Programme Build — Speakers, sessions, and the order they land in

  • Timeline and Ownership — Who does what, by when, with nothing sitting unowned

  • Venue and Supplier Coordination — Briefed to the concept, not just the budget

  • Run of Show — A timed document your team and your suppliers can work from

  • On the Day — Rehearsals, cues, and the calls that get made when the schedule slips

Ways to Work Together

  • Design workshop. Half-day intensive or full-day immersive. Online, offline, or hybrid. Your team leaves owning the concept.

  • Design and build. I design the event and organise it as a project through to the day. You get one person who knows why every choice was made.

  • End to end. Design, organisation, and me running the day. On the mic too, if that's what you need.

Perfect for

  • Teams planning signature events

  • Organizations ready to innovate formats

  • Groups needing creative alignment

  • Companies transitioning to experience-first events

  • Small teams running an event bigger than their capacity

  • Organisers who want one senior person accountable rather than an agency team


Let's Build It Together

Whether you need a host, a panel moderator, someone to design and run the whole event, or a speaking mentor, let's find the thread that connects it.

Let's Build It Together

Whether you need a host, a panel moderator, someone to design and run the whole event, or a speaking mentor, let's find the thread that connects it.

Let's Build It Together

Whether you need a host, a panel moderator, someone to design and run the whole event, or a speaking mentor, let's find the thread that connects it.