The Australian Centre for Olympic Studies has released  The Bitter Sweet Awakening - the Legacy of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by Richard Cashman.  The centre lists a number of publications which may be of interest to event organisers.

The Collaborative Games – the story behind the spectacle

By Tony Webb

Published by Pluto Press Australia
Mail order is $40 (includes GST)

In 2000, 4 billion people around the world watched the spectacle — but very few of them knew that there was a great deal happening, behind the scenes...

The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games was the biggest show on earth.  It was also Australia’s largest peacetime project.  A $3.2 billion construction program was completed on time and within budget, setting new standards for industrial collaboration and environmental best practice. During the Games, 200,000 people, a third of them volunteers, worked to make the spectacle possible.  All this was delivered without industrial dispute – an outstanding achievement in itself. 

Now, The Collaborative Games gives you the opportunity to find out what really went on behind the scenes. It also proposes that the Games was more than an event we can all be proud of. That the true legacy of the Games is a blueprint for a collaborative culture that can be applied to other challenges we have to face if Australia is to have an economic, social and ecologically sustainable future.

Festival & Special Event Management
4th Edition
By Ian McDonnell, Johnny Allen, William O'Toole, Rob Harris.
Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2008
Mail order is $96.95 (includes GST)

Festival and Special Event Management is the first Australian book to provide event students and practitioners with an introduction to the principles associated with planning, managing and staging festivals and special events. The book examines events in the Australian context, including case studies of different types of events throughout Australia. Topics include Event Creation and Development, Event Marketing and Management, Event Administration and Event Coordination.

Regional Event Management Handbook

Edited by Rob Harris and John Allen (Sydney, 2002)
Mail order is $45 (includes GST)

The Handbook provides an overview of event management, marketing and operations intended for managers of small to medium-sized events. It includes modules on a range of topics by experts in their fields, and includes additional references, resources and self-completion exercises. Produced with the assistance of the Regional Tourism Program of the Commonwealth Department of Industry Science Resources.

The Australian Bibliography on Event Management (95KB PDF)
By John Allen, Rob Harris and Monique Huyskens (Sydney, July 2000)
The bibliography includes a wide range of published books, journals and research papers in a variety of categories including general research areas, types of events and the MICE industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions).

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the 4th International Event Management Research Conference

(Melbourne, July 2007) (15.2MB PDF)
Mail order is $50 (includes GST)

The theme of the conference was Re-eventing the City: Events as Catalysts for Change: Events have the potential to impact upon the cities in which they take place in a variety of ways. They can, for example, serve as: agents of environmental and cultural renewal; vehicles for economic growth and development; catalysts for tourism growth; vehicles for community education and development; and starting points for the process of re-imaging/re-imagining particular places. Events, particularly large scale events, also raise specific issues in urban contexts, such as those associated with opportunity and environmental costs and legacy management. It can also be observed that competition between cities to capture events of various types through the bidding process, or to attract visitors through the creation of new events, is growing dramatically.

The Conference Proceedings include copies of all refereed papers, and abstracts of working papers accepted by the conference.

Proceedings of the Third International Event Management Research Conference

(Sydney, July 2005) (15.2MB PDF)

The conference examined the impacts of events using a triple bottom line approach to evaluation. The Conference Proceedings include copies of all refereed papers, and abstracts of working papers accepted by the conference. These papers cover topics including Event Evaluation Studies and Techniques, Event Design, Crowd Safety and Security for Events, Community Perceptions and Engagement, Major Sports Events, Art Events and Government Event Strategies

Events & Place Making - Conference Proceedings (4MB PDF)
Proceedings of Conference on Events & Place Making (Sydney, July 2002)

Events Beyond 2000: Setting the Agenda (1.5MB PDF)
Proceedings of Conference on Event Evaluation, Research and Education (Sydney, July 2000)


For more information on publications in event management contact ACEM