International workforce mobilisation and capability legacy for a host nation’s first multi-sport Games
The Challenge The Games were the host nation’s first major multi-sport event. With limited in-country expertise, the Organising Committee needed to rapidly mobilise several hundred experienced international professionals to design and deliver Games operations. The obstacles were significant: limited local major-event experience, compressed mobilisation timelines, and the need to integrate international experts into a new […]
Interim volunteer programme leadership for an emirate-wide sporting event
The Challenge With limited time before the Games, leadership recognised they needed experienced support to design and deliver a large-scale volunteer programme across the event’s many venues and functional areas. The programme needed rapid stabilisation and clear delivery governance. It also had to align with the national volunteering strategy – including a close partnership with […]
Volunteer strategy delivery and workforce operations leadership at a global exhibition
The Challenge The host city was staging a six-month global exhibition with participation from countries around the world. The organisers needed a dedicated volunteer strategy and the organising committee capability to mobilise a workforce at very large scale – later complicated by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic They wanted a volunteer function with lasting […]