Jason Scott (impresario)
| Jason Allan Scott | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
April 16, 1975 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation | Event professional, actor, entrepreneur |
| Website |
www www |
Jason Allan Scott (born 16 April 1975 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an award winning event professional, founder and director of a sales and marketing consultancy firm specialising in venue sales, an entrepreneurial consultant, Speaker, Writer, Contributor, Start up impresario and a part of Tim Ferris’s NR set.[1] He is founding mentor of Fast Forward15 and a member of MPI.[2] He has been voted number 1 on Double Dutch 250 people in Events and top 10% of social media in events in the world.[3]
Education
Scott attended the University of South Africa where he studied B.Ed with honors and achieved a Masters in clinical Psychology specializing in Early childhood development.[4]
Career
Scott started as Graduate Diploma in Radio Broadcast and Radio Management at Cape Technikon, followed by working as a Radio Broadcaster, Cape Town, South Africa at Bush Radio and Good Hope FM in 2004 before starting a paparatzi company, buying and selling images.[5] He is a contributing writer for Liz King Events, The Event Manager Blog, Blood Sweat and Fashion, Glam.com and Prestige Events Magazine. He also authored "The Eventrepreneur (2015)". Scott acted in the film Red Water, a 2003 made for television horror film starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Scott helped with the film, Away We Stay with David Gandy and Helena Christensen.[6][7]
Serial Entrepreneur
Scott co-founded Miss Clubs, Eco Disco, Sunshine and Sandals event company, Hollywood Inc, Changemaker Enterprises, The Guestlist Podcast, Event Academy, Lord Jason Scott Events Ltd, Non Invasives and Cool Body Sculpting Cape Town. He is also co-founder of a SaaS product that folk in silicon valley are already calling, "The Uber of events for venues and venues for events!".[8][9]
Media
Scott has been featured in Biz Bash Magazine, Event (magazine), C&IT Magazine, M&IT Magazine, Stand Out Magazine, Marketing Magazine, People Magazine, Cape Times Newspaper, Die Burger Newspaper.[10] He is a speaker at Confex, The Meeting Show, Excite, IBTM, London Metropolitan University, RSVP, CREME, OFFICE etc.[11][12]
Accolades
Scott has been voted in the top 100 most influential people in events, three times by Haymarket media, events magazine most recently in 2015.[13] He was named as The 100 most influential people in the event industry by Event (magazine) and Top 40 under 40 by Prestige Events Magazine. He ranked 4 in the Top 100 Startup Experts to Follow by Evan Carmichael.[14]
References
- ↑ "AI Technology Has Arrived For The 21st Century Event Professional". Event Industry News. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jason Allan Scott". www.isesuk.org. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "NewtonLab: Jason Allan Scott entra a far parte del team londinese in qualità di account manager". www.engage.it. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jason Allan Scott on LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Decadence and Style". Wall Street International Magazine. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jason Scott". www.eventmanagerblog.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "2012 winter commencement program" (PDF). California University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "What's the Wackiest Dress Code You've Ever Seen?". BizBash. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jason Allan Scott: Why I won't be on The Apprentice". Insight Jewels. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "top 5 tips on how to best use social media for your event". inspire.ibtmevents.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Jason Allan Scott". www.ibtmworld.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Upcoming speaking appearances". Lanyrd. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Corporate Brochure" (PDF). Bloomsbury Ballroom. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ "Top 100 Startup Experts To Follow On Twitter". www.evancarmichael.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.