Event Consultancy

Helping events work for people.

Practical planning, calm judgement and hands-on delivery experience—from the first operational conversation to the final participant leaving the site.

From plan to place

Details connected by purpose.

Good event planning is about more than completing a checklist. Each decision affects what somebody sees, understands, feels or does next.

I bring experience of mass-participation sport, venue operations, start and finish areas, public presentation and course measurement. That combination helps me see both the operational detail and the human experience.

  • Start and finish planningCreating clear, workable flows for participants, spectators and operational teams.
  • Site layoutPositioning barriers, medical provision, water, signage, branding and photography areas.
  • Volunteer briefingsGiving people the confidence and information to perform their role well.
  • Build and strip schedulesTurning a plan into coordinated action on the ground.
  • Event-day problem solvingMaking calm decisions when live conditions require the plan to adapt.
  • Participant experienceKeeping the people at the heart of every operational choice.

Preparation creates confidence.

People create the event.

Experience on the ground

Clear communication in live environments.

Brian Porter briefing participants before an open-water event
Briefing participantsGiving people clear information and confidence before they begin.
The triathlon transition and finish operation at Birmingham 2022
Commonwealth Games 2022Experience within a complex international event operation.
Brian Porter briefing people working at an outdoor event
Briefing the teamHelping people understand their roles within the wider event.

Royal Sutton Fun Run

One centre. Six thousand participants.

For the 2026 Royal Sutton Fun Run, my work connected the physical site, participant journey and event team: branding and signage, start and finish structures, volunteer briefings, water provision, medical placement, crowd barriers and the build-and-strip programme.

The result was a town-centre event in which thousands of individual experiences could move through one shared space.

Royal Sutton Fun Run signs for runners-only access, race information and directions to the start and toilets
Clear information in the right placeSignage designed to guide participants and support the event operation.
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