The Logogog team has more than 15 years of event management experience in South Africa and Europe. Our varied experience includes book launches, community sporting events and large corporate conferences. 

What event management services does Logogog offer?

• Concept origination: Logogog prides itself on working with clients to create innovative and exciting event ideas.  
• Event logistics: Our team’s attention to detail and strong communications skills with both clients and providers ensure that our event implementation is impeccable. We offer a full range of implementation services, from venue procurement to food and beverage management, sourcing entertainment, and securing resources to run the event. On the day Logogog’s hands-on approach ensures the event runs smoothly. 
• Event publicity: Logogog’s publicity division has both the experience and the media contacts to effectively carry out pre-event publicity to ensure maximum participation, as well as post-event publicity to ensure that our clients get the best possible exposure. 

WHAT’S ON NOW?

Swimming South Africa’s 24-hour swimathon

Enter Swimming South Africa’s (SSA) 24-hour Swimathon and take part in our attempt to break the Guinness World Records’ ™ record for the most number of swimmers in a 24-hour relay. Your company’s contribution will go towards raising funds for SSA’s Learn to Swim Programme. This programme is developing swimming across South Africa, increasing awareness of water safety and aiming to make every child a swimmer. Your contribution could result in an Olympic gold medal for swimming from one of our township community swimming club members. Bring your work colleagues and families and be part of the fun: watch celebrity swimmers Ryk Neethling, Mandy Loots and other national squad swimmers take part in the record attempt. We need 4,000 swimmers to break the record!

TO ENTER:

• If you’re part of a corporate team, click here to download the Swimathon 2010 Corporate Entry Form. 
• If you’re part of  a school, club or other group, click here to download the Swimathon Group Entry Form 2010.
• If you’re an individual, click here to download the Swimathon 2010 Indemnity Form.

 
Entry and queries: Please send completed entry forms by fax to 086 654 8615 or email to bulelwa@logogog.com. The closing date for entry is 1st March 2010. If you have any queries please call Logogog on  011 883 3202 .
Where:  Ellis Park Swimming Pool, Park Street, New Doornfontein (next to Ellis Park Rugby Stadium).
When: 5th–6th March. Starting at 12:00pm (midday) Friday 5th March and ending 12:00pm (midday) Saturday 6th March.
What do you need to do: Each swimmer needs to swim one length of a 20-metre pool as part of the complete 24-hour relay.

Some of our clients with whom we have successfully completed events:

 The world’s largest bikini parade: Kellogg’s Special K

In 2009, Logogog worked with our client Kellogg’s Special K and other service providers to arrange the world’s largest bikini parade at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. The participants had to walk a 1.6km route around the Melrose Arch Shopping and Restaurant Complex. 5 FM radio station as well as SABC TV presenters were on hand to help make it a memorable event. It also raised money for Pink Link, which is a non-profit breast cancer awareness group. The event gained fantastic publicity, including coverage on major radio stations such as 5 FM, Talk Radio 702, Lotus FM and SABC Radio and coverage in large-distribution printed publications. The parade was also recognised by Guinness World Records as a new world record.

Celebrating Global Handwashing Day 2009 with 1,800 school children, the Department of Sanitation and Bryan Habana: Colgate-Palmolive

 In 2009, Logogog worked with our client Colgate-Palmolive’s Protex soap team and other service providers to arrange the world’s largest handwashing event in celebration of Global Handwashing Day. 1,800 school children from Edenglen and Eastleigh Primary Schools in Johannesburg joined the Protex team and their brand ambassador Bryan Habana to successfully break the world record for the largest number of people washing their hands simultaneously.  The Gauteng Department of Sanitation also joined in the celebration. As part of the event, the children painted two huge South African flags with their hands and then washed the paint off using Protex soap. The event gained impressive publicity coverage, both for the sponsor and for the importance of handwashing in reducing the spread of disease in South Africa. 

The most people playing vuvuzelas simultaneously: Vodacom

In 2009, Vodacom achieved the record for 12,511 vuvuzelas being played simulteously for 30 seconds at the new World Cup 2010 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, during the Vodacom Challenge game between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The vuvuzela record was incorporated into the ‘Be the voice behind the team’ campaign and was the perfect platform for launching the campaign. The event made the front page of the Herald newspaper, was broadcast on SABC television and was also covered by over 10 radio stations nationally. As part of the project, Vodacom contributed a sizeable donation of cash and books to a local community school.

The world’s longest beef kebab: ArcelorMittal

In 2008, ArcelorMittal in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal created the world’s longest beef kebab, stretching 2.3km! The kebab had to be connected to make a single continuous kebab and all the meat had to be cooked at the same time. ArcelorMittal had a festive day in which a large part of the town’s community participated. The company made a significant contribution to the local communities in the way of food donations. The event attained international media coverage, is currently featured in Guinness World Records 2010 (the book) and was considered a huge success.