Events
Events
“With over 10 years of event planning experience, Tommy has helped create memorable events shaped to meet the client's objectives. From large, branded corporate events to intimate study nights and everything in between, Tommy provides unique insights that will make your events unforgettable. “
This was taken when I was thanking everyone for coming to our annual semi-formal. It was the biggest turnout in the history of the school organization.
ORGANIZED PARTIES AND NETWORKING EVENTS
During my time at the University of Toronto, I was heavily involved in student organizations that gave me the opportunity to manage teams to create events for others.
Here are some notable events:
Montreal/blue mountain trip(200+ students)
Semi-formals (600+ students)
Study nights
Pot-luck & dinners
Networking parties
Volunteer day trips
charitable events
CORPORATE EVENTS
In 2018, I had been directly involved and/or in charge of 38 company related events. I did full cycle event management at large scale Blockchain conferences to booth + staff management at the CNE.
In 2019, I transitioned into the travel industry and focused on Campus Recruitment and setting up events for the intent of Employer Branding and Product Awareness.
University information session - Networking and presentations
college hiring fairs
startup open house
volunteering at travel tech to
EVENT coordination with organizers
company culture related events
in-house workshops
event collateral
In 2020, the world pivoted from in-person events to virtual.
virtual welcome parties for new employees
biweekly virtual watercooler chats (Employee engagement)
lunch and learns / share your skills
API Monthly events (asian and pacific islander community)
Guest speakers, netflix watch parties, volunteering opportunities
Fast forward to 2023, Events are fully back!
Taking this time to create some great events and continue to promote providing value and giving back to the community.
Speaking opportunities at various events
University Guest speaker (Uoft, TMU)
Toronto tech mixers (100+ attendance)
community building events
business related hiring fairs, booths, etc.
This is me hosting a recruitment seminar for Instacart. I hosted a workshop with their global recruitment team to help them improve their hiring initiatives in Canada while they did their on-site in Toronto.
In 2024, I started hosting professional seminars focused on topics like Recruitment in Canada.
I also started hosting my own events again for my creative studio that I started with my brother. Our biggest event in 2024 was our solo art exhibition, “Behind the Screen: A COSU Experience.”
We wanted to create a unique art experience in Toronto for designer toy enthusiasts as well as those interested in learning more about the art toy collecting industry. It was great to showcase to everybody what we have been working on during the last two years. Having the opportunity to create events again but for your own products was something that was missing over the last few years for me. I look forward to more events in 2025 for COSU! If you are interested in learning more about my Channel COSU journey, please check out our Instagram here, and our website here.
600 people turned up for our week long gallery
3 private events hosted throughout the week with a public launch on the weekend
22 permanent tattoos given out to our supporters
200 + bubble teas given out
As seen on BlogTO, ToDoToronto, and other reputable local publications.
Other COSU events and pop-ups
We hosted a one month pop-up at Mr.Surprise toys in Scarborough; where we took over the entire storefront along with a premium artist alley booth within the store. We also took over the bubble tea shop, Tea Station, where we also took over the storefront and sold our exclusive bubble tea drink flavours for 2 weeks.
