Knowledge Library

Books & Blueprints

Two decades of planning, bidding for and producing live events — distilled into books, guides and articles you can put to work. Written by Jesse Kiuru, founder of Bonacube.

Books Guides & Whitepapers Articles
Books

The books.

Deep, practical playbooks on winning and delivering major events. Each links to its own page where you can read more and buy.

The Prebid Book cover Available now

The Prebid Book

Win the event before the bid begins

How cities and organisers position, prepare and de-risk the pre-bid phase — the work that decides who actually wins the right to host a major event.

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The Art of Event Planning

Nine steps from idea to flawless delivery

The method behind Bonacube — turning an approved event vision into a production plan people can actually prepare, resource and deliver.

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The Host City Playbook

How regions win and deliver major events

A strategic guide for cities and regions building a long-term event portfolio — from first ambition to lasting legacy.

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Event Production Masterfile

Every resource, every moment, connected

The complete reference for connecting the guest experience to the space, equipment, people and services that make it real.

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From Bid to Delivery

The full lifecycle of a major event

Follow an event from the winning bid through planning, preparation and delivery — and back into the next edition.

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Guides & Whitepapers

Guides, whitepapers & playbooks.

Focused, downloadable resources — strategy guides, whitepapers and practical checklists for event teams and host cities.

Strategy Guide

Host City Strategy: The Pre-Bid Advantage

How to build an unbeatable position before the formal bid opens.

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Strategy Guide

Building a Winning Event Bid

The structure, evidence and story that convince a rights holder.

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Strategy Guide

Stakeholder Alignment for Major Events

Getting city, sponsors, venues and rights holders pulling the same way.

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Strategy Guide

The Legacy-First Event Strategy

Designing the lasting impact into the plan from the very start.

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Strategy Guide

Sponsorship Strategy for Live Events

Packaging assets that sponsors actually want to pay for.

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Strategy Guide

Risk & Contingency Planning Strategy

Finding the failure points before they find your event.

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Strategy Guide

Sustainable Event Strategy

Building measurable sustainability into events without greenwashing.

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Strategy Guide

The Event Portfolio Strategy for Cities

Turning one-off events into a long-term hosting programme.

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Whitepaper

The True Cost of Fragmented Event Planning

What really happens when the event lives in ten different files.

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Whitepaper

From Spreadsheets to a Single Source of Truth

The case for one connected plan across the whole event.

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Whitepaper

Measuring Event Legacy & Impact

Frameworks for proving what an event left behind.

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Whitepaper

The Economics of Hosting Major Events

Where the money comes from, where it goes, and what's at risk.

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Playbook

The Event Production Checklist

Every stage, every resource — a working checklist you can adapt.

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Playbook

Supplier Brief & Procurement Playbook

Briefing suppliers so they deliver exactly what the plan needs.

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Checklist

The Venue Readiness Checklist

What every space must support before doors open.

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Playbook

Volunteer & Staffing Playbook

Planning the people your event journey actually needs.

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Titles and descriptions are placeholders — replace with your real guides and link each CTA to its download or landing page.

Articles

Articles & insights.

Hand-picked writing on event strategy, production and host-city thinking. New pieces added regularly.

Event Production

Why most event plans fall apart in preparation

The concept looks clear on paper — then the real work begins and the details start to scatter.

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Bidding

The pre-bid phase decides who wins the event

By the time the bid opens, most of the outcome is already set. Here's why.

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Event Production

How to keep your budget tied to the plan

Stop maintaining the budget twice — let it follow the production plan.

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Event Production

Space, Stuff, Staff, Service: the four things every moment needs

A simple structure that stops details slipping through the cracks.

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Host City Strategy

What a host city really commits to

Reading past the headline to the obligations that actually bind.

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Operations

Turning supplier chaos into one live brief

One current document per supplier beats version-seven email attachments.

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Event Production

Planning the event the way people experience it

Why the guest journey — not the spreadsheet — should drive the plan.

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Host City Strategy

Building legacy into the bid, not after it

Legacy designed in from the start beats legacy bolted on at the end.

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Operations

The hidden cost of version-seven spreadsheets

How much time really disappears into keeping documents in sync.

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Sustainability

Designing events for sustainability from day one

Practical moves that cut impact without slowing delivery.

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Event Production

Why the next event should never start from zero

Keeping the learning inside the plan so each edition starts ahead.

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Bidding

Reading a host city contract: what to check first

The clauses that decide risk, cost and control — and where they hide.

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