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Michael T. Strickland Awarded Inaugural Live Design Pandemic Pivot Prize USA – Bandit Lites has announced that Michael T. Strickland has been awarded Live Design’s Pandemic Pivot Prize, which recognises an individual for their actions in managing a business or aiding the industry during the COVID-19 crisis. The prizes were announced alongside the winners of the 2020 Design Achievement Awards in three virtual ceremonies from 13 to 15 January, 2021.
Bandit Lites chair and founder did not anticipate finding himself as the intercessor for the live events industry, but when COVID-19 halted productions indefinitely, Strickland knew he could not simply wait for someone else to act. Thousands of emails, phone calls, Zoom sessions and interviews culminated in Strickland mobilising the industry to action. He not only used his own connections to government representatives to share the struggles and needs of millions, but he also rallied those very same millions to contact their own membe