Tips for Relating To Clients

I’ve said on several occasions that event planners need to be natural storytellers, but there’s a bit more to it than that. An event manager needs to be able to engage their audience on a personal and human level, but at the same time, they need to be able to present themselves as professionals. It can be a difficult balance to maintain, and in unskilled hands, relatability and professionalism tend to be mutually exclusive. In short, simply being able to tell a story isn’t enough – it’s how you tell the story that really counts. It wasn’t always this way:…

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Five Days On Which You Should Never Plan An Event

One of the most important steps in any event planning process is deciding when you’re going to host it. The date you set for your event could very well make or break things, and it’ll impact everything in the planning stages, from the venue you choose to the volunteers you go with right down to your potential suppliers, vendors, and attendees. Not surprisingly, this means that certain days and months are a better choice for event hosting than others. This also means that certain time periods are completely out of the question. Here are a few days on which you…

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Why You Need To Plan For When Something Goes Wrong

There’s this old saying which has come to be known as Murphy’s Law: anything that can go wrong; will. As an event planner, this is a principle with which you need to be very familiar. Although the real world is hardly as grim as Murphy’s Law makes it out to be – and you shouldn’t go into your events with the assumption that something’s going to go horribly wrong – it definitely pays to have a plan handy for when things go wrong.  As far as the law of averages is concerned, it’s going to happen eventually. Maybe one of…

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Back to Basics

Last week we looked into the little details of events such as music and food. This week we are pulling back to basics and looking at a few more ways that you can step up your game as an event manager. We will be covering the following topics: Why You Need To Plan For When Something Goes Wrong Five Days On Which You Should Never Plan An Event Tips for Relating To Clients Why Internal Events are Great for Business Running The Perfect Summer Event Personality Traits of a Successful Event Manager What you Need to Know about Event Disasters…

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Live Music for your Next Event: Good or Bad Idea?

When planning a corporate event, you must consider every aspect of the experience. From the check-in process to the tradeshow floor to the food, there is sure to be a lot on your mind. At some point, especially if you are planning a multi-day event, you need to consider the steps you can take to keep attendees occupied and having a good time. In many cases, this means choosing the right type of music. Generally speaking, you have two options: Hire a band to play live. Hire a DJ. There are pros and cons of both, meaning that the decision…

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