Best of Summer Party Inspiration from Pinterest
With summer weather in full swing, we've decided to collect some of our favourite inspiration from Pinterest to make your summer party one to remember! Happy planning!
Tips for Getting out of a Creative Rut
All event professionals are creative individuals and we can tend feel stuck from time to time. It happens to all of us. It seems the more you push yourself to think creatively, the less successful you are at it. Luckily there are some things you can do to help remove that creative block. Here are [...]
Tricks for Attracting Celebrity Guests
As an event planner, finding celebrities and actually getting them through the door of your event can be very challenging. Here are 12 tips for how to recruit and host a celebrity guest, for the success of your event. Who doesn’t love attending events with a star speaker or celebrity guest? Celebs are, of course, [...]
It’s Not Your Party
It’s not my party. Yes it sounds simple, but it is a challenge as much as it is a mantra. Well, if it’s not my party, then whose party is it? The audience. Another apparently simple statement but, alas, it is not so simple. Your audience almost always spans more than just those on the invite list. A sample [...]
Improve Your Business with Team Building Retreats
Whether you’re running a company of five or 500, changing pace with a retreat will re-energize your team, encourage cross-departmental collaboration, and strengthen internal bonds. Team building retreats also help people overcome their fears, encourages inter-departmental employees to work toward a shared goal, exposes coworkers' hidden talents, and overall creates a stronger-knit team. The Planning [...]
Is Event Insurance Necessary?
In a world where any can be sued for just about everything, it’s always a good idea for Event Planners, especially for solo-entrepreneurs and small businesses, to protect themselves from unplanned incidents that can happen during an event. So how much coverage do you need for an event? Do you need liquor liability in case [...]
Trends in Event Food and Beverage
In an ever changing event industry, delegate tastes are evolving. With a shift toward socially responsible and experiential events, guests are asking for a lot more than basic nourishment or meal options that meet dietary needs. Here are five ways you can step up your event’s culinary game. Local Inspiration Most venues and catering teams [...]
Planning Recurring Events
It's not unusual for event planners to find themselves planning recurring events for clients. Unfortunately, this means event planners have to ensure they never stop evolving and innovating. So, how does an event planner continue to pull of successful recurring events that never get boring? Here are some of our tips: Riveting Content Next to face-to-face [...]
6 Things That will Make a Venue Hate You
When it comes to noticing our mistakes, we can be a little blind. Sure, we see the mistakes that others make, but we’re not so perceptive when it comes to our own. While they may not say it to our face, rest assured our venue partners are sharing the imperfect picture they see with each [...]
Promotional Items to Get You Noticed
Trade shows, conventions, and expos are among the best outlets to meet new people and prospective clients, and you can rack up the leads if you promote yourself with promotional products they love. Without in-demand promo items to help initiate conversation and remind people what your company does, your booth may go unnoticed (or worse—potential [...]