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Event Management Versus Event Production: What’s the Difference?

Endless Events

Whichever option you choose, both vendors will make your event look effortless and high-quality. Your vendors should work so seamlessly that attendees don’t even notice all the hard work happening behind the scenes. . Sourcing vendors and crew. Vendor collaboration. Staff training. Managing budget. Venue selection.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Neglecting to test your technology Any event that includes digital presentations, sound, or lighting cues should be rehearsed prior to the big day. Whether hosting a live, virtual, or hybrid event, rehearsing is an important part of the planning process, especially when digital technology or media are involved.

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Your 2021 Virtual Event Budget Checklist!

Endless Events

Includes everything from Google ads to vendor and sponsor associated costs. Project Management & Strategy: Includes trainings, meetings, reviewing content, post-event debrief, and more. Pre-Production: Sourcing gear, rehearsals, pre-records. Registration: Platform fee, service, charges, refunds, and more.

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Welcome to the AV Audit

Endless Events

10 years ago it was common to see a charge for using 3rd party AV vendors and AV restrictions on your quotes. Be sure to ask is this whole labor team trained and operated in the equipment I want to use? Does this labor include rehearsals? Also be sure to add important times like set-up, rehearsals, start-times, and breakdown.

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Master Conference Planning With These Pre-event Checklist Templates

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☐ Send invitations and calendar blocks for event rehearsals. ☐ Secure a printing and promotional vendor. ☐ Establish and secure additional vendors (e.g., ☐ Provide speaker management training and tools. ☐ Provide speaker management training and tools for the virtual platform. ☐ Build a show agenda.

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Creating Restaurant Event Spaces that Sell

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Hand service: All guests seated at a table are served at precisely the same time by highly trained white-glove service staff. Invest in additional training Event service can be quite different from waiting tables—in both volume and style of service. Hors d’ oeuvres service: Servers pass through an event with small bites on trays.

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Restaurant Party Packages & How to Build Them

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It may surprise you to learn that restaurants can offer party packages for a wide range of private occasions, such as: Anniversaries Holiday parties Birthday parties Business meetings Corporate events Fundraisers Rehearsals Cocktail parties Showers (e.g., Get top-notch diagramming software for parties at your restaurant Check it out free 5.

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